Suri Cruise Wears Red Lipstick: Is It OK to Experiment With Makeup as a Kid?

She's not my kid so it's none of my business.

What little girl doesn't want to play dress up and try on their momma's make up? I had 4 girls and they all played dress up. The thing I have a problem with are the tiny tykes who parade around like miniature harlots in "Beauty Pageants". They dress these babies up to look like grown women on the prowl. This can only appeal to pedophiles and certainly endangers these children. Look what happened to the Ramsey child.
As for Suri...not a problem.
I must say, though, that this child is absolutely gorgeous. I hope she realizes when she grows up that she won't need make up to be beautiful.

I think it's cute as long as it's within reason.

If a little girl Suri Cruise's age was constantly wearing alot of makeup I'd be concerned, but occasionally wearing a little lipstick like she was is cute. She's just a little girl playing dress-ups and carrying a doll, nothing wrong with that. When I was her age I was always into my Mother's makeup kit and experimenting (most of the time I ended up with hearts drawn with red lipstick all over my face). I say everyone should just let her have her fun.

sure, it's kinda cute

The only red tint that should be on her lips - Is the one you get after you finish eating a Cherry Tootsie Pop. :)

within reason. The girl is not painted up like a floozy.

There was nothing wrong with her wearing a bit of lipstick. It's not as though she had been dressed up in sexy clothes and was being paraded around on a stage for sic men to ogle. Get a grip. She is just a little girl wanting to be like mommy. She probably has cameras in her face all the time and maybe feels a little shy about it. Hiding behind a touch of lipstick may make her feel more secure. As for mud pies? They might be a bit hard to find in the big city and she may not be comfortable getting dirty. Each child is different. Plus, I imagine this child is watched like a hawk by her mother and father as well as their personal security. Don't be so judgmental.

When children turn 5 they start to develop emotionally. Little girls are often shy at this age, just as some little boys. It is nothing a parent does or doesn't do that makes their child shy.It is a natural occurrence and something they grow out of. Letting your little girl wear a touch of lipstick is allowing her to seek her own identity. This is merely a phase that little girls go through. Making it seem like something bad can confuse a child when she sees mommy putting make up on. Letting her wear a touch of lipstick, and teaching her that too much is not acceptable, shows her that she can trust her mother's guidance and is loved and appreciated by her parents. What you know about little girls wouldn't fill a thimble. My girls all went through various stages of this. They are all grown women now and not one of them wears a lot of make up and most of the time they wear no make up. That's because I didn't make a big deal out of it.

I would try to discourage it, but if it was something he had his heart set on, I might let him. It might indicate that his sexual identity was already showing itself. You cannot change a child sexual identity by telling them they are a boy or a girl. It doesn't work that way. They are who they are. Fortunately, I didn't have to deal with this problem. But, changing the above question to include a boy in the scenario makes it a different subject all together.

Why ask the question when you have already made up my mind for me? The subject was Suri, not some little boy whose sexual identity might be expressing itself at the age of 5. You want to smear the issue because YOU don't like the idea. It makes you uncomfortable. Don't assume you know how I would feel or how I would handle your supposed situation. You would be wrong.
However, according to your outspoken discomfort with the idea it is obvious how you would react, and what you would do. It's your prerogative to impose on your children whatever restraints you feel are necessary to keep yourself from being embarrassed in public.
The only reason I included a boy in my comment was to make the point that ALL children, of both sexes, begin to go through their emotional growth at this age. It has nothing to do with a little boy wanting to wear lipstick.
I tried to respect your question by answering it as honestly as I could, but you use it to attack me with your own shallow ideology. You are still very young and I hope that as time goes by you mature in your thoughts and emotional development and gain some compassion and understanding of what it is like to be a little girl who just wants to play dress-up and wear a little bit of lipstick.
Unfortunately, you didn't walk through the door, Hun, you walked into it.

