Received Tuesday, September 9, 2008. - Perspective & Opinion
I am a nanny to a little girl. The mother loves to dress her up and now that she’s almost 3 she loves to get her nails painted too. I think it’s cute and I don’t mind taking her to get her nails done. I do have a problem with the place she wants me to take her. It’s a place called Libby Lu. They dress the children up in provocative clothes and teach them how to dance provocatively in the middle of the mall’s common area. I am not a prude in anyway but I don’t see why a child needs to wear clothes that make her look like a mini Britney Spears, nor do I see why she needs to dance like Britney Spears.
Kids already grow up fast enough, I don’t see the need in turning them into 20 year olds before they actually are. She isn’t wearing the clothes or dancing but it’s only a matter of time before she wants to start doing those things and I’m sure her mother would want me to take her to do those things. Morally I don’t think it’s appropriate. I don’t mind taking her to a ‘normal’ nail salon (which is a LOT cheaper to get her nails done at then Libby Lu BTW) but I really don’t feel comfortable taking her to a place that promotes a lifestyle I don’t approve of.
I don’t mind ADULTS wearing clothes like that but I don’t think it’s appropriate for a young child to act and dress like that. Can I say something to the mother and how to I broach the subject? Or should I just grin and bear it?
44 comments:
I don't think there's a problem with you bringing up your concerns in a non-confrontational way. For example, you could say, "We had a great time at Libby Lu's today, but sometimes I'm shocked at the clothes they sell for little girls or the dances I see them doing. They're like 5-year-old Britney Spears-es!"
But, I do think it's important for you to remember that you're not this child's mother and you don't get to make these kinds of "moral" decisions for her. You can always say that you're not comfortable at Libby Lu's and request that the mom take her there without you--but I really think that's the extent of your options in this situation.
If you feel like this is something that has to be dealt with via the mother: Has the mother ever gone to this salon with the child? Perhaps you can suggest a girls' day out and have her come along. That way when the behavior you disapprove of occurs, you can mention casually how nice a job they do on the nails here, but how uncomfortable it makes you to see young children being sexualized so early, or however you want to put it. Then take your cue from the mother's reaction. If the mother is unavailable to attend the salon with you, make a videotape of you outing and show it to her. If she looks uncomfortable while watching, there's your "in" to say something like, "I know, isn't it weird to see little kids doing such adult dances? I mean, I know she doesn't know what those moves mean, but it still makes me uncomfortable knowing it's someone's job at the salon to teach her stuff like that. Because, I mean, I feel it's MY job to protect her from that stuff a little longer, don't you think?"
If you think you should handle this yourself: Have a nail party at home for way cheap. Let the girl pick out some colors at the store. She can put on her fairy costume or whatever, you'll paint her nails, and then YOU choose appropriate dance music and show her your silliest moves. She looks up to you much more than the strangers at the salon. You have plenty of opportunities to teach her right things. She'd also love it if you let her paint YOUR nails...I used to let my charges paint my toes, and then when I put my shoes on at the end of the day, no one was the wiser, the kids had fun and got to practice their fine motor skills.
Good luck!
That's too bad they have branched out into sexy clothes. I haven't been in a Libby Lu in quite some time since my daughter has outgrown it, but they used to just have fun "beauty products" for little girls and crowns and jewelery and boas, etc....just things for an elaborate game of dress up. Nothing too out of line, although I thought the prices were outrageous.
I really don't get parents who allow their children to look and act "sexy." Don't they realize that, soon enough, their little girls will be fending off real advances from real boys...and if they have taught them to dress and act provocatively, that day will probably come just that much sooner. And the sooner it comes, the less mature their little girl will be and the less able to handle it appropriately. Not to mention, if they have taught her that her value lies in being sexy, to any extent, she may think that acting it out even further will give her greater worth. Bad idea.
However, OP, I would still take the child to LibbyLu to get her nails done, because it is a fun place and any little girl would get a real kick out of such a special day in a "salon" made just for kids. But I would also use the opportunity to teach her about appropriate and inappropriate while you are there. Look together through the dress up items, because that will be fun for her. And when you come across a crown or pretty necklace, say something like, "This looks like a princess would like to wear it. Isn't it beautiful?" When you come across a disgusting piece of tramp wear, say something like, "Oh my goodness. This is completely inappropriate. Nice little girls shouldn't dress like this. Their mommies shouldn't buy things like this." Same idea with the dancing. Maybe stop to look at the dancing and ooh and ahhh over the fun steps but mention to her when parts are inappropriate.
