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My son is wearing nail polish...

Mrs.HizzoMrs.Hizzo member
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...and he won't take it off. They had Beauty Salon day at preschool on Thursday, which I find vaguely odd. Generally speaking I love their curriculum, but this one has me scratching my head. The educational value of letting the kids put on makeup escapes me.

Anyway, Finn declined makeup and a new hairstyle, but decided he'd like his fingernails painted. So now he's sporting bright fuchsia polish and periodically stops to admire it, saying things like "My fingers are so PRETTY!" I asked him last night if I could take it off, and he was aghast. "NO, Mom! I'm going to wear it FOREVER!"

The whole thing cracks me up. It's even funnier because my husband is struggling so hard to be a progressive 21st century guy who doesn't care about a little nail polish on his oldest boy, but secretly it's killing him. I keep telling him it will be awesome blackmail material once the kids turns 16.

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  • kacellekacelle member
    That is kind of a strange preschool activity (regardless of the sex of the kids), but I think it's cute that he's so proud of his pretty nails!  DH and I had a long talk about situations like this when I was in a child development course last semester, and I think he was also trying to be that progressive 21st century guy who doesn't force gender roles.  Not sure what he'd do if we actually did have a son come home with fuchsia nails...
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  • englishviolaenglishviola

    Whose idea was Beauty Shop day? Weird. 

    But it's funny that your DS is wearing nail polish.  

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  • mrswright2006mrswright2006 member

    DD had a day sort of like that this year.  The local high school had a community service day, and a whole bunch of teenagers came in, and painted faces, and did manicures.  We had to sign a permission slip beforehand, but it was so cute seeing all of those little kids marching out of preschool for the day! 

    I have a feeling DH will be in the exact  same boat when DS gets to preschool ... he will keep him mouth shut around the kids, but cringe until the nailpolish wears off.

    If you want to try and get the polish off without a fight, I suggest offering to re-paint his nails, and give him the choice of clear, or a few skin-toned options, that way it won't be as noticable, but he still gets to be proud of his painted nails (I've done that with DD before when the bright purple nail polish her grandmother put on her nails isn't appropriate or starts to look horrible after awhile). 

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  • jallen76jallen76 member
    Every time I paint DD's nails, my son asks to have his painted too.  The first time he asked I painted them and now EVERYTIME he wants them done and I have to say no...I guess it is only paint on nails...but still?  Right?
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  • kacellekacelle member

    imagejallen76:
    Every time I paint DD's nails, my son asks to have his painted too.  The first time he asked I painted them and now EVERYTIME he wants them done and I have to say no...I guess it is only paint on nails...but still?  Right?

    In my opinion, it's more damaging for a parent to act like a child's desires are unusual or socially unacceptable than it is for parents to allow something like nail painting and let people raise their eyebrows.  I'm also approaching the topic from the position of a child development major, not as the mother of a boy.  :)

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