Cross-posted from The Mummy Chronicles-
Silly me. Just last week I told my mother it was a-ok to buy T.D. costumes but just NO DISNEY PRINCESSES. I said yes to fairies and would actually rather her wear something off a clearance rack from a Halloween store. Bottle of Ketchup? Sure. Hershey Kiss? That is fine with me. Jasmine from Aladdin? Whoa there! Wait just a minute.
I have a rule in our house about toys like this. No princesses, no divas and no queens. I don’t like commercialized bedding or clothing either. A Dora t-shirt. Not in this house. I highly discourage people buying this stuff for T.D. for many reasons. First, I think it looks cheap. Second, as if there isn’t enough advertising thrown at kids. Why continually have it in my house? I’m getting off track here. I’m really worried about the whole Princess Mentality with T.D. I guess after reading article I should be more worried about her overall wardrobe choosiness.
When I read this, “Ten-year-old Ashley Parks said she admires the Pussycat Doll look.
I like how it’s sexy,” she said.” I about puked into my coffee. At ten I had no idea what sexy was. I just knew I wanted to have long flowing hair and I would wear a turtleneck on my head with the shirt flowing down my back to make my “hair” longer. The fact that people buy and companies make (because people buy them!) padded bras, pimpwear and thongs for the under 10 set is so disturbing to me. We worry so much about the safety of our neighborhoods and have websites tracking where pedophiles live yet we buy thongs and teeny tiny skirts and cleavage revealing tops for our six year-olds? Low riders for four year-olds? Doesn’t anyone recall that a pimp is not something to aspire too?
I wore my first thong to my Sr. Prom because I knew that VPL is a fashion no-no. I wasn’t trying to be sexy. That damned thing was uncomfortable. My white little 17 year old butt hadn’t seen the sun since I was a toddler so who would deem that sexy? Besides I still wasn’t into the whole looking sexy thing even then. I wanted to be beautiful in a classic Jackie O/Grace Kelly type of way. I wanted grace, elegance, a Chanel suit and big sunglasses. Guess I was a total tool who didn’t know fashion according to these girls.
I really think the whole thing that bugs me about this tarted up toddler look is that it warps the young kids mind. Being sexy is a state of mind not just the clothes you wear. Having them dress like that so young puts so much emphasis on how a kid looks and not what they can do or be. It’s incredibly sad to me. The parents are letting a company and a child dictate so much. There are other alternatives in kids wear out there. Not to mention the small fact that these items are tasteless and setting up a whole change of bad fashion no-no’s in the years to come. A middle school class photo will look like the Saturday night holding pen at at police station full of low-class hookers.
Harsh? Maybe, but I think we need to be if kids are looking to Kimora Lee Simmons for fashion advice and parents are buying half shirts and low cut tops for five year-olds. What’s next crotchless panties and fishnets in pre-school?
Mad and sick enough yet? I thought so.