My daughter and I have always enjoyed shopping together. I have always made a point of doing what I just mentioned. After a while, even when she was very small, my daughter would take pride in picking things off the rack that she thougth I would disapprove of, show them to me, and say something like, "This doesn't look like something a young girl should be wearing. Mommies should not buy things like this for chldren." I would then take the opportnity to tell her that she was a smart girl and that I was glad she knew how to dress pretty, like a young lady, instead of inappropriately and trashy, and that I knew I would never have to worry about her dressing trampy. And you know what, at age 14 she loves to dress fashionably, but she is also very modest and conscious of showing too much skin.
OP, if the mom suggests you buy her daughter something trashy to wear, I think it would be appropriate, and within your rights as a nanny, to tell her that you don't feel comfortable buying such an item for a small child. After all, you're a professional and she's paying for your childcare expertise and cannot expect you to bend your principles when it comes to your profession.
I just think that allowing kids to see what is out there (within reason, obviously)and using the opportunity to teach is better in the long run than hiding them from the world. Because someday they will all be exposed to a lot of things, and when those are things that have already been dealt with while superised, they are more likely to know how to handle themselves appropriately when alone.
Thanks givelove, actually her mother sees no problem in things like that, though strangely enough she will not allow her to get her ears pierced because she's too young for that.
She has taken her a few times to this place.
I like the idea of the party at home though. I have painted her nails at home but I haven't had her dress up and play music, that's a great idea and I think I'll try that with her.
Emily, It has nothing to do with me thinking I am her mother.....
Let's say you are a nanny and the mother tells you to let the kids play in the pool themselves even though you think they are too young to do that. Do you say well I'm not the mom, I'll let them do as she says?
What about if the mom thinks it's ok to let the kids ride in a car without a carseat or seatbelt? Are you acting like the mother when you tell them no or are you doing what you feel is best?
What if the mother tells you to take the child to a satanist church and you are a christian? You morally oppose something like that yet do you say since I'm not the mother I can't say anything and must do as she says?
Do you see where I'm getting at? I do care for this child and I know I'm not the mother but I don't want to do something that I find objectionable.
Libby Lu should be banned for the sexualization of our children. When pedophiles pass out their maps of playgrounds and parks, you bet Libby Lu is on there in BOLD FACE.
Disgusting!
WRITE to:
Mary Drolet
Club Libby Lu, LLC
2700 W Grand Avenue
Chicago, IL 60612
The idea for Libby Lu was supposed to be for TWEENS. In order to make $$$ they are slapping makeup and slut clothes on virtual toddlers!
OP,
"You are not the mother"
must have been written by some mother with a chip on her shoulder, (nanny is probably smarter and better with her children than she) or a nanny who has been beaten into submission by her Tepper like employer.
Hello, OP, didn't you read what I wrote? I said, if you feel strongly about this, tell the mom that you don't feel comfortable going to Lubby Lus, explain why & legs it at that. Your comparisons to unaccompanied swimming & seatbeltless driving are ridiculous b/c those are things you'd be mandated to report, not only not to do yourself. You may equate taking a child to this salon as child abuse, but the law does not.
I know I am going to get flamed for this, and to be fair I have never heard of Libby Lu's, so I don't know the place from Adam. But I sort of do think that it is the parent's decision if she wants to Britney her kid up. I personally wouldn't do it for my kid, but if you are a nanny in someone's employ, I don't really think it's going to do much good to voice your concerns about the mom's parenting to her child.
As far as the example of swimming alone or not wearing a seatbelt, those things are not good examples in my opinion. If I were a nanny and the child's safety were being compromised, or the mom was breaking the law, of course I would voice my concerns, report her to the authorities, or quit. But the issue here is an issue of values and morals. There is a whole huge culture of parents who get their daughters into pageants and modeling and the like, and there isn't a damn thing we can do about it if you ask me.
I am feeling cynical today, obviously. And Ro, I am neither of the people you described, and I do think in this situation OP "is not the mother." As I said, I would not allow my daughter at any age, 6 or 16, to dress tramy or inappropriately, but in this case I think it is out of the nanny's hands. But good luck, OP, when trying to talk to mom. You sound like a great nanny and a great influence.
Maybe you could tell the mom that you are uncomfortable taking her to that place and she could take her to get her nails done when she has her own nails done?? Make it a mother/daughter thing (assuming the mom doesn't go to that place as well, which would avoid her going to Libby Lu's and still have the fun of a mani/pedi)...any which way, I do think it is out of your hands.
