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What young girls wear...

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Yorkiegirl · 15/12/2004 21:56

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Gobbledigoose · 15/12/2004 21:57

I'm only glad I don't have a dd!

I'm with you - they grow up way too fast imo.

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Yorkiegirl · 15/12/2004 21:58

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albosmum · 15/12/2004 22:00

its awful to see yong girls dressed like this my DGH and I were shopping one day and saw a 3 yr old and 5 yr old in denim mini skirts and knee high black boots - completely inappropriate - lucky I have boys.

nailpolish · 15/12/2004 22:00

dh worries about this all the time and dd's are not even 3 yet!

maybe theyll be tomboys

but to me thats worse

dont worry yorkie, fashions change and it could be anythin by the time dd's are older

winterwarmmummer · 15/12/2004 22:00

I completely agree - I have two dds and am worried about what they will want to wear when they get older.

I really don't want them to put themselves on display like this. Do you think these girls realise that is what they are doing? Or are they just copying their fav. celebs?

Festivepussy · 15/12/2004 22:00

I know its disgusting, I wonder what the parents see when they look at thier little dds running round with that sort of stuff on.
The sad thing is, when i am choosing the clothes out of the cupboard for my dd to wear...normal clothes...I wonder whether she will get picked on for not being dressed like a little tart

lockets · 15/12/2004 22:00

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Gobbledigoose · 15/12/2004 22:01

That's what I mean - I can imagine it become really difficult, particularly when peer pressure sets in.

I worry about mine wanting mobile phones etc at age 8 and I just think it's ridiculous but could I let them stand out as the kids with no phone?!?!?

My Mum stuck to her guns and I wasn't allowed stilletos or a straight skirt with a split up the back. I felt like a right geek but I had no shortage of friends and I came out of it fine. It's hit and miss though isn't it?

It's scarey.

ChristmasCracker · 15/12/2004 22:01

My Dd1 7 is always trying to dress like this as alot of her frinds do. It was her class party today too and i made her wear her jeans and a normal top, but she moaned and moaned about it.

I have told her that when she can afford to buy her own clothes then she can choose, until then i get the final say.

Caught her trying to wear lipgloss to school when she was in reception . Unfortunatly she seems to be old beyond her years and wnats to be like everyone else with the latest this that and the other.
Thankfully Dd2 couldn't care less what she wears most of the time.

ItllBeLonelymumThisChristmas · 15/12/2004 22:02

Crikey Yorkiegirl, I could have written your first post! I saw exactly the same outfits on girls in my dd's class and she is in reception so they are only 4 - 5! My dd wore a velvet party dress to her party and looked positively babyish in comparison (but much smarter!)

nailpolish · 15/12/2004 22:02

its hard to find anything else in the shops sometimes which makes me annoyed.

wheres all the normal clothes???

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Yorkiegirl · 15/12/2004 22:02

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Kaysleighbells · 15/12/2004 22:02

I am so pleased I have two boys.
I think it's scary some of the stuff that is aimed at very young girls nowadays. It is basically just adult clothes in kids sizes.

lockets · 15/12/2004 22:03

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ItllBeLonelymumThisChristmas · 15/12/2004 22:04

Mind you, I also have three boys and I am so glad that those ridiculous baggy trousers are now no longer fashionable as I would not have wanted them going around in those. What I am trying to say is, boys have their fashions to follow too.

nailpolish · 15/12/2004 22:05

another thing that annoys me is their hair - why not let it swish about all shiny and bouncy? why do girls now have to coat it in hairspray etc til its brick hard? little girls have lovely hair but they just try and copy celebs etc

spacedonkey · 15/12/2004 22:05

I don't think it's so much to do with fashion, the thing that worries me is the sexualisation of girls at such a young age, it's horrible.

xmascaroltygirl · 15/12/2004 22:06

My dd1 (6 today!) doesn't give a monkey's about clothes, but a few of the girls in her class are more interested. Haven't seen much to shock me, more an overabundance of pink so far - but one girl came to their non-uniform day last year (P1) in a boob tube which I found a bit iffy.

I find that clothes from Next aren't too alarming and dd1 is happy in jeans and T-shirts, so we're doing OK so far. I dread to think what it will be like when she's older, though - and I suspect that dd2 will be starting rather sooner. People already give my dd1 makeup, etc, as presents - dd1 isn't interested but dd2 is fascinated by it already.

Smashingpumpkin · 15/12/2004 22:11

IMO popular culture is to blame, young kids look up to Britney et al and want to be like them, unfortunately they have no idea of the implications of their dress they jst want to be like their idols. Perhaps the popular culture industry should take more responsibility but I won't hold my breath!!

jingleballs · 15/12/2004 22:11

YG - I don't even have a DD and I think it's terrible, they should put a restriction on skirts for girls at schools, as some are no bigger than belts - literally. I don't c y girls want to grow up so quick, but i think the media/ teen mags prob ahve a lot to do with it. do u know in tammy girl I think I saw them with DN there was lacy thongs for 9-10 yr olds - I mean I don't wear lacey thongs at 22 what does a 8 yr old want with one!

I wasn't allowed makeup etc.. until i was 14/15 even then it was only the slightest little bit, and as for reveling clothes... well that was a joke! (even whne I did buy them myself - but I am rather top heavy as it were so have always been concious of it)

makealist · 15/12/2004 22:16

at our infant's party yesterday, one of the reception girls (5) was wearing full makeup, like a mini Jordan, it just seemed so sad that a mum would do that to her daughter

stitch · 15/12/2004 22:27

when i was teaching at secondary school, i often felt that i was the only one who felt this way. i was a year 8 tutor, and was constantly having to get the girls to stop folding their skirts up to make them short. some were literally belts.
makeup was not supposed to be worn inschool. !!! i think i probly wore the least! i settled on making sure that they wore 'office' type makeup as opposed to 'party/tarty' makeup.
when a girl came in with a triangle for a top, the back was completely ......er backless.... had to bite my tongue as apparently her mother had bought it for her......

i also had a year 11 girl going through a court case about her attempted rape outside a nightclub the year before.....why was a 14 year old girl outside a nightclub dressed like a tart in the first place?
sexualistaion of young girls
i rest my case.

misdee · 15/12/2004 22:30

took my dd's shopping this morning for party clothes. dd2 started tugging on my arm as she spotted some boots she liked. they were knee high, black , slight heel with silver studs on them!!!

i saidm no way, aster all she is only 2years old!!

GoodKingWestCountryLass · 15/12/2004 22:34

There is no way my DD will be dressing like a right slapper (watch me eat my words in ten years)...

GoodKingWestCountryLass · 15/12/2004 22:36

Have to add my 3 year old neice likes to play with my make-up. I put a bit of mascara on her and lip gloss and she's happy but I think eyeshadow and blusher as well make little girls look really tarty!