Which
creeps you out more: the fact that a mom who knew better went ahead
with a mani-pedi party for her 7-year-old, as reported in this New York Times story on spa treatments for pre-tweens, or the fact that the birthday girl's father suggested it?
There
isn't anything inherently bad about nail polish and lip gloss (you
know, except for the phthalates). But why do parents get involved in
all this make-up/makeover stuff for their young girls? Why the parties?
Why does it have to be so state-sanctioned and
encouraged and dumped in young kids' laps?
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