To think acrylic nails on a 12 year old is really stupid?

[LazySusan11]

Got home dsd proudly shows me her new nails, long pointy acrylics. I'm surprised that the nail place she went to agreed to do them and even more surprised that her mum paid for them.

So now I have a 12yr old dsd in a B cup padded push up bra (she doesn't naturally fill it) full face of make up including waxed and filled eyebrows and now the nails. Then she goes out with her friends like this.

AIBU to think this is a lot bit much?

Poor child. Does mum look like something off TOWIE?

I plucked my monobrow at home when I was 13. Acrylic nails are quite another matter. Does school have rules on nail length and polish?

YANBU. my daughter is 16 and has never asked although I may consider more temporary nails if it was a Xmas dance. She has a horse so it's not practical for her but 12 is far, far too young! It'll ruin her nails too. They can be painful when they come loose and put the real nail. Very sad really.

I think I'd had glue on nails by that age but I've never had acrylics.
I also plucked my eyebrows a bit but they were never "done".
I mostly was just playing about, this was 9 years ago, but I think the development of social media has changed things a bit.

YANBU

Ps YANBU

That's just awful... why would you let your daughter have all this. Yuk!

YANBU, sound way to much. My dd is 12, she has learned to do natural make up now, used to want to trowel it on, but after lots of chats " the idea is that it makes you look better, not worse " she realised that looking plastic was not a great goal. She's asked for nails and I've said no way.
Though when it's your DSD though.

They've been done really badly, she's apparently having them soaked off at some point. Her mum took her there, funnily enough her mum is very natural no nails, makeup etc. It's not my place to say anything, I spoke to dh and when I explained acrylics he wasn't happy he thought they'd been stuck on.

I know she wants to be older and experimenting with make up etc is normal I'm just sad she's encouraged to look a certain way at such a young age.

Uggghh! Way too young. Got a DD the same age and I'd never agree to this, not that she'd even ask.

I don't envy you OP. I guess all you can do is ignore it and try and make her feel positive about other aspects of herself apart from her physical presentation.

I can't imagine how tedious it is for her to keep up that level of hyper-grooming.

YANBU! No, no, no. Far too young.

She's too young, kids have thin oily nail plates unsuitable for holding onto extensions.

Properly applied and removed it's not an issue wrt to damage, but this place doesn't sound like it's going to do a good job and reputable nails techs won't remove other techs work.

I can't imagine any insurance company covering kids for extensions.