In not liking the idea of nail painting for the children at a pre-school coffee morning ?

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Children are between 2.5 and 4 and they are planning on having tattoos and nail painting at a coffee morning to raise money for the pre-school. I don't think its really appropriate.

Would you say something ?

sammybeth I don't encourage my DD to dress up as a fairy or a princess, but if she wanted to, of course I would let her.
She doesn't have any fairy or princess dressing-up gear at home though- she has a chef's outfit, a fish costume (haphazardly made by myself ), doctors kit, etc. Her imagination is fabulous, and she pretends to be whatever she wants.

I just think girls should have higher ideals than being pretty. Don't think most of society agrees with me though- look at the clothes/toys/make-up marketed at little girls, and ever younger age groups too.

My DD is beautiful- she doesn't need to paint her exterior to be so- it shines from within.

I don't think it's the best choice for an event like this. At a busy coffee morning with lots of activities I'd be surprised if any of the children could keep still for long enough to avoid smudging the varnish. It would get everywhere. How about making bracelets instead? Get some big chunky wooden beads and the children can thread a few onto a piece of elastic, then a grownup ties it on their wrist.

I've always let DD have nail varnish and fake tattoos. I let her have make up too but it barely shows up and not for school.
Sometimes I buy coloured hairsapry too, she loves it and I see no harm in it all all.
She's just as happy in boys clothes from the charity shop as in her fairy dress with wings and pink hair.

I'd only worry if she wouldn't go out without make up and got vain with it. She just sees it as fun dress up.

Oh and today she chose a skeleton costume for Halloween, totaly ignoring all the dresses and girly stuff.

YABU. My son, 3, loves to paint his nails. He has his own pot of nail polish in one of his bags, which he keeps wiht his pink sunglasses, his keyes, his lip balm.... He likes tractors a lot too though, and will always point a beautifully manicured finger towards a tractor when we pass one on the road.

I kind of see where your coming from but kids don't have the same kind of connotations re nail varnish and tattoos that adults do. To them its just like face painting or drawing on themselves with felt pen. My DD is nearly 5 and plays with glittery 'make up' and nail varnish but in a dressing up look I'm a fairy or look I'm a clown way. Not to look more grown up. She likes to do it to me too.

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I wouldn't like it i have to admit. I'm quite old fashioned and don't like to see polish, make up etc on young girls at all. That's just my opinion though.

I do also think live and let live though and my neice adores having her toe nails done!!

I wouldn't say anything if i were you, i just wouldn't get involved and make some excuse up. If you make a comment people may get tetchy!!

YANBU. It sounds so COMMON!

YANBU.

I dont like that kind of thing either.

COMMON?

i wouldnt compalain.but if you dont like it dont participate

i think toddlers with make up/nail varnish looks really inapproprate and too sexualised.not age appropriate

it is icky

I was really against this type of thing and then whilst I was in China for the summer I had my nails done and DD (aged 2) put her hands out and so I allowed it. She looked very cute examining her hands every two minutes and showed everyone her 'sparky nails'. It's not something I would encourage, but it's quite harmless.

Sexualised? WTF is sexualised about barely visable nail varnish..... red lipstick and make up maybe....

children in make up?gross age inappropriate and imo looks seedy. i dont like the whole thing make up, nails etc

tacky

We are talking about nails here though, not the full works! nothing sexualised about painting nails imo

Thgere's a big difference between a bit of nail polish/barely there lip gloss and glitter and that full painted adult stuff!

I don't think anyone said that was OK

Scottish Mummy noone is talking about pageants.

I don't like nail painting or tattoos on children, I think it is horrible, it does have slightly sexualised overtones imo and is very tacky.

YANBU - I would not let my DD 3 have her nails done (too grown up and yes is "common" like seeing children with earrings!) and I hate those temporary tatoos that take a week to wash off.

Surely they are not painting boys nails?!

I think it is completely different allowing ones child to dress up as a fairy etc. Why don't they do face painting instead? A bit of fun and can be washed off later in the day.

Im sorry but imo thats a load of bollicks, next you'll be saying wearing pick is sexualised!

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