Georgie Swann fashions herself on the celebrity icons in Heat and Look - the weekly glossies she loves to read - and spends a lot of time in her bedroom trying on her favourite outfits and her large collection of shoes and handbags.
'Georgie finds it almost impossible to walk past a mirror without checking her appearance and seeing if she's put on an ounce of weight,' says her proud mother Dawn. 'She adores make-up, too - she must have 20 lip glosses. She's seen an expensive designer set of make-up, and that's what she wants now.'
Forget pass the parcel or musical bumps: the last party Georgie went to involved a stretched pink limousine, a disco and oodles of make-up.
'I can't remember when she last played outside,' says her mother, who insists that regardless of what others may think of her daughter's desire to grow up fast, she can do little about it anyway.
'It does worry me that people often take her for 13 or 14. And she's so independent, I can't tell her anything.'Bob Reitemeier is chief executive of the Children's Society, which recently reported on a two-year study into childhood in the UK.
'There's no doubt that we are putting so much pressure on our children today to grow up too quickly,' he says.
'What really worries me are the increasing levels of anxiety among children, especially young girls, who feel they are not thin enough, not beautiful enough, and compare themselves to the impossible images of their airbrushed idols in magazines.'
pics for max
also read the full article if u want
'Georgie finds it almost impossible to walk past a mirror without checking her appearance and seeing if she's put on an ounce of weight,' says her proud mother Dawn. 'She adores make-up, too - she must have 20 lip glosses. She's seen an expensive designer set of make-up, and that's what she wants now.'
Forget pass the parcel or musical bumps: the last party Georgie went to involved a stretched pink limousine, a disco and oodles of make-up.
'I can't remember when she last played outside,' says her mother, who insists that regardless of what others may think of her daughter's desire to grow up fast, she can do little about it anyway.
'It does worry me that people often take her for 13 or 14. And she's so independent, I can't tell her anything.'Bob Reitemeier is chief executive of the Children's Society, which recently reported on a two-year study into childhood in the UK.
'There's no doubt that we are putting so much pressure on our children today to grow up too quickly,' he says.
'What really worries me are the increasing levels of anxiety among children, especially young girls, who feel they are not thin enough, not beautiful enough, and compare themselves to the impossible images of their airbrushed idols in magazines.'
pics for max
also read the full article if u want