If that doesn't work, just treat it like a JOB, the mother pays you a salary to do this and that so just do this and that...
I'm sorry to have to tell you to turn a blind eye on the bad influence of that place, but you do have your own influence on her in the time you have her, by the way you speak to her, dress her, what you teach her, she is learning from you too, and when she is older, which ever person that had the most influence on her as a child will inspire her the most as an adult.
So, just try to be a good influence in whatever way you can.
I loathe Club Libby Lu too. I think it's highly inappropriate.
Found this comment on another site, maybe you could use this as an arguement?
My daughter went there for a party and got HEAD LICE! Apparently it's completely unregulated. It's not a hair salon, since they don't cut hair -- so they're not required to have a license, nor are they subject to health department regulations for hair salons. Did you know they don't even have a sink for washing off the combs and things before they use them on the next girl? They use 'hand sanitizer'. I found this out after all the girls in my daughters class got head lice. Pee-yuw! Don't go there!
LibbyLu just makes my skin crawl. It's desperate to turn little girls into sexualised beings when they shouldn't be thinking about looking "sexy" at all!
The 8 year old I nanny for has her very stereotypically feminine moments, and loves glitter and pink (and mud and soccer, but I digress). She and I have talked about LibbyLu and how it's so silly to say that girls should ALWAYS wear pink and purple and glitter, and it's so funny that that's what they make girls out to ALWAYS be like. It's less about hte make-up and sluttiness of the clothes, and more about how other people trying to make girls seem how THEY want, instead of how girls actually are.
Personally, I see this as intro to feminism... and yes, her parents are also feminists and anti-LibbyLu.
While three is still pretty young for introducing these ideas, I suppose it's never too young to start!
wow I never been to Libby Lu's, I've seen it around but I never actually been inside the store. I never knew it was bad! Thats terrible.
It is indeed totally inappropriate to dress children in provocative clothing etc. As you rightly say - kids today have to grow up fast enough so why accelerate the process and establish unhealthy habits so early.
At the same time - what can you do in your position as a Nanny. It's very hard. If your relationship with the parents is strong enough for you to be able to express your concerns without risking your job then do say something. Otherwise - bite your tongue but try and introduce more appropriate interests into the little girls life that she may find more fulfilling. Good luck
It's not MY idea of what little girls should be acting like, but "inappropriate" is your OPINION.
Not your business.
"Dancing provocatively"? Also your subjective view.
I had never heard of Libby Lu, so I just checked out the website. I may get flamed for this, but MY GOD. The little girl on the home page looks like a porn star. What is wrong with parents these days?!
I wasn't allowed to wear nail polish until I was 8, and no makeup until 16. Nowadays I am seeing girls as young as two years old with dark nail polish, lip gloss, dangling earrings, glitter in their hair and wearing leopard-print mid-driffs, and I am not kidding. I am so glad that I have boys. If I had girls, I can imagine the fights we'd have because they wouldn't be allowed to dress like their friends.
Club Libby Lu/St. Jude Princess Parties
Club Libby Lu counselors pamper St. Jude patients and siblings four times a year at Target House, a home-away-from-home for families whose children are receiving life-saving treatment at St. Jude. Target House provides fully furnished apartments free of charge as well as common areas that foster interaction with other families. St. Jude and Club Libby Lu recreate the in-store party atmosphere, complete with magic fairy dust for wish-making, accessories to dress up like a princess and "Libby Du Makeovers™". Like all Club Libby Lu parties, the events culminate with a grand finale where patients lip sync and dance to their favorite songs tween style during a rock'n fun party.
(Try not to be too hard on Libby Lu. They are just trying to build confidence in these young ladies.)
I agree that you should mention to the mom that you think it is a little much for a 3 year old. Unfortunately, there is not much you can do if mom continues to encourage you to take her there. It's nice that you are concerned and looking out for the child's best interest though - hopefully the mom will appreciate that!
Are you serious?
Wh in the world would make a decision to dress up little girls like whores and have them dance around a mall's common area?
Whomever decided that needs to be slapped upside the head.
Sick as it is, John Benet's picture is still distributed among many a pedophile's circle as the "it girl".
All I can say is SICKENING.
Getting ready for the flame here, does a two-year-old really need to get her nails painted on a regular basis in this place? Her mom enjoys it, and she probably enjoys her mom enjoying it, but can she really enjoy the whole experience? Especially if you don't like it? I agree it is the mom's call, though, and that you cannot really criticize her choice. Maybe you could tell the mom that she should be the one taking her daughter there, because you just feel a little out of it, and that the little girl will have more fun with her.
