Today is Halloween, but as I think about it, the days of zombie and Dracula costumes are over. Instead of the Age of Scary, it’s the Age of the Sluts. And it’s not just the adults that are dressing this way, either. It’s the tweens (pre-teens – 12 and under) that are lending a hand at making this a tradition from one year to the next. They think that just because the teens do it, they can do it too, and the parents are letting them do it in increasing numbers. The wife and I were at a Halloween costume store, and as we looked around, somehow we strolled into the children’s section and there were costumes that I wouldn’t want my wife wearing and these costumes were being targeted to the 12 and under crowd. I’m talking about maids costumes with a (what looked like) 10 year old with too much make-up leggings that looked a little too provocative and a REALLY short skirt (okay, so maybe I do want to see my wife in that). What is this world coming too? And of course, Hollywood and the “in-crowd” are leading the way. With role models like Paris Hilton and Lindsey Lohan, how can this next generation survive?
The daughter of some friends of ours dressed up this year as Hannah Montana. I'm not a big fan of the Disney-fabricated pop star, and she may look like a modern-day Cyndi Lauper, but they made a good point -- she's actually dressed.
ReplyDeleteYep. Our rule for our daughter was it had to be the length that would be aceptable at her Christian School. Our course she went as some sort of Mrs. Frankenstein, but at least she wasn't trashy. :)
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