Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Stop forcing our little girls to grow up so fast!!!

Last week a 6 year old from Madison Heights, Michigan was kicked off her cheer team after her mother complained about the appropriateness of one of the teams' cheers.
    This story is just one example of how society is trying to force our little girls to grow up too fast. First it starts with high-heeled shoes for toddlers, then it's shorts and skirts that barely cover their bottoms, and bikinis for babies.... Now they are marketing make-up to "tweens" and selling padded "training" bras. Don't be fooled. Putting your child in these items does not make her fashion forward. It erases part of her childhood. And this is a slippery slope, because once we say yes and compromise on letting her be a little bit grown up, we lose a bit of our little girls. This organization and many more like it across the country are WRONG for turning what should be a fun activity for little girls into something about body parts and crossing the line into sexuality. I applaud this mother for putting her foot down.

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