Caligula, I am taken by your idea of letter writing....

[Blandmum]

....feeling that 'something should be done' isn't going to imrove childrens clothes, is it? Time I got off mu far arse I think.

What do you think we could do, where do you start this sort of thing?

Not sure. I'm out this PM but will think further on what we can do - perhaps a joint letter to a store followed by Mums' "shop-in" or something - (as opposed to sit-in). Come on people, let's have suggestions!

What is this about mb?

The 'My little slapper' outfits that you see everywhere for little girls.

Caligula sugested that a letter writing campain might help to make shops realise that most mothers don't want their kids wearing 'jail bait' out fits.

I agree.

Hmm, I think they are bloody hideous but surely some people want it or else it wouldn't sell?

Still agree with writing though - to protect the poor children at teh mercy of their parents' questionable taste!

Count me in too... but can we include the aggressive ugly crap marketed at little boys too?

At the risk of Uber Parping myself, i do think it is more serious tham just an aberant taste.

#Chilren are being shown, through their clothing, that it is appropriate for them to be sexual beings. And they shouldn't be.

We are in the crazy situation when we are hysterical over paedophilia, worried sick about the safety of our klids and giving second glances to anyone who gets within a few feet of our kids. And them we are apresented with clothing that makes girls look older than their years. It is insane.

We all think it a great shame that an 11 year old gets PG. Doesn't anyone think that dressing up little kids in 'sexy' clothing, has something to do with this?

I'm not saying that a crop top got her pregnant, but it makes kids think that being sexy at 11 is normal....and it isn't.

As I said uber Parp to me!

if sexy clothing for kids didnt sell, it wouldt be in the shops.
i would never buy some of the stuff on sale for my dd, but others do. therefore the shops stock such stuff. i can write in complaining about it, butif it continues to sell, then, well, its market tules sort of thing isnt it?

Yes, of course. It's market forces. So fck morality, fck right and wrong, and f*ck children's welfare. Somebody's making a fat fortune out of it, so it must be OK, right?

not at all greeny
im definitly in for anything we decide to do. on my own i wouldnt get up the energy to do something as am lazy and cynical. but if urged on by othere mumsnetter,s then i will definitly pohone in, write letters etc to shops to add my support.

Sorry stitch - I didn't mean to attack YOU there at all, I meant the retailers who have that attitude

I do get a bit rabid on this topic I know

I don't think that it is healthy. It isn't a case of being prudish, but there are things that adults do and there are things that kids do. Being 'sexual' is for adults....teenagers begin to cross the boundry into adulthood. We just don't need this for our kids.

greeny
totally agree mb, which is why im glad you have started this thread. please tell us what to do, who to write to etc

Child porn continues to sell, but we don't all sit back and go "tsk, well, it's market forces, isn't it?"

If shops thought it would be bad for profits to sell this crap, they wouldn't sell it.

So how can we make it bad for profits?

It never fails to amaze me the stuff you find in the shops. I'm horrified to dress DD in thie stuff. I'd be in on anything to try to persuade shops its a waste of time.

Often I've bought DD skirts which are for 2 years older than she is as otherwise they'd barely cover her thighs.

i often pick up a skirt thinking it would look good on dd, who is three, only to find the tag says it is for a ten year old