Editor's Blog Mar 15th 2012
Dresscode
It is often the case when I go out on a Friday night to see hordes of very young girls dressed like ladies of negotiable affection, lining the area between Pizza Hut and Market Place getting drunk. My first thoughts being a parent myself is thinking “mate if that was my daughter would I be letting her go out like that?
The short answer is a big fat resounding NO.
Everything from the media to toys is putting pressure on young girls to dress in little else than what appears to be a large belt a flimsy top and heels so high it would give a scaffolder vertigo. And don’t get me started on the make up. What passes for fashion for young teen girls these days should really be consigned to the dark basement chambers of a Soho pole and arse shaking joint. (Not that I have been to one. Cough, Cough).
I went to see an event a few weeks ago and one of the acts was one of the local dance groups and I kid you not, the dance troop which was composed of girls under the age of 15 were not only dressed like the Pussycat Dolls but the dance routine was shocking, why would a 12 year old be crumping, honestly is it only me that sees this as wrong?
There are dire consequences for allowing your little girls to be exposed to the sex race so early in their lives, there are many studies that indicate early exposure to sex will have a negative impact on both their physical and mental health. STI’s, eating disorders, depression, low self-esteem and drugs or drink will be the order of the day when that little girl reaches her 20’s.
And why would that happen I hear you ask? Well quite simply because we have not allowed the right amount of time to allow the brain to mature from pre teen to teen to young adult.
As parents we need to learn to say no to our little girls. By letting your child do what they want insofar as what they see, wear, where they go out and who they hang around with, you are depriving them of the single most important element that they will require in adult life, restraint.
Ed.
