i know plenty of kids like this. there was a 12yr old girl dressed up as a bellydancer for halloween at the middle school this year, complete with gold stripper heels. no lie, i would have taken a picture, but i am pretty sure it violated at least 4 child porn statutes. and this isn't the little girl styled "i dream of genie" cultural appropriation costume either. this was a serious for real seethru striptease outfit comprising mostly of scarves and gold coins over a barely there bikini. this is the same girl whose mom had her in cheerleading at age 5 (literally kindergarden cheerleading pop warner, wtf) and who got her first set of highlights at age 8. and she isn't the only one like this, just the most aggressive.
srsly man. i have a serious thing about halloween costumes, so we tend to go the "overboard overelaborate ridiculously built costume" route which has saved me so far from the "halloween slutty noun" trend that teenage girls so love. but i figure it's only a matter of time. :(
Hoooo boy. Reason number 3,767 why I never wanted to raise kids - especially not in the USA.
But yeah, papaya, you and I had parents who were grounded enough to shoot down such angst (or in my case, tell me, "I'll GIVE you something to be sad about!") These days, I don't think many parents have those kind of values, and the pressure for kids to grow up is immense.
I'm reminded of a song by one of my favorite social commentary bands, called "If you're not famous by fourteen, you're f**ked" - in Australia in the nineties, it was a joke, but apparently social change really IS amazing.
Sure, I don't have kids, what the hell do I know. But one thing's for sure, if that girl lived under my roof, that shit just wouldn't fly.
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(It's Saturday night where I am, wowsers who may be reading this*. Get over it!)
* You oughta know by now I don't mean you, papaya. That's a given.
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Just teasing.
But, yeah, if she thinks it's bad now, she might be unpleasantly surprised when she's an actual adult.
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But yeah, papaya, you and I had parents who were grounded enough to shoot down such angst (or in my case, tell me, "I'll GIVE you something to be sad about!") These days, I don't think many parents have those kind of values, and the pressure for kids to grow up is immense.
I'm reminded of a song by one of my favorite social commentary bands, called "If you're not famous by fourteen, you're f**ked" - in Australia in the nineties, it was a joke, but apparently social change really IS amazing.
Sure, I don't have kids, what the hell do I know. But one thing's for sure, if that girl lived under my roof, that shit just wouldn't fly.
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