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video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo playerIn recent weeks, we've seen Jessica Alba take her daughter to the nail salon, and Gwen Stefani has been known to treat her sons to manicures, but how far is too far when it comes to childhood beauty pampering? Salons have been offering questionable services to young ones for years now, and the trend doesn't seem to be dying down. In fact, Read more

At this point, the well-worn "little girls are getting pedicures" storyline is nothing new, but as kiddy-specific salons and spas grow, so does the controversy. Most recently, the BBC reported on Chez Lulu, a Beirut salon for girls. Open since 2009, Chez Lulu provides hair styling, makeup application, and nail services for kids as young as 4 years old. Malak Mohammad, a sprightly 4-year-old, Read more

We're excited to present this thought-provoking story from Allure: Protestors of an upcoming Melbourne child beauty pageant have taken to the streets of Australia with signs reading: "Affection Not Perfection" and "Babies Not Barbies." They've asked that the government step in and apply an age restriction for the event, which will be run by the American-based Universal Royalty Beauty Pageant Read more

With new census data, India is once again under scrutiny for its unbalanced sex ratio. There are 914 girls for every 1,000 boys (under age 6), the lowest girl to boy ratio since 1947. This is a startling statistic when you consider the global average is 1,050 girls for every 1,000 boys, and there are countries like Latvia with a shortage of men. One way India has tried to remedy this is with Read more

Recently, I saw this terrible article about a mom who is supposedly injecting her 8-year-old with Botox and giving her "virgin" waxes. Internet denizens are up in arms about it, understandably, and the story is showing up all over the place. Before we all call the Child Welfare Office, though, there are several things about this story that don't seem quite right. I did a little research, so to Read more

GeoGirl, the forthcoming Walmart makeup line aimed at tweens, continues to cause a stir. Although some corners of the Web have been outraged by GeoGirl, this news clip instead focuses on two Oklahoma moms who aren't crazy about their daughters wearing makeup. "At this age," one says, "They just need to learn that they can be accepted for who they are, not how pretty they can make themselves be." Read more

Research seems to suggest that children exposed to more germs as little kids are less likely to get illnesses such as asthma, allergies, or autoimmune disorders later in life. And even more research suggests that since little girls tend to be cleaner and play indoors more frequently, they have an increased risk of developing these types of sicknesses. It's called the hygiene hypothesis. To find Read more

When I took my entrance exam to a Jesuit high school, the girls and boys were separated — girls on one floor, boys on the other. I dismissed it as Catholic paranoia, but it turns out the school was onto something. A new study found that women do worse on math tests after being subjected to the "male gaze." We already know any gender gap in math is due to stereotypes ingrained into girls and Read more