Rayna DeReus-Children and wearing makeup

Since the beginning of time people have always applied some sort of face paint. Whether this be for a religious reason or for social status it had been done. Well, as I walk around today I see that the age girls begin to wear makeup have gotten younger. I see many young girls ages 10 and 11 wearing rather heavy makeup. Studies have shown that many girls start wearing makeup at a younger make then they did even a few years ago. Why is it now acceptable to have 10, 11, and 12 year olds wearing makeup? Being able to wear makeup used to be more of a rite of passage into woman hood, but instead it has become something that young girls need to wear in-order to fit in and feel pretty. Wearing makeup has many psychological effects on the girl. Some of these include her not feeling confident in herself when she doesn’t have makeup on. Another effect would be that the girl is pushed into growing up faster then she needs to. Wearing makeup is the precedent to many other things that girls should wait to wear/do until they are older. Letting your daughter wear makeup at what age is a personal choice, but today many girls are picked on and made fun of if they don’t start to wear makeup until they are a bit older.  I would also like to say that wearing makeup is not always a bad a thing for the girl. It can sometimes be a confidence booster for the girl to wear cover-up or foundation if she is really self-conscious about a scar or injury that has occurred. Again it is up to the parents to decide but children should have to start wearing makeup at 10 in order to “fit in” or “look pretty”.

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