If your young daughter is crazy about charm bracelets do not assume that she has fallen for the latest fad, charm bracelets have a long history.   One charm bracelet found in Europe was 10.000 years old, those charm bracelets were made of bone fragments and pieces of stone. You had to wait until the  Ancient Egyptians to find the first carved ornaments and precious gem in a charm bracelet.
Charm bracelets were very popular among soldiers and sailors as they allowed them to have with them all the time, small items that were meaningful to them and gave them an identity which was easily lost in those circumstances.

Charm bracelets could also be a way to show of rank or that the wearer belong to some exclusive clan.
Queen Victoria who loved charm bracelets was the first to use one as a fashion accessory and launched a trend among upper class women.   Throughout the 20th century charm bracelets have been in and out of fashion and nearly disappeared completely in the 1970s then in the 1980s people started to collect vintage charm bracelets.  Since then new styles and brands of charm bracelets have appeared on the market.