On one side we have the pre-tweens trying to attack their teacher.
On the other side we have the mothers giving their 8yo daughters a bikini wax.
Note to parents: Start parenting and stop trying to be your kid’s friend–you are messing them up big time. Quit trying to re-live your glory days through your kids–you are messing them up big time. Here’s an idea: be a role model (and not in a skanky Paris Hilton kind of way or a pimp drug dealer kind of way).
You know what? I could go on and on because I’m that worked up. I think I’d rather hear what you have to say. Have at it.
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These stories are SO sad! I think there is so much pressure these days to keep up with everything we see on the media and trying to keep up with the “Joneses.” People just lose all sense of judgement and cave in to peer pressure and to what their kids see on tv. It is sick and I am so sad for kids who don’t have a chance to be kids. They go from a 4 year old playing with dolls to an 8 year old dressing like Brittney or Paris. What happened to kids just being kids?
There’s just something not right about an eight year old getting a bikini wax.
Good grief. What are they thinking! Oh! I know. They’re NOT thinking.
I feel the same way. Try being the stepmom when your daughter comes home at 12 with a well padded $50 designer bra…..
Don’t get me started-the insanity of some ‘parents’ today is OFF THE CHARTS.
We’ve spent so much time trying to elevate self-esteem that we’ve forgotten to teach them how to tell right from wrong. Or even what right and wrong IS.
I couldn’t agree with you more. I figure if my kids like me while they are teenagers, I’m doing something dreadfully wrong.
Oh my. Seriously, who would subject their daughter to a bikini wax? That is sheer insanity.
And the third graders? It frightens me what could have happened.
Parents have to PARENT. And take responsibility for their kids. If they don’t, who will?
Unbelieveable! Why can’t we let kids be kids, and we be parents. I hope that I can instill enough strength in my daughter that she can stand against a culture like this.
I just wonder if that is crossing some sort of legal boundary. I can’t even imagine taking my daughter for a bikini wax at any age!
An eyebrow wax, that’s another story. I come from a long line of uni-brows. I’m still a little pissed at my mom for not telling me how to fix that at an early age! My daughter will not be teased for that!
I feel I’m pretty strict compared to many other parents but I try to balance it out with fun and creative things to do with the kids. But, I won’t apologize for having certain expectations for my kids’ behavior because, well, I don’t want them to grow up to be a**holes!! And maybe the world will thank me for it later! lol
You tell ‘em, girlfriend.
(I hate to point out the obvious, but, um, do 8 year olds actually have something in that “area” that requires waxing??)
Shannon I had the same question and Chilli? Amen to your thoughts.
Did I miss something? Are girls going through puberty at 8 and have something to wax? And even if they did, why would you wax it? I thought the reason for waxing was mostly for “romantic” reasons!
There are NO words, just head shaking in disbelief…
She’s 8 yo… she doesn’t NEED a bikini wax. Ugh.
What about the 8th grader who gave birth to a baby in the bathroom and then proceeded to flush the baby down the toilet. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/5668626/?CFID=64021249&CFTOKEN=8469541
These are telltale signs as to the value put on life and to the type of communication that many parents are having with their kids today… It makes me so sad.
Amen to your words of wisdom, Chili. Amen.
I can’t even wrap my brain around this one. My daughter is eleven and she is just now allowed to shave her lower legs. No makeup and no revealing clothing for her – and thankfully, she doesn’t want it. She would be MORTIFIED if I ever tried to take her to get her brows waxed or her bikini area waxed.
The biggest problem that I see with it is that these moms are sending the message to their daughters that they aren’t beautiful enough. Brooke Shields had some bushy eyebrows, but she was gorgeous! I want my daughter to love herself as she is and have the confidence to walk into a room with her head held high just as she is. No makeup, no plucking, and certainly no waxing.
Just stopped by your place. Love it! I’ll be adding you to my blogroll.
And stopping by again when I have the time. For now I have to go feed my kids….details.
Take care,
Amy
I peek in from time to time…
I feel very strongly about this. Some parents just encourage their kids to grow up so fast! A friend gave her 3-year-old “High School Musical” (which isn’t a bad movie but not really age appropriate). And giving your child a bikini wax is bordering on child abuse. Seriously!
That article made me sick to my stomach. Really. There will be new mental disorders added to the DSM in about 10 years.
Things like this make me literally ill….
I could write an entire essay–or maybe a blog post–about this.
My girls are 2 and 4 and aren’t allowed to wear shirts that show their belly, pants that look painted on, or skirts that are mini. If we let them act/look like 16 y/o prostitues when they’re in pre-school, what will they expect to dress like when they’re 16?
Dana
How sad. I don’t even have kids yet but see the downward turn of this next generation. Also, my generation has been rightfully accused of feeling they are entitled to EVERYTHING. Which is also just as sad.