About 8 years ago my daughters and I were in Forever 21--a poor quality, skanky style clothing store. My older girls went in there to look for sales on tee shirts or jewelry. Our jaws dropped when a 12 year old pranced by us. She looked like a 25 year old hooker. She was followed by her mother who looked liked a 40 year old who wished she was a 25 year old hooker. We still talk about it.
Yes, I believe there is evil intent lurking by this effort to sexualize children. Unfortunately, many parents buy into it because they've never accepted adulthood and still long to be children themselves. Despite homeschooling we've been involved in scores of activities and I can tell you I'm sick of being around parents who are living through their children. They think it's cute to talk about their 6 year old's "boyfriend". Six year olds don't have boyfriends! Moms are talking their 6 - 8 year daughters to the salon. Not as a one-time, special be-like mommy day. As a regular occurrence. A kid that age doesn't need a spa day!
