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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not a big drinker and I wasn’t even in college when most people are.

I actually wonder if being super uptight about alcohol can create a bigger forbidden fruit aspect to it. Saying “hey you can have fun drinking this stuff in cute glasses without alcohol in it” is a good message that maybe the kids will take with them when they’re 17 and at a party and being pressured to drink the real stuff.

The party sounds fun. And I’m not at all into pushing girls to being super girly. I see it as giving a taste of something in a special situation, without having to think about makeup as a daily thing.

Ironically, I think that putting girls in dance competitions, as you have said your daughter does, is way more likely to create a girly girl than one party. Those costumes are super sparkly and/or sensual with the bare midriffs. The girls wear a ton of makeup (yes I know its so they can be seen on stage, but they put it on girls as young as 3, which I think is crazy) and everyone has to look the same—same outfit, same hair, same makeup...not to mention the body image part of being a dancer. [b]I think it’s funny that you are up in arms about a birthday party but think the whole image part of dancing is fine.[/b][/quote]

I completely agree with this. I do not see how you can put your daughter in dance competitions but be all up in arms about this sleepover.[/quote]

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