daycare teacher taught DD to "shake her booty"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:if she was not dancing like this, I would'nt worry

http://www.mediatakeout.com/2009/34553-nuh_uhhhhhhh_video_shows_kids_booty_poppin_at_a_kindergarten_party__this_mess_is_going_too_far_updated.html

I'm really sorry that I watched that. Horrible.

this made me really sad. and disturbed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:God forbid the little darling should actually learn how to dance. Why then she'll be....Black!

ROFL Thanks for the laugh. My granddaughter who is bi racial knows how to do the booty bump. Her GREAT Grandmother taught her how. My what a crime. I am sorry but I think OP needs to lighten up as well. Good possibility she learned a perfectly *clean* dance but to you it looks like the booty bump. Geesh, get over it already

she's 3 for crying out loud! how old is your grandchild?? If she is a preschooler shaking her booty, I would hate to see what she'll be doing at 13.

Ummm my granddaughter was not much older than yours when my ex MIL taught her the booty bump. We have no issues with it. She is almost 10 now and to be honest, she doesnt go around all the time doing it now. She is a well adjusted child, and she doesnt go all over the place doing her booty bump dance. I understand wanting to keep your child sweet and innocent for as long as you can but let me tell you, they learn much worse when they hit elementary school. It is unreal some of the things they learn there.

Oh and by the way, our school sponsors dances at school. The younger level, kindergarten to grade 2 does the hokey pokey, and the older kids 3rd-6th grade has a DJ. And they play a mix of the songs kids hear everyday on the radio, minus of course the ones that have curse words and all....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My two-year-old loves the song Shake Your Booty! And she likes to dance! I never knew it was something shameful!

All kids like to dance, it is part of expressing themselves. i think the more attention one brings on the childs dance the more the child will react. Most of these kids dont know the difference because they havent learned yet that something like the booty bump is not acceptable. BUt I think the poster who made the comment about cultural differences has hit the nail on the head!!

My granddaugther came out and asked me to put a youtube video on and let her dance to it. I didnt find any moves she made one bit offensive, and mind you, she is the one the OP said if she is learning the booty bump in preschool what she would be like at 13. She will be a well adjusted kid just as she is now because she doesnt have prudes as her family. Sorry

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Anonymous wrote:Hey, at least your daycare center doesn't strap toddlers into their chairs when they act up.

Exactly my thought. Why worry about something as simple as dancing and expression, when there are real issues going on that need to be adressed

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Anonymous wrote:I would not be thrilled with this either. I did not like how DD was coated in makeup and glitter hairspray for her ballet recital either. The teacher thought it was adorable most parents found it disgusting and dropped ballet. I can't stand those Libby Lu places where little kids are dressed up in very age inappropriate ways. They are little kids and there is way to much media pressure for kids to try to be adults. I would not mind the hokey pokey but shake your booty is a little different.

Libby Lu went out of business! Yea!

I would like to know, what is the difference between girls going to a *makeup* party at libby lu, dressing up for a day (or a few hours) etc and raiding mommys makeup and clothes to play dress-up? I think it is pretty much every little girls fantasy to grow up like mommy, and they try on mommys shoes and make up and clothes. I know my granddaughter has done it. Does that make it wrong? Again, all about expressing themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people associating dancing and booty shaking with 13 year old obnoxious, inappropriately dressed, teenagers? In addition to shaking her booty when she dances, my daughter thinks she is a princess. That doesn't mean she is actually going to be a princess or evena girly, girl for that matter. Your child being respectful of themselves and others is up to good parenting, not how they dance!!

Very well said. As for the inappropriately dressed 13yo's. WHO is buying them the clothes? 13 year old children do not have money in their pocket. So it comes down to the PARENT. And then yes, you have a problem

As for my granddaughter, who is almost 10. From the time she was 6-7, when i would take her shopping for a bathing suit i was shocked to see the ones to choose from. I remember telling the associate from the store I was shopping in, where is the rest of the bathing suit. Something needs to be done!! She is not allowed to run around in skimpy clothes and the like. I dont even like her wearing those knit shorts that really form to her bottom because there are some sick people out there who like that kind of stuff, It is a sick world we live in, things have changed and kids cannot run around as innocently as we all once used to be able to.

I dread shopping now with her because she is actually going into JUNIOR clothes. And some of the fashions they have are pretty scary!!

[zumbamama]

I understand OP's point. My mom would've reacted the same way. Although, the advice obviously would've never worked on me : )

[Anonymous]

"I would like to know, what is the difference between girls going to a *makeup* party at libby lu, dressing up for a day (or a few hours) etc and raiding mommys makeup and clothes to play dress-up? I think it is pretty much every little girls fantasy to grow up like mommy, and they try on mommys shoes and make up and clothes. I know my granddaughter has done it. Does that make it wrong? Again, all about expressing themselves. "

First I don't let my 3 yr raid my make up nor has she expressed any interest in putting on foundation or eyeliner. She does want to be like mommy but she doesn't associate being a mommy with getting all dolled up. She wants to cook with mommy, run in a 5 K with mommy, go to mommy's office etc. I'm pleased and relieved that the fantasy of being an adult woman is no longer about Avon and just looking pretty. My DD has some dress up clothes including a snow white dress but she also has a doctor and fireman outfit that she plays with equally.

Second unless you are a hooker your makeup and dress up clothes are not like Libby Lu. I don't know about you but I don't own a flimsy sequined purple half tank and micro mini with pink plastic heels, nor did my mother or grandmother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Second unless you are a hooker your makeup and dress up clothes are not like Libby Lu. I don't know about you but I don't own a flimsy sequined purple half tank and micro mini with pink plastic heels, nor did my mother or grandmother.

My daughter isn't trying to dress up like me (which would be boring), she's trying to dress up like her idea of a princess, Barbie or other fantasy figure. She also likes to have her face painted and glitter applied. That doesn't make it whorish - it's SPARKLE and I'm glad she's enjoying it.

[Anonymous]

"My daughter isn't trying to dress up like me (which would be boring), she's trying to dress up like her idea of a princess, Barbie or other fantasy figure. She also likes to have her face painted and glitter applied. That doesn't make it whorish - it's SPARKLE and I'm glad she's enjoying it. "

There is a show on TLC called Toddlers and Tiaras that you would love!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a show on TLC called Toddlers and Tiaras that you would love!

I just looked it up - that's too much work and they're too serious about it. I don't mind painting her face and putting on glitter (usually on butterfly or fairy wings) but taking her to hair and nail appointments is too much. I hardly have time to get my own hair cut! We do let her promendade around the neighborhood when she dresses up. Her brothers usually join her and if they want to shake their booties, we let them do that, too.

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Anonymous wrote:this is OP - the way she was taught to shake her booty IS in a sexual manner, you have to see it to believe me I suppose, but I would not be making an issue about this if it truely was just a dance routine. this teacher thinks she's teaching high school cheerleaders and that's how I see it. its totally inappropriate and I really am suprised at the reaction here since we are taking about such a young child being exposed to something way beyond her years. very very sad IMO.

I am a pp who was in the "you're overreacting camp" because I'm imagining a little toddler just shaking their hips in the innocent little way that toddlers do. The fact that she called it shaking her booty wouldn't bother me. BUT, if my DD came home and started droppin it like it was hot - moving in a way that was clearly sexual a la music videos - that would bother me, and I would find it inappropriate that the daycare teacher taught her this. However, because my DD would have no idea what the actual objection to the dance would be, I would just let her keep doing it. I am black btw, so it's not that I'd be worried that my child might become black.