Celebrating the birthday from four years of age with a “manicure party”, the new trend that is taking hold in the big cities, can it be a good idea? In fact, it is an increasingly widespread reality and the growth of the beauty centers equipped for this type of parties are a demonstration. They offer make -up, hairstyle, massage, manicure and much more services, with the possibility also to wear sumptuous clothes worthy of the most prestigious catwalks.
Which girl would not want to live a princess day, surrounded by people who do four to make it the most beautiful of the realm? There is nothing wrong with this desire to appear beautiful, nourished by fairy tales and today more than ever proposed as an imperative by social media. A desire that leads to “rummage” in the things of the big ones to put the enamels, make up and disguise yourself. Trying to imitate someone is part of the evolutionary tasks of growing. How many played with the mother’s heels and paraded for the house with the clothes of the adults? This experimentation is absolutely natural but lately the market is increasingly invading the territory of the game, exploiting the desires and needs of girls (and boys) to promote income. Manicure Party are an example, they sell services to animate parties in which increasingly young girls participate. The goal is to conquer a slice of new very profitable customers. Childhood, however, must always be defended It is protected and cannot be the market to establish what is adequate or not adequate to the needs of those who are growing.
It is very different to organize a “beauty” themed party in their own home, in this case children must invent their activities, create spaces where you can play tricks or enamels, or disguise themselves with scarves and cloth sheeting. Each party must be an opportunity to train fantasy and explore different interests and passions. Growing means opening up to the worldexperimenting with many different situations and adults have the responsibility of stimulating creativity.
It is likely that many girls are enthusiastic about organizing a manicure party in an beauty center, but it is up to us adults to understand if it is truly a specific phase experience. It will certainly not be a manicure party to compromise their well -being, But the question for us adults It is: how much does this experience center the protagonism and creativity of minors at the center? There are infinite ways to celebrate together and our duty of educators is to train the imagination of those who are growing. In a beauty center everything is already ready there, it is a situation where the maximum effect is experienced with minimal effort. The growth, on the other hand, must be above all training of the desire to make special simple materials through actions suggested by one’s imagination.
