Not only would it hurt a lot, but it just sounds kind of stupid. But apparently "baby waxing" is the next big thing according to some mothers and spa workers.
Though not quite as popular as mani-pedi parties for toddlers, aestheticians are now scheduling more hair-removal appointments than ever for the under-12 set.
More mothers are pressuring the girls to look a certain way, and peer pressure doesn't help.
Insults from classmates about a students body hair can damage a child's psyche quite a bit (especially if they have a bit of a unibrow). The pain of waxing off the offending eyebrow hair is nothing compared to the torment children's teasing can do. Unfortunately the teasing doesn't stop with facial hair. Kids make fun of how you dress, what brands you were, how your hair is done, etc and that can be very hard on kids, but kids are already beautiful. They don’t need anything. Besides, if you give them all this now, what do they have to look forward to?” Shouldn't we be instilling a sense of self worth in these kids, not telling them that if they don't like how they look we can run out and buy or fix whatever you want.
Renee Mancino, a real estate broker and mother of two in Hawthorn Woods, Ill., agrees. “My daughter is 15 now and we’ve been dealing with this issue since she was 10 or even younger,” says Mancino. “All these girls at her school have been getting eyebrow waxing, lip waxing, manicures, hair color … I just don’t go for it. My job is to feed, clothe, educate and love her. It’s not my job to buy her massages and highlights.”
It's critical that parents try to temper unrealistic beauty ideals instead of supporting them," says Alyson Shafer, a psychotherapist and parenting expert.
What I want to know, is what is this world coming to?
2 comments:
oh my gosh i know seriously!!! its digsusting what some parents force their kids to do and encourage them to do and have done. its sad. really it is.
Do kids of that age even have hair to get a bikini wax? I can understand the eyebrows or if they have extensive facial hair but come on! People! They are kids! I coached some 3rd graders that had fake nails and were spoiled like this.
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