About time someone protested!

I have a son and a daughter, and as I stated earlier, I ain't lettin' neither danged one wear 'em!!!

 

How about if it said something like, "I like hard rides" with a cute picture of Santa riding a bucking reindeer (ala kookookacho's avatar)? Gee, wouldn't that be cute and funny?

 

If no one is supposed to see them, why have the cute words?

It depends. A two-piece bathing suit would be ok (I'm not a pride). But string bikini tops with thong bottoms on a fifteen year-old is highly inappropriate.

 

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The only way to see them is if they are down Clif.

 

She sees the cute words!


I hope I never see you at the beach. lol You would have me arrested I'm not 15 but I was once 15.

 

Yeah, it would be. Do you know where I can get ME a pair of those???

 

I agree with a bathing suit like that being very inappropriate and I would never allow that, but a pair of panties that no one is going to see just doesn't seem inappropriate to me.

 

I understand what you are saying and agree with you 100%!
They should not be marketed towards children or worn by children!
rock on Clif!

 

Ok, my day has officially been made.

 

It takes very little to make your day lol
Tomorrow I will have to say something so nice it makes your whole day. LOL

 

I totally agree with Cliff as well, they should not be marketed toward young girls.

Geesh, they should just pull them off the shelves for a couple days and move them over to the woman's section. Problem solved.

 

Chiming in to agree with Clif! I wouldn't get them for my daughter (nor would I let her wear the tank tops with the bra straps showing...or the shorts with the words across the butt....) (and I'm quick to point out that the girls in them look cheap)
I'm a mean mommy... wouldn't let her play with Hooker Barbie (aka: Bratz) and she's not going to watch the movie...wouldn't pay for her to take dance lessons (if she wants to be a pole dancer, she's gonna have to do that when she moves out of MY house!) When she gets excited about the actresses on Disney, I point out how the vast majority of them can't handle the transition to adulthood and turn into shameless hussies...
It's a cultural thing...for some reason 'we' (as a culture) think that it's ok to sexualize the kids, and for some reason people think it's a GOOD thing to be their kid's best friend...I want to have a close relationship with my kids, but right now it is MUCH more important for me to be 'Mom'...I tell them all the time: I'm not your friend-we can be friends when you move out of MY house and get a job!
When it comes to school infractions, the rule is the same one my parent's had: you get in trouble at school, you'll be in trouble at home, too. (That's why they've never been to detention or haven't been suspended...they'd be embarassed to have their mom show up to thank the teacher for disciplining her child!)
Y'all may think that's harsh, but so far it's working.

 

And here I thought I was a risque teenager wearing panties that had the days of the week printed on them! Man, I'm old. :lol:

 

Hey Clif, I don't know you, and normally don't agree with a lot that you say, but you're right on with this one. I teach 4th grade and I think a BIG problem today is that parents laugh this stuff off saying "it's cute," and "my child doesn't think of it that way." But what I see is that they DO KNOW. They know what it means to have CUTE across the butt of jeans, and all of those degrading sayings across the Tshirts that they wear, like "blondes do it better." It sends the wrong message to kids. Parents need to send the message to girls to be empowered with education, thoughts, and self concept, not with looks and sexy actions. I know this is seen as a cute pair of underwear, but if the 15 year old shows the cute underwear to her boyfriend, will the Mom still think it's cute? If a 15 year old is concerned about her underwear, she's showing it to someone...I was!

 

Wanna borrow mine? :mrgreen:

Add me to the "not appropriate" list.

I consider any wording on a young girl's underwear to be part of her internal dialogue.

As Mammie said in GWTW: "It ain't fittin...it just ain't fittin."

 

This is the best thread in a while :lol::lol:. When Clif is arguing against girls panties.......


I didn't realize he had a horse in the race either

 

If mom allows this, then mom condones it.

The fact is that to allow your daughter to wear that, insinuates to her that the concept it expresses is okay.

 

No...as long as they don't say "Make an offer" anywhere on 'em. :roll:

 

I'd be concerned that he knew anything about her panties!

Seriously, just because someone has a boy doesn't mean they shouldn't be concerned about what girls wear. Males are very visual. They ARE effected by what girls wear (and I'm not really talking about the panties here, because most people won't see them, but more about belly shirts and shirts and pants with inappropriate sayings on them).

Girls need to be concerned about how they dress too. Girls should not be marketing themselves with sexy clothes. Do clothes with provocative sayings on them really send girls the message we want them to believe about themselves? I know I want my girls to be concerned with inner beauty, not to make life more difficult to the boys around them who are tempted by sexy clothes. I want them to respect themselves and the body and brains God gave them, not think they should use their bodies to get ahead. Even if the only people who see those panties were my daughter and me when I did the wash, I still wouldn't want them wearing them because of the message they are sending themselves every time they look at them.

 

Nail>>>HEAD!!

thanks teach