Has the mom ever brought her there? Does she know this happens? If it were me I would tell her I do not feel comfortable bringing her there and that you'd be happy to bring her somewhere else, or schedule the appt for a time when she can bring her.
NO you shouldn't say anything. Not your child, not your business. You have no right to the childs MOTHER how to raise her daughter. If you don't like it, leave. Respect your EMPLOYER!
Respect your employer.
Let me guess, you would be goosestepping right behind Hitler...
Sara,
what's your story?
WHO owns you?
What an odd series of responses. I don't know anything about this Libby Lu but it sounds quite garrish. What I know is that I respect my nanny. I hired a nanny who is smart and savvy and can hold her own wherever she goes. If she draws a conclusion about something she witnesses with regard to my child that rubs her the wrong way, I would hope that she would know I would appreciate her sharing her thoughts. I will not always agree with her, but I will respect her opinion and thank her for my concern.
Having said this, I know many a mother who goes out of her way to hire dim bulbs; the very sort who struggle to speak grammatically correct, the sort of people who probably would expect to be paid if you invited them to your child's "berf-day" party.
I shudder at the horror. I much prefer an intelligent nanny, even if I don't agree with her on every subject!
lol sara you are way off track. I do respect my employer but I also have a mind, a conscience and morals. Would you do something morally wrong just because your boss told you to? Some how I doubt you will.
Besides the fact that I was asking opinions, I haven't brought it up to the mother. I don't know how she will react and when I decide to bring it up to her and she still tells me she wants her to go then I will continue to take her.
You lady take the cake, you know nothing about me yet you tell me I need to respect my boss? I am a very respectful person and I would never disrespect my boss or anyone for that matter.
Thank you all for the comments, I think I'll talk to the mother about the place though I doubt she will change her mind but at least I have given her my OPINION and only my OPINION so she has something to think about.
I really like Mom's idea about pointing out clothes I don't find appropriate and making comments to the fact that those clothes are for older girls, and I'll handle the dancing the same way.
For the other ones that made snide comments, I'm so sorry you have such a bad life that you must come on a message board and 'put me in my place' It's quite telling about you as a person.
I take my job very seriously and if I can help one person from becoming a teenage mother or go down the path that Britney took then I've done my job. You don't have to see things the way I do because that's what makes the world go round.
Sorry I just re-read through some of the responses.
Yes her mom has taken her there about 3 times. She has seen what goes on.
I have yet to talk to her about it, that's why I came here. To get opinions. If even after I talk to her she still wants me to take her then I will respect her wishes.
Good for you, OP.
In my neck of the woods, women you would deem intelligent go out of their way to hire Island nannies. The reason is clear, they want the child to recognize that the "help" is different. The way they talk and the color of the skin helps protect mom's coveted role.
Of course nothing protects a mom's role like, um, being a mom and shit.
Most of the nannies in said area can't read let alone submit a query to a blog, so I'm guessing your boss knows she has herself a thinking, feeling individual on her hands.
The trouble with YOU damn nannies is you actually come to care about the children. You aren't watching the clock. Damn you. Damn you for spending any of your off time thinking about this child. Seriously, what person in their right mind could fault you for this?
Thanks melamonk, you see that I am not trying to be her mother, just a good role model. :-)
I wouldn't say Sara isn't in her right mind so much as she probably doesn't own her own mind. I knew a nanny like her once. She nannies for three boys in Rye, NY, a wealthy suburb of NYC. Her employer was a bitch snob who married money but fucked every Haitian and Peruvian who ever serviced her pool or raked her yard. Seriously scandalous. I don't know how she treated the sweaty male help, although I am guessing she bossed them about and told him what to do and for long. But whoa, the way she treated her nanny. She would hold out her hand with her pointer extended and her thumb bent forming a C, That meant that she would like a highball cocktail glass (vodka rocks). If she held out both pointers, sort of pointing at each other with a space of ten inches in between them, it meant she wanted a Collins glass filled with equal parts vodka and gin over ice. (Burnetts). If she held out her hand like she was holding a cup and used her other hand to pint at the hand, it meant she wanted an ashtray. And wouldn't you know, this little nanny would scamper about and return with whatever it is the woman dictated. I mean her nanny was so beneath her that she didn't even speak to her. This led the nanny to work real hard to be able to hear the boss speak her name. It was a really sad situation. The meaner the woman treated the nanny, the harder she worked and the more she defended her.
