To not let my DD go to a 'Pamper' party at the age of 6?

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As the title reads...DD had been invited to pamper party for one of her peers which involves make up and hairdoes. She's 6. Call me old fashioned but 6 year olds in make up and coiffured?

many a soft play ends up with stick fighting
I get the whole stereotyped thing but tbh i would rather cut my head off than go fricken light sabreing or that shooting in silly suits game thing that ten year old boys like to do

i am a wooooooo- man double yew Oh em eh en

I don't force my views on anyone.

I think throwing a party like this is forcing a stereotype, if a little girl likes it fair enough but you can't expect all her friend to be excited at the prospect.

From my experience of parents who do this they also have masses of pink toys necause their child is a girl.

Heaven forbid they play with "boys normal lego

No, boys have football, go karting and laser quest and no one bats an eyelid. There's no horror that they will turn into raving football hooligans baying for blood in adulthood.
It makes me smile when people (jump on a trendy bandwagon) and throw up their hands in horror at the sight of a sparkle. Loads of women wear make up, enjoy clothes shopping, have spa days...because they enjoy it. Just like little girls might. It doesn't mean they aren't strong, independent women. It means they like it. And there's nothing wrong with that.

peanutMD I thought under 16's weren't allowed in jacuzzi's or steam rooms, due to the heat? They weren't at my old family-friendly gym.

Fwiw I detest seeing kids in make up. A friend of mine took her family to Disneyworld a few years ago, where her DD (about 5 or 6 at the time) did a 'Princess for a Day' type thing. I saw the photos and she'd been plastered in make up. Yuk. It's just so unecessary.

I take it that something once & peanut

dont wear makeup (gender stereotype )

and live in combats and bootcut jeans (nice and gender neutral)

anyway that was me going off on a tangent :o

SomethingOnce

Glitter is a gateway drug

hilarious! and , a bit true

i LOVED make up at 5. Still do. i just adore it.

now i cant get this song outta my head

lol at gateway

I actually do live in jeans/tshirts/hoodies/converse and cat boots actually :o

I don't have an issue with children wanting to have a princess party or football party or whatever but i do think its wrong to force it because of their genitalia.

The choice shouldn't be taken away, infact they choice should be offered

well theres a shocker.

This attitude stemming from the fact my mum bought me make up kits every birthday between 7 and 14 in the hope i may "start to be girly"

13 years on and still waiting for me to start but I'm happy and its my CHOICE :)

People panic so much at stero types that they won't let the girls be pink and girly even if that's what they want. Leave them be. If the party girl wants to have her nails done and hair done like her mummy does then let her.

I wouldn't have a problem. Dd would love it and wouldn't have any part done if she didn't want it. Let her go a one off isn't gonna make her forget everything else she wants to do.

Who has mentioned children being 'forced' into having particular parties? I assume if the children are having a themed girl/boy type party then that is what they have requested.

My DD who had the pamper party has also had a tubing party (sliding down dry ski slope on a giant inner tube) as well as a murder mystery 50's themed party. She has also attended parties where they did high ropes at a climbing centre (all girls). I let them hold the parties they want.

Wow Exterminate i didn't realise my choice of clothing was so important to my gender and thought processes... bang on :o

Just pointing out the fact that the people who want their children to be plain, are so themselves.

Yup, I don't wear make up.

I'm horribly unattractive and can't get a husband. I live with a bloke but he's having an affair with a silicon dollybird and I only managed to have a baby because I got him drunk.

Dear oh dear.

Children - stop the bickering. I swear you lot need to grow up.

PMSL, plain... now there's a word that's never been used to describe me before :o

I don't want my children to be plain, i want them to be happy doing/wearing/playing what they want.

Not what people think they should be doing.

Oh so If I wear makeup Im a dollybird.

Good to know

You do realise they are not going to remove her brain at the party don't you, just because there's a bit of nail polish and sparkle.
If your dd wants to go, let her go, if she doesn't, then don't.
I can understand the underlying concern, but a lot of women like make up etc and still manage to be successful. My dd's would have gone wild for this party, as long as girls are exposed to a range of different activities I can't see the issue.

Nope you're a person who chooses to wear make up.

As does my DP when he has an acne flare up and as do i when i fancy going out.

Oh fgs. The miseries on this thread. Most 4 or 5 year old girls LOVE this stuff. Absolutely love it. it's about them, not about you and your hangups. Unclench.
Now - gotta go, cod ironically I'm organising my 5year olds pamper party today. Or maybe I should switch to a party she wouldn't really like?!?

Children - stop the bickering. I swear you lot need to grow up.

Don't spoil the fun! I was due a lie-in but got woken by a stupid noise and couldn't get back to sleep.

This is helping me work out my pissiness before I get on with my day