Woman admits to grooming kids

[neilb]

Has this woman no shame?

"The owner of a new beauty salon specifically catering to children under-13 has come under fire from campaigners.

The Trendy Monkeys salon in Brentwood, Essex, offers manicures, make-up application, facials, haircuts and nail painting for pre-teens.

The owner, a former catalogue model, Michelle Devine, has defended her new venture.
Ms Devine, a mother of two, has received criticism from child protection charities who say her one-of-a-kind salon encourages children to grow up too quickly.

She says her business provides a service for a growing number of style-conscious youngsters.

The salon offers a range of Princess Parties during which the treatments are done.
Ms Devine told ITV news "We concentrate on making little girls feel like princesses."
Dismissing reports of her salon providing spray tans for young children she said: "We don't do fake tans. The only chance of doing a fake tan is maybe if I rubbed off on one of the children."

But Claude Knights, director of child protection charity Kidscape, said that such a businesses risks sexualising children: "This could send out a dangerous message to young people and harm their development.

"This parlour just serves to highlight the dangers we are campaigning to stop.""

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[Mystical_2K]

kids just cant be kids anymore

look at Tom Cruise's little girl, shes what 5? and wandering around in heels all the time, absolutely mental! and could damage her posture when she grows up
they all seem to be growing up too quickly

[GTI]

I think the title should be changed, 'Grooming Children' and 'running a beauty salon for kids' are two completely different things. You're basically implying that she is a paedophile.

[Zoots]

"princess parties".
So it's just kids dressing up at a party? Fuck me, what will they think of next..

[neilb]

I think the title should be changed, 'Grooming Children' and 'running a beauty salon for kids' are two completely different things. You're basically implying that she is a paedophile.

In the original meaning of the word they aren't different at all which is why I put a humorous tag on it.

Her unfortunate turn of phrase in the sentence italicised also adds to the double meaning.

[cyprus]

Good luck to her! If parents are stupid enough not only to allow their kids to go to this place but to pay for it too, (lets face it, these girls don't have a job), then good on her!

I wish her all the success in the world.