You'll hear more stories about Mom's like this one, thanks to Jane who developed the story for Lisa Kudrow's new movie, Hotel for Dogs..
this is very subjective...everyone who sees it is going to have a slightly different opinion. some people don't think young girls should wear makeup at all.
i think your best bet is to model a positive body image by always talking positively about yourself and the importance of health, not looks. i think you are the most influential person in this girl's life. the best thing you can do is talk to the girl about what SHE really likes to do. do activities with her that she really likes, and help her get better at those. teach her to always do the things she loves to do, not what someone else thinks she should do.
it's hard at that young age, but you can have the most positive influence.
t.r.
"You'll hear more stories about Mom's like this one, thanks to Jane who developed the story for Lisa Kudrow's new movie, Hotel for Dogs."
What does that mean? Jane who??
t.r.,
You're an idiot. Just shut up. Nothing you say makes much sense at all, you're just a big stupid bag of wind and you should go jump in a lake.
I"m probably gonna get flamed for this, but I don't see what the big deal is. I went to the web site. I didn't see any low cut outfits, or anything showing anything inapproriate. I saw what looked like silly, crazy rock star costumes. Skirts with leggins, pink hair, etc. Honestly, I don't see the problem. My 7 year old would LOVE to go there and play dress up. When I was a little girl, I would have loved to too.
Chains of Libby Lu may be run differently than what the creator had envisioned. I personally think parading these little girls around in a public area of the mall is completely wrong and if I were witness to it, I would most definitely take it up with the people who operated that branch of Libby Lu. The little girls I used to nanny for loved to play dress up, model and photo shoot; but this was all done in their home.
I think we even did these things with the prefice that they were so beautiful that they would never need makeup but if they decided to wear make-up they should wait until such and such an age.
Playing dress up is too much fun to take away. But certainly the center court of a mall is not an ideal place to have a bunch of young girls made up, dressed up and dancing around...
I have to agree with 11:45,
I didn't really see anything earth-shattering on the website. Looked like a girlie-girl dress-up boutique to me. Seems like a fun, silly thing for girls to indulge in once in a while. Probably not a good idea to go every week, but seems fine for a birthday party or special occasion.
Jane makes a good point.
I have been sitting here wondering about the trashy outfits people are mentioning, but don't recall seeing those at the LibbyLu near us. I assumed that they had probably changed since we were there...but maybe each one is a little different from the others.
There are lots of other stores, however (Like Limited Too..which we mostly liked, but had some really inapppropriate items also), that have a mix of good and trashy clothing for little girls. If moms didn't buy that trash for their daughters, they would stop making it available in stores altogether. But since it seems inescapable for the time being, I still think using those things as teaching opportunities instead of hiding from them is the best approach.
And as for the dancing...Jane's point especially makes sense...because it is the teenage girls working the shop who teach the girls to dance. It probably depends on which employee you get on any given day and how much common sense and judgment she, herself, posesses. Now, if it were really gross, I would hope another employee, or manager, would take that employee aside and have her tone down the sex kitten crap. And shoppers...call to COMPLAIN to the manager of your local LibbyLu if you see inappropriate stuff. They listen to customers.
My sister had a party for her daughter at a LibbyLu and they just sang a little song and did a normal looking dance right outside the door of the shop. This was intended to bring attention to the birthday girl's birthday. They also did this for my daughter at Build A Bear...took the party outside the store doors into the mall and sang Happy Birthday into the passing crowd to give her birthday attention.
MY daughter and my sisters daughters have all taken dance lessons for years, in different states. At all of my daughter's recitals the costumes have been cute, but age appropriate, and suitably modest, as ballet/jazz outfits go. Two years ago I happened to be in town for my sister's kids recital and was appalled to see that most of the girls (and her youngest was 5) of every age had extremely sexy costumes...often with bare bellies and low cut pants/tops. They had up to the hiney mini skirts and go go boots...and they did sexy, rather than artful, dances. (It reminded me of JonBenet Ramsey photos the whole time.)Had I seen this before my daugter started dance, I might have automatically deemed dance lessons in general inappropriate and exploitive. But the only difference was that they have different teachers, with different value systems and different codes of judgment.
Maybe LibbyLu is the same?
And some truly idiotic moms actually get off on seeing their little girls looking sexy. Ugh!
