A while ago I asked this question to my wife: “If you had a little daughter, When would you put on heels?” and I didn't know very well what to answer because I didn't know what I meant. In the end, he told me that at 12, maybe.
The truth is that it seems a rather absurd question since no mother would think of buying high-heeled shoes for her daughter as usual footwear. Well, almost none, because it seems that Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise's wife, doesn't think it's bad that her daughter Suri Cruise is wearing heels.
It's been two months since you can see the little girl Suri Walk with your heels. This fact has raised controversy and, in the face of criticism, her mother has come out to defend herself by saying that they are dance shoes made for girls and therefore many girls wear them.
One thing is dancing and another is the street
Katie is right, many girls have shoes like their daughter's, but if they are dancing, they should be used for the specific moments when a girl dances, not to go for a walk or shopping.
Wearing high heels is a custom that makes women a more slender figure by causing a different walk and making them taller, however there are many side effects that heels cause.
A three year old girl, like Suri, in full psychomotor and physical development, whose walk is still on the basis of consolidation (3-year-old children still fall a lot), should not wear heels.
What happens if a 3 year old girl wears heels every day
Wearing heels, the leg muscles are at a higher level of contraction due to the simple “tiptoe” posture and when taking the steps the muscles do not relax as much as in a flat walk.
Tendons tend to get used to the foot in extension (being shortened) and when returning to the flat position they must stretch again (and a tendon should not have to stretch to be in its natural position).
The spine tends to cause pain over time, since the heel posture must be modified to maintain balance (The heels throw the body forward and the back should arch back to correct the position).
The weight of the body falls on the metatarsal and toes, which are not prepared for that weight.
Conclusion
If I had a daughter and she asked me for some high heels, I wouldn't give them to her. At most he would buy them to disguise himself for a little while at home.
The "adultization" of boys, and especially girls, comes from outside with hundreds of stimuli that tells them how they have to dress, how they have to comb their hair and how they have to be to be fashionable (see Bratz dolls, for a clear example).
The sooner they feel the need to comb their hair, make up, wear heels or dress in this or that way before they will be women and before they will be potential consumers.
I think that too much external pressure is received and girls are dressed as adults too soon so that parents have to accept that their three-year-old daughters wear high heels. It is a matter of health, aesthetics and common sense.
By the way, Suri Cruise The most beautiful and best dressed girl in Hollywood has been chosen. Fantastic, to see how long it takes American girls to throw themselves in a department store to look for their Lelli Kelly With heels to be like her.
