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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry that none of the PPs have given remotely helpful responses. I opened this thread bc I too have a 7 year old girl and - although this particular issue hasn’t come up - similar things have/will and I wondered how people would approach it in a ‘shut it down but not shaming’ way. Hope some people with helpful advice chime in![/quote]

I never understand these posts - or the parents who are more concerned with "shaming" than education. It is an absolute SHAME that we live in a culture where seven year old girls have already learned that their self worth is dependent on how good they look in skimpy clothing. Even at this young age, they understand that their inherent value is directly proportional to how much skin they show. Do we not have value when we are clothed? and not hyper-critiqued for how we dress? Why are parents supporting this? Tell your girls that they deserve to be just as comfortable at school as the boys who are able to learn in baggy shorts and t-shirts. They don't need to worry if their stomachs are small enough, butts big enough, and drawing enough attention. Maybe women will always be hyper sexualized and we should just accept it. Who knows?

But in you can, tell them that school is for education and they should wear what is comfortable for learning. [/quote]

You know what they say about assuming PP. I have a 7 year old who is in the same situation but it has nothing to do with wanting to show skin. She watches American Ninja Warrior and sees the female contestants who are STRONG and want to as strong and as powerful as the men competing in sports bras and she wants to be like them. So how DO you explain to a 7 year old who sees badA women competing and being strong and independent that what they wear is sexual?

I feel like there is no way to explain it to her WITHOUT making her feel sexualized because that aspect of it all is completely foreign to her and has absolutely nothing to do with why she wants to dress that way. [/quote]

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