Week 5 analysis “Dress-up for elementary school”?...

When I was in elementary school it was jeans and t-shirts. If you wanted to “dress –up” for class you simply wore a dress or nice dress pants. For today’s elementary school girls not only do they wear jeans and t-shirts for every day wear they also feel they have to be just like mom and wear make-up to school. For some children they are not allowed to wear make-up. But for others they wear what I would consider too much make- up to school. Since I did not even question wearing make-up or dressing up for every day of school for me this is one subject that I as a mom have to say has gone too far. Now I understand that many girls want to be like the ones they see on television or in magazines but the whole glamour thing is too much for elementary school girls to be doing.
Some dermatologists would argue that wearing cosmetics is bad for your skin and complexion while others might say that if worn in moderation can be somewhat beneficial. I try to stay out of this whole argument. However I find my self as a mom of a first grader who is begging me to let her be like the other girls in her school and class for that matter and let her wear make-up. And dress outfits every day of the week.
This makes me want to stop and ask what ever happened to the fun of just being a kid?