Our Libby Lu in the Seattle area is great. I take my seven year old daughter and a friend for special occasions about three times a year. Much better than Build a Bear. The girls always have a blast. My daughter knows she can't dress up like that every day but who doesn't like having her hair, nails and makeup done? They don't seem to go overboard with it and the clothes cover more than most swimsuits cover. The latest offering is to dress up like Hannah Montana with the wig and everything. I really don't think Hannah Montana is trashy. As to dancing around after their makeovers, our store has them dance in the store and the moves are less seductive than those from her hip hop class. I don't see what the fuss is all about. Let the girls have fun.
This libby lu does dress the children trashy. Skin tight leggings and a midriff baring strapless top. Or a glitter halter top and a short short skirt. I use the name Britney Spears because that's the style of clothing this one chooses to allow kids to wear, and last weekend the song they were dancing to was Christina Agularia's Genie in a bottle. We have several Libby Lu's in the area and they are either run or owned by the same people because it's the same style of clothes
I know each and every one of us has a different idea of tasteful and I didn't know it before but Libby Lu is different based on who runs/owns that particular store
I've found a few pictures of some of the outfits Libby Lu has.
In this picture it's more the tops that I have a problem with
https://webspace.utexas.edu/amr68/www/LibbyLu/index.html
Now the clothes in this one are fine, but I'm posting this link to show the ones that don't understand what I mean when I say they have them dance in the mall, and not in the store.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6nUl3D9ll84/SJbkCGLCswI/AAAAAAAADao/NtZ8KeTuzkM/IMG_3601.JPG
Now going over all the pictures I do see there are some modest clothes but I guess it has to do with the store as to what they carry, the stores around me (and there are many) don't have anything but trampy clothes.
Haven't had the chance to talk with the mom yet, we have a lot of things going on and I doubt she will have me take her to Libby Lu any time soon so I will talk to her first chance I get.
Seee. I don't really like th ehip hop lessons for very young girls...because some of the moves are WAYYY too provocative for small children. I don't like seeing small girls bending over and waggling their panties seductively at the audience (as I saw at the recital I mentioned above)...even if they are dance panties. I don't like seeing them thrusting their pelvises back and forth while giving a seductive look that has been taught to them to the audience...especially since they have no idea what they are even simulating! I think some of it is really gross, and I don't know why parents even allow their small children to learn those moves, let along get up in front of an auditorium full of srangers and do them while scanitly and seductively dressed. I don't want to see 5-10 year olds acting sexually...but maybe that's just me. And I sure as hell wouldn't want to think that any man might possibly be aroused by the sight of my small child...so I really try to prevent dressing her like a hooker and teaching her sexual looking moves to perform in public...but maybe that's just me too.
What's the rush to tramp these little girls up so early? It's not like it's Harvard and they have to spend their whole lives in sex kitten training if they want to be an effective tramp. Personally, I want more for my daughter...even if the hoardes of pedophile/child molesters roaming the streets don't find her sexy at age five...or even ten...dare I say 14? But maybe that's just me too. Heaven forbid she's an actual adult when she discovers sex and learns how to seduce a man.
I am not familiar with Libby Lu...but I liked Elizabeth's post about feminism. I agree with her. I think it is bad enough that as women we're forced to keep up an oppressive standard of beauty for ourselves...seeing our daughters indoctrinated into it earlier and earlier makes me a little sad. I wish they could just be free to be little girls, and develop their own interests and fun...
The whole idea of Libby Lu's for young girls and toddlers is sick. I would never want my young child to wear those kinds of clothes much less dance provocatively in front of strangers!!
Seriously what a disgusting place. OP just take her to a different nail salon and show her that going there is an even better experience. Maybe make it a whole afternoon where you go and get your nails done and then go get lunch.
Good luck!
OP, all you really need to do to solve your problem is to tell the mom about the lice epidemic that an earlier poster mentioned. If they're not cleaning the combs they're probably not cleaning the manicure tools either, and unsanitary nail salons are extremely dangerous - we're talking flesh-eating bacteria. 90% of moms who hear that story will never want you darkening the door of Libby Lu again.
OP,
I am sorry but the pictures you sent- those sweet little girls made up like mini whores- made me sick to my stomach. SICK.
I don't know what you decide to do vis a vis your employer but I think you should employ Jane's idea too and complain to the management of that Libby Lu and contact the management. Even if not as the nanny of that child as someone who is rightfully repulsed by the way the girls dress and are paraded around the mall.
Ken
You are 100% correct!! I have a friend that this happened to and it was a nightmare. She successfully sued the nail salon for this. They had inspectors come in and test the equipment and although it looked beautiful on the outside, these people were not properly cleaning and sanitizing it and she got a severe infection.
Thank you so much for bringing that to everyone's attention!
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