Parents, don't dress your girls like tramps

[Anonymous]

I have seen high heel boots on a four-year-old (maybe five?), and a girl around the same age with "Daddy's Girl" written across the butt of her velour pants. In California....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with the sentiment but I thought the opinion piece (not an article, by the way) was far from well-written. "whore-making" thong panties? Um, what? I agree, 10 year olds do not need thong underwear, but keep in mind that plenty of non-whores where thong underwear to avoid panty lines. I remember in college i used to find them more comfortable than bikini undies (though now I think I must have been crazy - course, I wear the granny panties these days). I also thought the author's description of the girl was over the top. He comes across as being a creepy dude himself.

The article said "whore-friendly", not "whore-making". And I totally agree with the guy. Not sure why you find him creepy - he's makin a pretty clear statement that sexualizing pre-pubescent children is wrong, and that parents need to do their part in preventing it.

[Anonymous]

You should see what one of the girls in my daycare wears....she's 3.

[Anonymous]

I only have boys, and am very thankful that I don't have a girl begging me to buy clothes that are 'trampy'. Most of the girls I see do dress very nicely, but there's the proverbial 10% that I think "who would let a child wear that?!?!"
I've never gotten the words across the butt trend. And agree with the sayings on t-shirts. I saw one that said "Daddy's f*#! trophy"

[Anonymous]

I thought this article was horribly written and offensive. While I agree with the intent, I thought it was a cheap trashy way to write the article and the dude sounded like a total creeper.

[Anonymous]

I agree with the points in the article, but I hate the use of the word whore, tramp, etc. There was too much emphasis on the sexuality of small children and the discussion of the AAP study group came in too late after he used that language.

[Anonymous]

I couldn't agree more with the article. Adult women with muffin tops trying to look like "sexy" pop stars is bad enough, but little girls deserve to be little girls for as long as possible. We are a hyper-sexualized nation -- it's everywhere you look. (Check out Killing Us Softly, Jean Kilbourne is right on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSXDCMSlv_I)

Also, from my experience, it does seems more prominent in smaller, rural areas; my parents retired to a small midwestern town and the way I see kids dressed there is much more bothersome than what I typically see in the larger cities I've lived in (Chicago, DC, San Francisco, New York). Anyone else notice that?

[Anonymous]

19:10 and 19:35 are spot on. Guy has a great point but the loaded words he probably meant to be "straight talking" came off as debasing to the kids.