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[quote=Anonymous]I have a 15 yr old DD. I let her start wearing midriff shirts around 12 or 13 but not too short. It was still a battle because I didn't want her wearing anything that short but apparently the other girls were wearing really revealing shirts.

I also did not like her wearing short shorts at such a young age, or revealing bikinis.

For the shorts, I told her that sitting on some surfaces with really short shorts would be uncomfortable, and sometimes, painful, and you never know what was on that seat/bench before you sat down. That gross thing could be touching your skin.  These were things I learned the hard way myself.

As to the midriff, I explained to dd that when she raises her arm way above her head while playing the shirt would expose more than she realizes.  This is especially true for a young child who still has recess and may be playing some sport or other physical activity.   We would do the arm raise test, and  if it revealed too much, the answer was no.  She would try to not raise her shoulders when doing this arm raise test such that the act of raising her arm looked unnatural. She was clearly trying to not show much of her midriff when raising her arms.   She would try to downplay the need to raise her arms, but I wasn't having it.  Don't care if she never raises her arms. That was my litmus test.

It also doesn't help that retailers sell these shirts to young children.  You as the parent are swimming up stream against the "trend" .  I hate it.[/quote]

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