Mamas Don't Let Your Babies

Grow up to be.... Ho's! Something is happening with the world and how they market to young children and adolescents. The clothes out there are getting more and more risque and for some reason, parents are buying them. Girls think they have to be ditsy and/or sexy to get the attention of boys and boys think they have to be pimps. I really don't understand the reason why this is happening.

I was watching an episode of "The Simple Life" the other day and Paris Hilton was on there signing autographs for something. A mother brought her daughter, who was probably 6 or 7, to get Paris Hilton's autograph. When the girl got up to the table she told Paris that she was her idol and she wanted to be just like her when she grew up. The mom was standing there just beaming like her child was looking up to Eleanor Roosevelt or something. I started thinking to myself, is this really the role model that our little girls are looking up to? A woman that is known for her catch phrases and club hopping, her sex tapes and DUI arrests, her jail controversy and her irresponsible pet adoptions! Don't get me wrong, I love reading about all of Paris's drama but I'm a grown woman old enough to know that the girl is nothing more than a glitzy character playing it up for the paparazzi. She is definitely not someone that little girls should be looking up to.

Then there are the clothing choices. I really don't know which direction to point my finger for this one. Do I point to parents for allowing their children to walk out of the house looking like sluts or thugs, the clothing industry for making stuff that's inappropriate for kids to be wearing or the media for showing girls dressed slutty on TV? I actually think they're all to blame. Kids just want to be cool. It's been that way since the "good old days". Looking cool, a lot of times, means looking like your favorite rock star or movie star or TV star. That's fine usually but when your favorite rock star is boobs or booty out in her video dry humping a pole or something, it's a little different. I know I'm coming off like a huge hypocrite right now because I was all about wanting to be like Madonna in the 80's when she was at the height of popularity. But, it was my parents' responsibility to make sure I didn't walk out of the house in a cone bra and lace leggings.

I see more and more little girls dressed inappropriately. Just yesterday at Target I watched a little girl (12 or 13) walking into the store with her mom wearing what had to be the shortest shorts ever! I swear, her butt cheeks were hanging out the bottom of her shorts. Now, why the hell would that mom let her kid wear that out of the house? I just don't get it. The same goes for too much cleavage, too tight pants that cause "muffin top", and bare midriffs. I really can't stand the cheerleading uniforms that a lot of middle and high schools have now that are half shirts. I think it's terrible that the school allows that because there is always at least one little chubby girl out there in her half top with her belly hanging out. It's terrible. Do parent's not see what their kids look like?

Another thing that really drives me nuts is the "funny" baby onesies that are popping up. I'm not talking about the harmless ones. My nephew has one that says, "sorry ladies, pimps don't fall in love". It's cute and silly and fine. But, some are downright mean and inappropriate for a baby to be wearing. Some of the best (worst) are, "all daddy wanted was a blow job", and "proof that daddy sucks at pulling out". They are funny but seriously, would you put those on your baby?! Those scream "white trash".

I guess it's our culture and I'm just going to have to get used to it. All I can do is not dress my future children like ho's and pass on the word to everyone else that it's not ok. I really wish I could reach the rest of the world. I actually saw in two different tabloid magazines a "Who Wore It Best" between Suri Cruise and Lola Sheen in their matching bathing suits and a "Whose Haircut is Cuter" between Suri Cruise and Violet Affleck. THEY ARE BABIES! Are we seriously going to start judging them on their outfits and comparing them to each other? It made me so mad to see that. Leave those poor babies alone!

I guess all we can do is take care of what happens in our own homes. Teach our children that they don't have to dress sexy to get the attention of boys or that boys don't have to treat girls like "video vixens" to be cool. We need to teach our kids how to be polite and appropriate for their situations. They should know that not showing everything is sexier than putting it all out there for everyone to see. I guess it's just me getting old and more responsible. I really wish some other parents out there would do the same. There would be a lot more kids acting their age instead of trying to grow up way too fast.