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• Not Another Tween Beauty Crisis

  Want to know if another generation of kids is headed for holy hellfire? According to Salon's Broadsheet, just check out Newsweek.  Broadsheet's Amy Benfer has pulled Newsweek articles from now, the late nineties, early nineties and the eighties that all say the same thing: today's tween girls are growing up too fast, they're skankier than the previous generation of tween girls, they know too much about naughty things, aaaack. Avert your eyes! What prompted the rant? Read More... Posted Apr 02 2009, 03:26 PM by JeanneSager with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: girls, tweens, beauty, daughters, newsweek, broadsheet, growing up, economy, nail polish, Jeanne Sager, tween girls

• Urlacher Paints Son's Toenails: So What?

  If he weren't in one of the manliest professions on the planet (professional football player? come on testosterone), I'd still laugh at the claims against Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher. His ex-girlfriend says he comes home from Dad's house with nail polish on his toes and Cinderella Pull-Ups 'round his waist. I say, who cares? Read More... Posted Nov 28 2008, 10:02 AM by JeanneSager with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: gender, football, thanksgiving, nail polish, Cinderella, Jeanne Sager, pull-ups, NFL, girly boys, Chicago Bears, Brian Urlacher, boys dressing as girls, gender confusion

• Creepiest Story of the Day: Bikini Waxes for Eight-Year-Olds

  Some of this is so extreme you just can't imagine it: There's a story in Philadelphia Magazine (via Jezebel) about moms who take their kids to spas for treatments. As in, bikini waxes, and we're talking about an eight-year-old. (And yes, they discuss the fact that an eight-year-old probably has no pubic hair to wax.) And teens getting botoxed. Ten-year-olds with aesthetician-created, perfectly arched brows. Six-year-olds getting weekly blowouts. Yeeeugh. Clearly something has gone horribly awry here. The author says it's a slippery slope though. How many moms start off... Read More... Posted Mar 28 2008, 01:33 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: mothers, girls, moms, beauty, self-esteem, body image, makeup, hair, self image, treatments, acne, philadelphia magazine, perfection, spas, nail polish, bikini wax, stage moms