Yes you have and we have discussed this fact of Child Abuse, and you know my oldest Son has worked with Child Protection Services for 20-years.
This Woman would expolit her children from the sound of her, to make a point.
I loath Parents that do not protect their children, and want to push them into the lime light, when in reality, they are really trying to relieve their misserable lives thru their children. I Know, I grew up in that environment, with my Mother being pushed by my Grandmother.

Oblivion is fine with libs. Disgusting...

That is why the Country is so Fu@ked Up........PC BS

Yes we have and this woman DreamSp is suggesting doing just that. Pimp the Child to the Media and hope she gets discovered. What BS

Don't put words in my mouth, I never suggested anything of the kind. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and you are certainly entitled to raise your children as you see fit. But you do NOT have the right to tell others how to raise theirs.

I did NOT tell you how to Raise yours. You put your Own Worde in your Mouth, I was just pointing that out. As I see it you find nothing wrong with Pimping out Your Daughter to the Media in hopes of her being Discovered.
That IS basically what you have implied, Lady.
You also said you would have no problem with your boy wearing lipstick if that is what he wanted to do.
What about the Ridicule, Teasing and Fights he would endure....Did you even consider that......NO
So Bug Off, as I see you as an Unfit Parent in your assessment of this topic.

Yes they are and You have quite a few of them......You just cannot grasp the plight these parents put there children in with the Media and the stalkers and the Child Molesters.
My Older Son has worked with abused and batted kids for over 20 years now. He is now an Investigator with Child Protective Services. I have heard some stories that would make you cry, from innocent acts putting kids out into the public. It happens more often than you would think, as the media only plays up the high profile cases, not the common ones that my son sees. So yes, I am Very Passionate about this and am trying to get others to come to their senses.

Being passionate about child abuse is not what this question is about, although I can agree with you about that. Abusers should go to jail. Everyone should be concerned with child abuse. But, this child is not being abused.

The question was,"is it alright for a child to experiment with makeup". Your mind has been filled with the horror stories your son has seen. That stuff will drive you crazy. However, Suri is not being abuse or exploited in anyway. Her parents are very protective and love her deeply. It is hard enough being always attacked by paparazzi as an adult, yet even harder as a child. Her parents are doing the best they can to help their child adjust to this invasion.

Unfortunately, due to an insane population that feels they must know everything possible about their favorite movie star, this child will grow up faster than the average child who has nothing more to worry about than skinned knees. The last thing Suri needs is to see/hear her mother being attacked by busybody people with nothing more to do than criticize.

You Still MISS THE POINT..........
There is a mental Impact on kids of that age being thrust into the Camera's, and not being able to grow up like other kids and playing with them.
You are failing to see the Big Pitcure here.
I am done with You and This Topic as you still seem to think No Harm.....
I asked if you were a Shrink, a Child Therapist, or anything of that sort to base your statement on.
I am Done.......

I hear you TAM, you have been very outspoken, as you should be, with regard to Child abuse of anykind....
Too bad people do not listen my friend.....

I will help you with that.....:-)

I will have your Back........and I will help stuff them in the jaws of that Shreader...... ;-)

You got that right. Get the Scum off the Streets and keep the kids Safe.... :-)

Very Well Said TAM and so Very True...

And not for nothing, Red lipstick on a child at the age of five is more than perturbing.

I totally agree, which is something this woman DreamSP has overlooked in her tirade on TAM. She keeps talking of "A Little Bit, or a Touch Of" Lipstick....Not the Red as shown on the Pic.........

That is YOUR opinion and you have the right to express it, just as I have the right to express mine.

That is true. I do find it disturbing that you feel it is ok to not only let a 5-year old girl wear Red Lipstick, but you would let a 5-year old boy wear it too.
You are some kind of Parent, not one I would want around my kids if I had them at the age still.

You took that comment out of context and no amount of explanation is going to satisfy you as you have made up your mind, a mind that is filled the stories your son has filled it with. Just end this constant barrage of harassment and get on with your life.