...and I didn't know exactly where to post it, but I thought I'd share: http://www.newsnet5.com/news/4885861/detail.html Any thoughts?
That is amazing! When I see how young girls dress I tell my honey that if we had a daughter she would have to dress A LOT more conservative than the girls we see.
I started to reply last night, but something happened to my connection and I lost the page I don't like that parents are blamed for the amount of pregnancies... they (the child) are ultimately responsible for the decision they make to crawl in bed with someone. I was numb at the age level (11 to 19) the younger age blew me away. Only time and prayer is going to fix this one...
That is awful. I do think a lot of teenage girls do dress way to revealing. I also think that at that age a parent has a right to say there are dressing badly. I also think especially in the younger ones getting pregrant parents should know where their children are.
Well Ladies I had to re read it and boy it doesn't surprisse. My oldest went to camp this camp this summer she is 12 going to 13 and the stories she was telling me blow away. The amount of make up those girls wear and the clothes they had to wear at camp blow me away too. I just think and wonder where are the parents they can't see that? I told her she better not get idea on all that make up, it just makes them look older and to old for there age. Some of them looked 18 when were there. That is scary.
This is a quote directly fromt he article What a way to start an article (although it wold get the attention of some). This blows me away - well, then again it is a teenagers perspective on life. This is so sad Let me back track for a minute. One could say I shouldn't be commenting on this issue... I was 17 when I became pregnant with Christian, 18 when I had him. I didn't quit school... I faced the mocking at school and continued on graduating at the end of the year that he was born. I do not blame my parents in any way shape or form for my being pregnant at an early age... it was a decision I made and one that I had to live with. Now our school system has implemented this repulsive curriculum for se*ual education that is absolutely over board and barely touches abstinence rather promotes abortion, child birth and teen pregnancies. The schools justify it saying that it will prevent pregnancies :shock: Needless to say I disagree and will opt all of the boys out of it and teach them an abstinence based progam. At the age of 11, parents shoud know where their children are, phone numbers, time they'll be back, etc. (This is a requirement in our home and will be until they are out on their own). Gone are the days when public schools wore school uniforms (too bad they wouldn't bring them back - at least then they would all be dressed the same and not have these issues). Here are the days when they grow up far faster than they shoudl (by adding make up and skimpy clothes). It's times like this I am so thankful to be raising boys - boys who will respect the woman's body and not use to to edify their own purposes...
Dh and I have talked about this a lot over the last few years (ever since we had a daughter). Girls today don't LOOK or ACT like we did growing up. They're developing faster, dressing more provacatively, more makeup at an earlier age....it's scary rasing a daughter, right now! Before we moved to this town, we were active in "Parents As Teachers" through our old school district. A teacher representative would come to our house once a month with age appropriate games, activities, etc. and would evaluate the kids to make sure they were developing various skills according to state standards. (If you have pre-schoolers, I HIGHLY recommend checking to see if your school district offers this FREE program: http://www.parentsasteachers.org) Anyway, I got to be good friends with our teacher rep. and she told me one day that the school was assigning her to start working with the middle and high school girls who were pregnant. There were SO MANY that they decided to start a class for them to cope with raising their babies since they were just babies, themselves. I was amazed (probably naive) that there were so many! I sent this article to my dh at work and he shared it witha co-worker that we are friends with. She told him that she knows a boy at the local high school (and her daughter confirmed this b/c she goes to school with him) that has 5 girls pregnant at the same time. He's 18. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I'm just shocked by all this.
This topic doesn't like me... I have a hard time replying to it and a harder time trying to correct my mistakes or maybe it's God's way of keeping me quiet :wink: Times are different from when I grew up... I wouldn't have dared to dress the way they do today... Mom would have had a hernia I'm sure. I'll never be in style these days because I think that what is offered for clothing is repulsive at best. I don't even wear make-up... As for the 18 year old who has 5 gals pregnant - he should have to pay child support for everyone one of them - that's disgusting, immature, irresponsible and I could go on and on about that one...
Great minds think alike! :wink: When my dh told me the story of the 18yo, the first words out of my mouth were, "Well, he should have to pay child support on all of them!" It so sad. Think of this next generation of kids who will be born to young kids (usually with only one parent). The poor grandparents are going to be the ones who end up having to raise them. It makes me sad for our future.
Sound like there are many families who need God more than they think. I agree that it is ultimately the child's responsibility in saying "yes", but I wouldn't be surprised that a great majority of these are from parents who don't give the proper discipline. Parent involvement means everything.
I agree, parents need to be involved. We are very involved and ask lots of questions and our boys know they can tell us anything. Some parents don't care, I see young girls like 12 years old looking like raccoons from all the black eyeliner and mascara and their mid-sections are showing from the awful clothes their parents allow them to wear. WHAT HAPPENED TO MODESTY?
Raccoons! That reminds me of a girl I went to middle school with. She reminded me and my friends of a raccoon because she wore so much eyeliner and mascara (in 7th grade and 8th grade!!!). I wore some make up when I started 8th grade I think, but it wasn't a lot. Mostly lipgloss and some VERY light eyeliner and I covered up my blemishes. Now girls look like clowns. They should practice the "less is more" theory.
Girls think they look good with all that stuff on their face and eyes. My oldest made a comment about a local girl's make-up on her face and he referred to it as "All that ick"!
Staci, just so you know, my son is looking at the picture of that Sponge Bob cake. He thinks it's pretty cool. "Mommy there's a Sponge Bob...and another Sponge Bob" (when I went to the top of the page).
