My friend’s daughter is obsessed with “skincare”, and she watches videos of young girls dancing in crop tops and lululemon and doing “skincare routines” using these products on tiktok and youtube shorts!
My DD has told me she’s considered bubble, but she said she doesn’t know if she needs it and doesn’t want to ruin her skin. She’s only just turned 10, and is very sensible for her age. She does have unrestricted internet access and I don’t check her phone, (which she received as a birthday present, and she has had an iPad for a few years now which she shares with her siblings).
I don’t supervise or monitor her internet activity, and if I think there is something on my kid’s phone that concerns me, I will ask them and trust that they are being honest with me.
She doesn’t own any of these products, but some of her friends do, or are talking about them. A lot of girls in her year have bags filled with makeup, lip gloss, skincare. There have also been incidents at her school of her classmates trying to steal other children’s stanley cups (which are also VERY trendy at the moment, apparently there is lead in them!!!)
it’s sad to see that kids, especially girls, are feeling the need to start acting and looking older and older. Many 13 year old girls look like adults already! Most children want to have what their friends have, or to fit in, which has always been the case.
i would say my DD is a typical ten year old, she loves playing video games, is a very good sketch artist, loves my little pony, barbies and Wednesday.