What age is too young for a mani, pedi and massage?
There’s a shop in the northern suburbs of Cape Town offering little girls manicures, pedicures, facials and massages. The boutique is designed to appeal to moms who can now share all those wonderful pampering feelings with their girls, aged two and up.
The boutique also offers birthday parties (at R300 per child) and sells clothing and accessories, and appears to be targeting pre-school kids.
There are mom-and-girl packages, as well as deals where your tot could have their nails (all twenty of them) done, and then a facial treatment.
Presumably the manis and pedis are cost-effective for the boutique, as they are working on nails only a fraction of the size of adult nails.
While dress-up and other mommy-mimicking activities are entirely appropriate for little girls, it does seem a little extreme to take your child for beauty treatments (or de-stressing sessions). What kinds of effecct will these activities have on her ability to relate to other children who aren't as fortunate?
Is there a limit to how much pampering your little princess should have?
By: Scott Dunlop