I think the Today Show is "creepy."

i think it makes them look creepy-and why so young-mothers trying to push them out of the nest faster then necessary-if they wear makeup so early in life-what do they have to look forward too-I have seen kids in high heels and makeup-Where the hell are the mothers of these kids???

Well, it's defiantly creepy! I've seen shows on the mating game for adults, it was stated that a woman's lips on her face mimic the lips on her private region! That by putting lipstick or lip gloss on, you are indicating that you are ready for sex. So the next time you're child asks for lip gloss or lipstick, ask yourself if your child is ready for sex. Children grow up way too fast, even faster in the glare of the spotlight, so keep them a child for as long as possible. Remember the drama Drew Barrymore went through as a child star? Why would you inflict that upon your child too, willingly? Come on people, wake up!

Give me a break. Don't you remember when you were a little girl and you used to want to play with your Mom's makeup and play dress-up. My mother sold Avon and I was constantly in her samples. It was so much fun. I think Katie is just being a regular mom who wants her daughter just to enjoy being a little girl.

What?! I wear lip gloss in school all the time and that definitely does not mean I am "ready for sex," When I was younger I used to wear lipstick (usually smudging it alll around my lips) just to play around, I think its perfectly normal for a younger girl wanting to play dress up with her mom's make-up and it doesn't have to mean they are ready for sex.

...thats exactly what it means in our society, a little girl can play dress up and tea at home but she shouldn't be paraded around town and tv like that, because it attracts the WRONG kind of attention!

i agree with you,playing dress up at home is one thing, paraded around town is another, we don"t want our child grow to fast.

I'm all for children having fun at home while digging through mommy's dress clothes, night gowns, and scarves... but I do believe letting a two year old wear fake eyelashes is just too much. Even Lipstick is fine on occasion. Little girls like to mimic mommy... it's the way things go. Suri sees her mother wear these things, so obviously she wants to do the same. As long as a parent is level headed about it, let a child wear a lip stain, lip stick, or even a bit of eyeshadow... Just teach them how to wear things apropriately. Accenting the beauty that they already have. Children are cute with out the make up... but in some cases they're cute with it as well. It's all about being diligent and letting your child know they're beautiful with out the make up and that they don't NEED it. If they want to wear it occasionally, then help them out. Don't make them feel like they're bad because they want to try new things. We have enough issues with our girls being self conscious as it is... Support and guidance are the true ideas that will help our girls. Be a mom. Let them know the difference between having fun and trying to bury yourself in another image!!!

I think parents letting little children wear makeup out of their own home are just asking for trouble for that child. In this crazy world today and all the pedophiles out there, they are just putting these beautiful very young children out there to be hurt. One cannot have their eyes on children every second and that's all it takes for a child to disappear. Please parents, let children be children. Believe you me, they grow up to fast anyway. Enjoy them, love them and keep them safe. Let them play makeup in their own home but when they go out, just let them be a child. If they throw a tantrum, YOU ARE THE PARENT, YOU TAKE CONTROL, YOU KEEP YOUR CHILD SAFE.

I had 5 sons and then I finally had my little girl. When she was around 4 yrs. old I would let her play with little girls makeup. Only at home. In no way would I put makeup on her and parade her around town. That is much too young and they look rediculous!

As she became a teen putting on her own makeup, it was not a big deal to her and she herself put it on lightly. She is now 19 yrs. old and has never gone over board on her makeup.

I don't see a problem having fun and putting makeup on a child but I do have a problem with putting makeup on a child and taking them out on the town. They are much too young and as I said, they look ridiculous. I feel the same way about these little kids in beauty pageants as well. Beauty is behavior and what is inside of a person. Beauty does not come from the outside.

It's great that little girls still play dress up. Ages 2 and 3 are a little young though. I'm not a prude by any means, but once they walke out of the door to their houses the make-up and dress-up should come off. They look like little prostitutes.

I have a question for everyone who thinks its creepy why do u look at a little girl with makeup on and think about sex? Who's creepy now! when I look at a little girl with makeup on all I think is how cute or too much makeup never about sex. And yes I have a 4 year old daughter who loves to wear makeup, I just explain that there is a time and a place for it, like she's not allowed to wear it to school but I did let her wear it for Christmas not a lot just a little eye shadow and a little light lip stick. All Im doing is teaching her how to be a girl nothing about sex. Oh ya I also have a 9 year old boy

CREEPY. i agree with hot-in-miami. and i'd also like to add that a lot of the clothes that they're making these days for little girls is outrageous. just miniature versions of the slutty clothes that a 20 yr old would wear. what the hell is going on? why can't babies be babies? why do moms dress up their toddlers in makeup and slutty clothes?

I agree with you both.. Why would you want to make your baby more sexually attractive to the male population? What is wrong with being a baby or child.. Why do you want them to grown up so fast… It happens in time.. When they are able to deal with the choices and stress that come with being a young woman. A child doesn’t have that maturity. Seems to me it’s the mothers job to protect their children..

What in the world are you thinking?

I agree. Why do we want our LITTLE girls to grow up so fast-and where have all the morals gone. Both of my girls are all grown-up and have families of their own--I love being grandma,but I also can't believe how fast the time went. I would love for them to be little again, playing in the sand,and yes,putting on little girl make-up but not big girl make-up until they were big girls.I think some of these mothers have problems with their own images, so they use their daughters. Plus--there are a lot of weirdos out there just loving what you are doing to your daughters. I saw a little girl about 7 wearing high heels that were at least 2 sizes to big with socks,it was ridiculous.

