Friday 14 February 2014
That bum short....
Bum shorts, booty shorts, whatever you want to call them. These are a kind of female short that goes up to the hip. It usually covers all of the butt area. They are in between bikinis and regular shorts. It’s amazing how a lot of moms ignore ‘age appropriate’ when buying clothes and dressing up our little girls. Yes, these shorts can look really cute on little girls but are they really age appropriate?
So i brought this up to be discussed amongst a few moms and it seemed like a large percentage agree that it is not big deal as children between ages 4 to pre-teen do not really ‘know a lot’. What i don’t know however, is if we all understood what booty shorts meant. I hope some of us did not misunderstand it to be regular shorts. Its still all about looking cute. They are of the opinion that when they grow older, they (their moms) will tell them it is no longer appropriate. Some however, say there is no big deal whatsoever no matter the age as they do not want to interfere with what the child feels comfortable in. Another set felt that it should not be allowed for children more that age 3 or 4 as it may make them more susceptible to attack from paedophiles. The percentage that goes with this was really small. Considering how often we see little girls in malls and at birthday parties wearing these, it looks like the belief that it is ‘ok’ is more popular.
Out of curiosity, I went online to what other moms had to say about it. Ok, the online research was not conducted in Nigeria but I found it interesting that most said they would not even let their girls wear or own one until they are 16. A few of them however said they would NEVER let their girls own one, no matter at what age.
At what age is it really appropriate for girls to wear booty shorts? What is the fair length of shorts for young girls or even teenage girls as the case may be?
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Parents should learn to instil it their children especially the females that skimpy clothes are not supposed to be worn beyond the four walls of their apartment. We hear of sexual harassment of kids these days, these are some of the causes. If they are trained to believe that it is wrong to wear such in public, it would be part of them. My daughters would even accuse their mum if she tries anything short within the apartment talk less of going out in it.
ReplyDeleteWhat is wrong is wrong,adults get harassed if dressed wit exposures not to talk of kids,train little children to dress decently I advice.train them rightly because when they grow they learn alot.even if they fall as they grow they will at one point remember what mummy n Daddy used to say.lots of people call it trend!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat is wrong is wrong. Children need not be exposed to bums and adults ought to wear themindoors. But we live in a sodomic world so it is all permitted cos anything goes.
ReplyDeleteBum short for kids in my opinion in absolutely wrong.I m a conscious muslimah n will only do what's right islamically. Todez world is gone so bad cos we take fr granted ethics,which re only in our own best interest. Yet we choose to cal it old sch. Choose for ur children what is gd n remember, u r responsible n will account for it on d last de
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