I'm not a fan of either Jolie or Pitt, personally, but I do find the number of questions regarding their parenting style to be somewhat aggravating mostly due to the fact that every time people question it, it's for nonsensical reasons -- most of which are normal happenings with small children. Most ironic, I find, is that people despise when their own parenting style is judged yet are more than willing to put down another method without knowing the facts.
At the tender age of four, I sat at my mother's vanity and played with her make up. I was even allowed to go to my gran's home wearing it for that day as well; I can only imagine how silly I looked. I also sometimes took my mother's clothes while she was folding clean laundry and would wear them around her room for fun. My parents and grandparents thought it extremely amusing.
And yet, am I hypersexual because my mother allowed me to play dress up and to wear her lipstick? Not at all.
Is my psyche skewed? Not at all.
Was the psyche of the grown men around me skewed? Not that I can tell.
If someone is sexually aroused or has to question themselves because of a child wearing or doing any of these things, they have bigger problems than society "programming" their sexuality. And that problem was certainly there much longer than the lipstick on my four year old lips.
PUBLIC OPINION > There's No Harm in Letting a 3-Year-Old Wear Lipstick
SodaHead Living
2012/03/07 23:45:49
Angelina Jolie has been criticized in the past for letting her daughter Shiloh dress in boyish clothes, but this time her youngest daughter, 3-year-old Vivienne, is turning heads. The child was spotted wearing red lipstick outside of the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood this weekend, prompting some to question whether that's an appropriate age to start your kids off on makeup. We asked the public what they thought.
The overall consensus seems to be that playing dress up is what little girls do. It's not like Jolie is dressing her up in a low-cut blouse and miniskirt. We'd sooner pull the plug on "Toddlers and Tiaras" than give Vivienne's lipstick a second thought. Of course, there were naysayers. Some suggested it's too young and might set little girls up to depend too heavily on the stuff. But for the most part, it's not a problem. On commenter wrote, "To quote Holden Caulfield: 'Very big deal.'"
Women Think It's Cute
None of the demographics took a strong stance against Vivienne's makeup, but female voters were more likely to let it slide. In the comments, many of them shared their personal experiences either putting on makeup at a young age, or putting it on their kids. It's not that uncommon, after all.
A Little More Cautious With Age
There was a correlation with age, but it wasn't drastic or very consistent. From teens to respondents in their 40s, support dropped about 19%, but support popped back up another 14% in the 55-64 group, so it wasn't exactly linear. The sudden increase could have been a fluke, although the sample size was decent enough to make it unlikely.
Parents Don't See a Problem
Seeing as this topic deals with raising kids, parents are naturally the most important demographic to examine. But they only varied a few points from the overall vote, and even that was in favor. Suffice it to say, Jolie isn't going to have any trouble finding backup on this if criticism continues.
If you'd like to vote on this question, dig deeper into the demographics, or engage in existing discussion about the topic, visit our original poll about kids wearing lipstick. We'd love to hear from you!
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Top Opinion
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Vic~*PHAET*~ 2012/03/08 04:17:19
A 3-year-old wearing lipstick, yes it isn't normal, but it is not too bad, it could depend.
Because there are two different types of lipstick:
The one with bad alchocol and chemicals and dangerous stuff
And the good one without the nasty chemicals, the healthy one.
So, thats my opinion.
Around the house, and with family/ close friends who may as well be family, that's a different story. And so long as it doesn't ever come to the point, ESPECIALLY at THAT young of an age, that the female child thinks she NEEDS makeup, let her explore a bit. Just don't take it over board. Although lip gloss and tinted lip balms I consider a different story, I don't quite consider those "makeup". So they would be allowed things such as that and nail polish (which I virtually never wear so it pry wouldn't be in my house, but should my daughter get it else where, that would be fine). And starting at the teenage years I would allow her to start wearing make up, perhaps a lil bit earlier if they have facial blemishes, and wish to wear some foundation or base, but nothing more before age 13. They would also be taught how to properly apply it w/o making themselves look like a hooch or a clown once they were allowed to start wearing make up. Although I would also try to teach them that they DO NOT NEED make up.
don't dress ur lil girls to 'intice' @ such a young age!
Jolie & Brad r the exception! (dumb asses)!
It's ridiculous, IMO.
But still i think we must guide our children girls not to wear lipstick in such a younger age, because they remain no more Belle and innocent. Their face look like ladies.
Because it`s makes her Beauty and lovely people.