低龄化妆无伤大雅？

女孩子应该多大开始化妆？相信不少人会被问倒。如果再问：四岁的孩子应该化妆吗？相信大多数人会惊讶不已。在美国，正是一个四岁小女孩儿化妆出门的事在网上掀起轩然大波。那她到底为什么这么做呢？

Now to that controversy thats got so many moms talking. We all know that little girls like to wear makeup. They loved to get dolled up. But would you let a four year-old leave the house wearing lip gloss and eye shadow？

And， of course， there are many ways to parent. So many makeup 1）mavens， we went to Fort Wayne， Indiana， where one little gals already been bitten by the beauty bug， and her moms received some 2）backlash because of it， and shes now biting back.

Shes cute， 3）sassy， and already a makeup 4）guru. OK， so maybe shes not a total pro， but just like the made-up girls on TVs Toddlers and Tiaras， four year-old Bretta Crosss fascination with grown-up cosmetics has set off a serious online debate. It all started when her mom， Lindsey， posted a mommy confession blog on mommyish.com writing， “I let my toddler wear makeup： eyes， cheeks， lips， the whole thing.”

Lindsey Cross says her daughters fascination came after watching her apply makeup for events. It soon became their special bonding routine. “Every holiday， performance or any other event that she deems necessarily fancy， we pick out a pretty dress， curl her hair， and then we apply a little makeup. Alright， we apply a full face of makeup.”

Lindsey： When I wrote the piece I didnt think it was that monumental of a deal.

What Cross didnt expect was an online backlash with parents weighing in. And some experts agree， saying four is too young for makeup.

Henry Paul （Adolescent Psychiatrist）： Makeup， in some way can be addictive， and what these children would be addicted to is the pursuit of perfection， kind of a superficial， skin-deep “Im only as good as I look.”

But Cross says her daughters makeup is just childs play.

Reporter： Why do you love to put makeup on？

Bretta： Cause I like to.

Reporter： What makes it so special？

Bretta： Because it makes me pretty.

Reporter： Do you think its kind of contradictory where“you dont have to have makeup on to be beautiful， but I know that you feel the prettiest when you have it on and Ill let you do it.”

Lindsey： I understand that， and I think that those are still discussions that well have as she gets older.

For now， though， Cross says， she just wants her daughter to enjoy being a child.

Lindsey： Its dress-up，…its playing pretend， its pretending that shes older， and I think that as she gets to be a little bit older， shell look at it differently and so well talk about it differently.

现在转向许多妈妈都在谈论的一个争议性话题。我们都知道小女孩儿喜欢化妆，她们喜欢被打扮得漂漂亮亮的。但你会让一个四岁的小女孩儿涂着唇膏，抹着眼影出门吗？

当然了，当父母的方式多种多样，在他们当中，有不少化妆行家。我们前往印第安那州的韦恩堡，在那里，有一个小女孩儿爱美成癖，而她的妈妈也因此遭到了强烈的反对。现在，当妈的要奋起反击了。

她聪明伶俐，活泼漂亮，还是个化妆的小专家。好吧，也许她还不是一个真正的高手，但她就像电视节目《孩童与花冠》里化好了妆的女孩子一样，四岁的布雷塔·克罗斯对大人的化妆品极度着迷，而这事在网上掀起了轩然大波。这一切都源于她的妈妈林赛在mommyish.com网站上写的一则告白式博客：“我让我的小女儿化妆，包括眼睛、脸颊、嘴唇，整个脸。”

林赛·克罗斯说女儿是因为看到自己在参加一些活动前进行化妆而对此产生浓厚兴趣的。很快，化妆成为母女关系中一个特殊的保留节目。“每逢节日、演出活动或任何一次她觉得特别的活动，我们都会挑一条漂亮的裙子，帮她卷发，然后再上一点点妆。好吧，我们把整个脸都化上了妆。”

林赛：我在写那篇博客时，没有想到会引起如此巨大的反响。

林赛没有想到的是众多父母参与此事的讨论，在网上形成强烈的反对意见。有些专家也对四岁孩子就化妆太早的意见表示赞成。

亨利·保罗（青少年心理学家）：在某种程度上，化妆是会上瘾的。这些孩子会因此沉溺于对完美的容颜，对外表，对肤浅东西的追求，会形成“我的外表就代表我”的看法。

但林赛却说她女儿化妆这事只不过是小孩的游戏罢了。

记者：你为什么喜欢化妆呢？

布雷塔：因为我就是喜欢啊。

记者：化妆有什么特别的？

布雷塔：化妆可以让我变漂亮。

记者：一个人不一定要化妆才好看，但我明白你在化妆后觉得自己是最漂亮的，所以我就让你这么做。——你不觉得这种想法自相矛盾吗？

林赛：我明白你的意思，我觉得得等她长大后，我再来跟她讨论这些。

但就现在而言，林赛说她只想让女儿享受自己的童年。

林赛：这只不过是打扮得漂漂亮亮的……不过是玩过家家的游戏，假装她比实际年龄要大。我觉得等她再大一点，她就会有不同的看法。到那个时候，我们就会从不同的角度来讨论这个问题。