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[quote=Anonymous]Mom of older DDs here.  I used to joke with my young teen that if she wore Daisy Duke shorts, so would I.  I would come pick her up at school and jump out of the car with my butt hanging out and yell "LARLA?  LARLA SMITH? Where are you? Your mom's here!!

I told it to her in a very friendly way, not in a shaming way. I think it made a dent.

But here is the real advice for you, OP:  (That I learned in a book on dealing with difficult teens, called "yes your teen is crazy")

Teens NEED to rebel.  It's part of their hardwiring in their development.  So, it might be their messy room or clothing choices or "forgetting" to take out the trash, every single day. Or it might be drugs, sex, driving without a seatbelt, getting drunk, sneaking out at night.

Your kid needs to rebel. Don't worry about the clothing, the weird hair...in short, let them rebel if it doesn't matter.

And too-short-shorts don't really matter.  Someone is going to wolf-whistle her and that will take care of it.  Or comment in some way.  The problem is when that person commenting is YOU, it doesn't work.[/quote]

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