Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Beautiful and Glamorous: some people might think so.

Recently everywhere I went the same conversation kept coming up. It did not matter if it was on Facebook, or at my daughter’s netball game. When are your children; especially girls too young to wear make-up? A touch of lipstick is alright, but full foundation, blusher, lipstick, eye shadow, mascara and eye liner is that what is considered too be too much for five to ten year olds to wear. To make the discussions grow they even expected the boys to wear foundation and mascara. Our school was having its junior primary concert and our drama teacher had a vision of what she wanted to do. The production itself turned out to be a wonderful event, but the question still remains did they really need to wear so much make up?

The theory was that the children would look too pale on the stage area, a fact that some of us were unsure about as we had just done a dance production with our children who did the dance classes wearing only a touch of zinc cream on their faces and they looked fine. I now have a nine year old daughter who can now put on full make up by herself yet she is beautiful without any make up on. I found it hard to recognize my six year old with a full made up face. I can understand that some dance styles classes require their children to wear full makeup, but not everyone has their children in those types of dance classes. In high school drama classes boys are required to wear full make up, but they have chosen to do these classes. I have found myself not sure what to really make of this issue, I can see both sides, but I guess the real issue was that the parents did not have a say in whether or not they believed that their children at five to ten years of age needed the cosmetic enhancements to make them look beautiful and glamorous for a primary school concert. Not only was it a parental permission issue a lot of us had to go out and buy makeup for our children as we did not have the right color lipsticks, or our foundations were too pale, leaving us with makeup that we would most likely never use again.

I tell my daughter’s that they are beautiful nearly every day and I believe that they are, but I know that being beautiful and glamorous is not the most important lesson they can learn in life. I am reminded of Proverbs 31:30 which states ‘Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.' I would really love for my daughter’s beauty to continue to shine from inside out; not from the outside only.



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6 comments:

  1. Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
    You can't see the beauty of a soul, but only feel it.

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  2. Well i can see where your worry comes from. I must agree that for me personally, be it a drama class or a dance class, if it involves young children (age 3-10).. make up should not be a must, because here we are talking about kids having fun and performing and getting their first experiences, but at the same time I don't see that it's that important for every kid to be absolutely flawless in their appearance.. they are just children!

    And I think that the parents should have more say in what the teachers can and cannot do to their children, I'm sure there are many parents worried about the same subject!

    Wish you all the best! :)

    Btw, this is my first time on your blog.. i found it on BC! Keep on writing, im sure to check back soon!

    Take care,
    Ingrid

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  3. It's hard when society evolves and we are forced to adapt. I believe that a strong foundation is built at home and nothing can shatter it.

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  4. I'm a Psychology student and I strongly believe in the power of parenting. Nice article!

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  5. I can see the concern about young children wearing makeup. BUT, in the context of a stage production? No, I don't get it. Entertainment is just that, entertainment. What's wrong with children experiencing a bit of bling?

    Now, if the teacher had children wearing makeup in the classroom or on a field trip to the zoo, I could see an uproar.

    If the parents don't make a big deal out of it, then it won't be a big deal to the kids.

    JMO

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