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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only thing I see are girls wearing athletic style shirts or shorts that might be a little short/tight due to a growth-spurt.  That isn’t provocative, intentionally or not, that’s “crap -last years summer stuff doesn’t really fit now”.

The athletic shorts for girls now are shorter than I’d like - especially for my skinny, not tall, but long legged, daughter.  But they aren’t all so short that I’m forcing her to wear the really longer basketball ones - just keeping an eye out for the ones with enough of an inseam and an adjustable waist [/quote]

This is our problem, especially because DD is super lanky, so last year's shorts will look like micro shorts on her but if we size up, they hang down. It's easier with leggings or bike shorts where the stretch can make it easier to fit into the next size up.

But she likes to wear her t-shirts on the baggy side, which seems to be a trend generally, so if she's wearing last year's shorts and a baggy t-shirt, she also looks like she's embracing the pants less trend. But like you said, it's not her trying to be provocative. It's that her legs grew 3 inches in a year but the shorts didn't.

Fortunately we are finding more bike shorts that go to the knee. So she'll often wear those with a baggy tee shirt. Even if it's a slightly cropped tee, she wants to size up and it will come down and cover her belly. Until she grows another inch... such is life with kids. I do feel protective of her though and get annoyed when people comment on how short her shorts or dresses look (even when she's wearing bike shorts underneath). She can't help how tall she's getting and she's just a kid -- not even a hint of puberty yet. I hate watching her body evaluated like it's an adult woman's (which ALSO should not be evaluate in this way, actually).

Being a girl (or a woman) is a giant PITA sometimes.[/quote]

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