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（英会話リスニングスクリプト）
Even as young as seven, British girls are
using make-up, mimicking pop idols and parents in a pitch
for early adulthood, according to a consumer intelligence
group.
More than three in five of seven to ten
year olds questioned by the Mintel, the group who conducted
the survey, said they wear lipstick and nearly as many wear
perfume, it said in the survey.
That girls so young should be slapping on
make up will come as no surprise to many parents but the
survey results have worried family welfare groups.
"Long before girls became teenagers,
they use a wide selection of cosmetics as well as other
skincare products and toiletries," said Mintel analyst
Claire Hatcher.
"Their interest in these products is
fueled by teen magazines and by swapping ideas and recommendations
with their peer group and, of course, watching what their
mothers use.
Many fear that this trend is negative as
it reflects a growing awareness of adult pressures and concerns
on children who are of an age where they should be developing
more basic learning and social skills.
Moreover the fact that girls of such a young
age should concern themselves with a pastime so often marketed
as a link to attraction and sexuality is worrying to experts
on childhood development and family counsellors.
It is a familiar cry from many older adults
to "Let kids be kids as there is plenty of time for
such things later".
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