I HATE going to the mall and seeing little girls (under 15) wearing mini skirts, booty shorts, high heels, or makeup!!

Right now I'm shopping for shorts from my 2 YEAR OLD daughter, and I cannot find ANYTHING longer than 1 inch past her crotch (please excuse my bluntness)... I do not want my daughter looking like a hootchie, she already gets enough attention for her big brown eyes and expressive face. Sometimes I get unnerved by how many people approach me about my cute daughter, especially when you get that occaisional creepy male...

Our girls are constantly being bombarded by commercials, and magazine ads that do nothing but advertise with very skimpy clothing. Look at the commercials that Victoria Secret get to put on television these days. They are in the very skimpiest of bras and so-called panties. Our society seriously needs to start teaching young girls and young boys aso that it is not okay to walk around with the majority of your private parts showing. Look at the dress that Beyonce wore to the music awards, and several others, the only thing that couldn't be seen were the nipples, her crotch, and her but crack. Yet she is one of the most photographed women, she especially causes me to be disgusted with her when she sings her song "Halo" to some poor, or ill child, trying to make herself look respectable. When everything about her lifesyle says the exact opposite. She can sing but I believe her body sells the majority of her music. She has some truly vulgar moves.

Hmmmm, Nancy, I am 43 and STILL make mud pies! LOL And I too jumped rope and played wth dolls well into my teens (well the dolls were on a shelf - but the jump ropes wer still going strong!)

So, I let my daughter play dressup with makeup, usually when we are at the mall, I allow her to put on the make up at Victoria' secret. When we are home I don't usually let her play with makeup. All little girls have a natural beauty that just shouldn't be tampered with, but playing is okay. That is how they learn about the world. Now, I agree with falsies being absurd...on anyone. And the clothing made for young girls now? I am very conservative when it comes to my daughter's clothing. My sister's boyfriends daughter was wearing some boots at thanksgiving and I made a comment that i would NEVER allow my daughter to wear them, They were boots styled after the ones adult women wear and that is far from okay to let a seven year old wear them. As to the baby fat and diet pills? as long as a daughter is not overweight, nothing should be done, they lose it as they get older and taller and parents who feel otherwise should be shot!

Right on. Power to the People.

I agree that to some point a lot of people are over reacting, but i do believe in temprance.

I let my 7 year old wear glittery lip balms and sometimes sparkly eyeshadow or nail polish, but its usually only for holidays and for fun.

I wouldnt let her go out with heavy eyeshadow, red lipstick and dressed in mini hooker clothes complete with doll sized high heels.

By all means let them be girls, but dont make them women yet.

Yes, it's troubling. People copy what they see celebrities do. A 3-year old child making any kind of "style news" is creepy. The Cruise Family is creepy. I get chicken-skin when I think of what Suri's life is really like in that household (being raised to believe she is a Goddess?) It doesn't seem that she is being raised in the same way as the 2 adopted kids. They appear as wholesome young people. You never saw them out in public displayed like little mannequins. Her parents are lacking in some way, it just doesn't seem right. I'm not sure what it is.

Tom Cuise is creepy enough and now his daughter is just like him. Him and his blow up wife are turning a beautiful little girl into a narcissistic little shop-a-holic. Love in that family is as plastic as are their credit cards. Then when the Scientologists get done warping her mind, she will be a little more than a freak show until the Cruise money runs out. Watch how fast the cult will throw the entire lot under the bus then.

Amen! To this day I do not wear make up, and don't need to!

I don't wear make up and don't need too either! But, I don't think a mother should take their child to the store and try make up on them. If a child wear make up, let them play dress up with the make up that is made for kids. Not for ADULTS!!!!!

Served up raw? We are women, not a main course at a knuckle draggers convention. Served up raw indeed!

Would you want men to wear facepaint again like early american indians? Or just go metrosexual and compete with other facepainters for the mirror? I think you're pretty narrowminded if you can't follow what I meant by 'raw'.

If you don't think you're beautiful enough to go without makeup, then isn't it more a question of self esteem? I think people who think they are beautiful do not need to change, or 'enhance' who they really are.

'Knuckle-draggers'. Lol, is that what you think men are who like natural women? I keep myself clean, trimmed, and clothed. If you need more than that I think you are pretty shallow.

I'm 13 and in middle school. almost all of the population at my school has no smarts at all and only care about, "hey you, is my make up smeared?" that or their boy/girlfriends.. one of my friends has even told me she's not a virgin anymore.. it really sickens me. last year i was playing with jump ropes now it's like I'm being pushed into skirts and belly shirts. the only makeup i've ever worn was eyeliner and no one can really tell.. but the way these girls wear it, it looks like it's going to engulf their eyes. the clothes i wear are baggy shirts/jackets and jeans, and i still fit in and have alot of friends. i don't think you need make up to make you pretty or better looking. just enjoy your childhood while it lasts. i agree that it's okay at home with non-toxic makeup for children to play with but, this is just stupid for parents to be approving of. so, i vote creepy....

Both of you are wise beyond your years. I commend you for having your own minds.

I'm 13 and in middle school as well.

I wear light eyeliner and foundation, because I break out easily, and it tends to look bad to just about everyone when I have a bunch of inflamed, pus-filled spots all over my face.

Anyway, I do agree this is creepy. It sickens me how girls make their eyes look like huge black holes in their skulls, and all they seem to care about is how they look.