Dressing table: Is it fun for your child?
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A dressing table, also called a vanity or or Duchess, is a small table with one or two rows of drawers.
Without a mirror it is also called “Lowboy”, but with a mirror they are most often used as a dressing table, but sometimes also as a side table.
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Why a dressing table for your child?
A dressing table can help a child to take care of themselves from an early age.
It is not only fun for your child, it is also educational. A child must of course learn that it must be able to take care of itself at some point.
Then we are of course not necessarily talking about make-up.
Also, for example, epilating facial hair or applying moisturizing cream is part of taking care of ourselves and looking as fresh as possible.
Perhaps the child finds it much more interesting to care for and make up others. Or to paint the nails of a friend.
Or maybe make up each other for a theme party. It's all possible with a dressing table!
It is not necessarily about a child becoming very involved with caring, it is more about learning how it works.
Children's dressing tables look more like dollhouses than replicas of adult dressing tables.
The play element is still the most important, that children learn in a playful way what a dressing table is used for.
Children are generally curious creatures. They learn through imitation and that is part of their development.
Children watch their parents do certain things, and try to do that imitate.
That is why it is of course important that the parents set an example for their children, in order to create neat and well-behaved children.
Once the kids have been practicing with their own makeup and grooming supplies long enough, get ready.
The mother's makeup bag will usually suffer!
You are beautiful just the way you are!
Conclusion
It is therefore normal and good for development if children at some point start to make up or take care of themselves.
But as a parent it is important to emphasize that your child is beautiful as it is.
We are constantly exposed to perfect models on television or on the internet, making it self image of many girls is often very negative.
Let your child play and experiment with care items, but above all emphasize that it is naturally beautiful!
Always something to do for the holidays or rainy day?
Play Choice now has the ultimate activity book collection, with over 60 pages of fun coloring pages and educational puzzles.
Joost Nusselder, the founder of Speelkeuze.nl is a content marketer, father and loves trying out new toys. As a child he came into contact with everything related to games when his mother started the Tinnen Soldaat in Ede. Now he and his team create helpful blog articles to help loyal readers with fun play ideas.