First off I can’t believe they make these things. Aren’t our kids (especially girls) growing up way too fast these days? Don’t we as parents and concerned citizens want our children to stay just that, children, for as long as they can? So why….WHY…did some big head honcho guy with probably no young daughter(s) of his own think it would be a good idea to invent press-on nails for little girls? WHY? And why did the head honcho above him ok it? Because now my 8-year-old wants them! Ahhh…and not only that but since she just had her birthday her teacher asked her if she wanted something special. So what does my daughter say? You guessed it, “I really want some fake nails!”. Now she knows full well that I don’t like them on little girls and I don’t approve of her wearing them. The last thing in the world I want is for her to look like a little…
So the other day when I went to pick her up from school early because she was “sick” her teacher walked in and said, “Oh and I almost forgot to give you these.” I looked up and saw her standing there with a box of fake finger nails for my daughter…my *8* year old daughter mind you. And that wasn’t the part that really had my fuming. What pissed me off the most was the fact that she took an 8-year-olds word for it that her mommy allows her to wear these things. Shouldn’t she have called me *first* and said, “Smarty Pants said that this would be an ok gift. What do you think? Is it ok?”? C’mon…she’s 8 not 18! Am I over reacting ? Should this not bother me so much?
I don’t know. Plus the fact that I couldn’t win. She begged for me to let her wear them. “I promise I’ll be so good and nice to my brother. Please mama?” Well she has probably learned that whenever she says that she’s gonna be nice to her brother I cave. I’ll do anything to get them to get along. And she’s usually the one instigating the fights, so I let her wear them since she has a long weekend and we’re not going anywhere. BUT I’ll be watching her like a hawk and she knows it. One wrong move and I’ll be on her like a pack of dogs on a three-legged cat, like flies on shit, like…well you get the idea. I’ll be ripping those things off (and before you call DFS on me please know I’m exaggerating here. DUH!). And the deal is she has to take them off before school on Tuesday.
So in the end I’m probably still going to loose because she’s gonna keep track of every thing that her brother does to tick her off this weekend and let him have it on Monday or Tuesday! I hate that she’s wearing them, I hate even more that I caved. But the thing that’s still really bothering me is the fact that this woman…teacher…mother thought that it would be an ok gift for a child without consulting her mother first. What do you think?
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Ugh, those are awful! I’m seriously surprised a teacher would buy those! In our district, gifts from teachers are not allowed at all. I would have been fuming.
Yeah, I was pretty surprised that it was allowed. I just really think she’s too young. But who gives your child a gift like that without asking first? Errr…
I don’t know, I don’t see how they are much different than painting nails..they’re just nails after all…not hooker heals or a mini skirt. If it’s just for fun around the house, look at it like playing dress up.
They’re just nails, as long as they are appropriate length they’re fine! Kids just like the pretty designs, who can paint their nails that nice?
She’s your daughter and she played you. She told the teacher what she wanted, knowing you didn’t approve of them. She didn’t add “I’d love fake nails for my birthday, but my mom won’t let me”, she conviently left out the whole truth. At the time the teacher went to give her the gift, you could have thanked her, but let her know, you feel your daughter is far to young to wear them. Perhaps you could put them away for when she is older, or return the gift. Letting the teacher know, her thoughtfullness was appreciated, would do a lot even though you had to turn the gift down. It would also let the teacher know, she should ask prior to giving a gift. (out here our teachers don’t give out gifts either, so it seems strange to me) The point is, you are the parent and it’s not always an easy job. Stand up for your morals, regardless of what others think.
Just for the record…I see the nails as a dress up item, and not a little brat item. The brats have to have the attitude with it, other wise, they are just little girly girls enjoying being young.