Who Wears Short Shorts?

Author: Katie

Today I took my daughter to Wal-Mart because she needed some shorts. We searched for what seemed like hours to find a pair suitable for school. My stomach turned as I sifted through endless racks looking for something that wasn't skimpy. What is really sad about the whole situation is that I was looking IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION!!!!!!!! It appears that the latest sexy fashions are focused toward children 10 and under!!!! What is wrong with this picture??? The shorts were all wayyyyyyy below the belly button on the waist line or should I say hip line. In fact the waist line and the bottom of the shorts were just about in the same place!! I talked to the woman who was putting out the clothes and she (a christian lady) said that it's only going to get much worse. The tops are all stringy, revealing, low neckline, tight bra type tops. Tight and skimpy......that's the fashion for today's children. Ohhhhhhh and there are things on the buttocks of the jeans as well, which cause a person to focus their eyes on that part of the child's body. There were these pants that were so cute on my daughter. Then she turned around and there is a huge star on her butt! Come on! Where is the world going? This is sick!!! How can we say that the child pornography has to stop when we're promoting it at the local department stores? What is a person supposed to do? Mary Kate and Ashley need to start putting their clothes out to an older crowd. They aren't children anymore and their clothing line should NOT be sold in the children's section anymore either. In fact, it shouldn't be sold to anybody under age 18 without the consent of a parent! I'm not saying that all of their clothes are bad. They do have some cute clothes but, most of them are not things I would want my child wearing.

I can't say that I'd think much of any mother that would allow her child to wear these things. A parent is supposed to protect thier child, not expose them. I'm so frustrated. I know that there is absolutely nothing I can do but pray that the trends will change. Then again, like the woman at Wal-Mart said, they will probably only get worse.

We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. (Romans 8:22-23)