AIBU to just not get little girls pamper parties

[Clossaintjacques]

I have seen some young pre teens parties that include face packs with cucumbers for eye relaxation and pretend champagne. I am not saying that I think they are inappropriate I just don't get why 7 and 8 year old girls would think sipping pretend champagne and lying with face packs on could be fun! Unless of course it's marketed to make them think it's cool. But not actually fun.

I know plenty of girls who have had football parties. They are much less restricted to one sex than "pamper parties"

Oh lord so it's become a premiership footballer parties for the boys and become a footballer's wife parties for the girls, basically.

Bleurgh.

My DD's friends little brother was at his sister's pamper party. Think he was about at the time. He had a whale of a time and got made up himself.

YANBU to dislike teaching little girls that their appearance is the most important thing that they will be judged on.

I wonder then, for those of you that don't like them, would you let your DD go to one if invited?

Not that I have a DD, but yes I would let her go (then maybe try to engage her in conversation about "what did you do at the party?" afterwards).

YANBU, they are trashy and tacky. A bit of hairbraiding, glitter, lipgloss and nails painted lurid colours is one thing; eyebrow plucking and applying proper makeup and fake tan on an 8yo is another. Any DD I might have would be happily sent off to the first type but certainly not the second.

Not sure about the theories that this sort of thing has any kind of hidden message tbh. I'm sure most of us were brought up with just as much stereotyping if not more, and we seem more than capable of making up our own minds....

Fwiw, I can remember receiving make up etc as gifts from family friends when quite young and enjoying makeovers with my sister. Neither of us wear any make up now.