My six-year-old daughter has a pair of white go-go style boots that she loves to prance around in. She’s worn them out on occasion, but they’re once-in-a-while, dress-up boots more than anything else. Which is fine by me, because, you know, she’s six, and I’d prefer to see her clad in pigtails, grass-stained jeans and sneakers for a few more years, at least.
Right now in the UK, there’s a bit of a furor going on over children’s clothing. Apparently, retailers are facing increasing pressure to take oversexed clothes for young girls off of their shelves – up to and including a pair of buckled pumps with a 3.5 inch heel.
A THREE AND A HALF INCH HEEL.
While pumps in question are found under the ‘teen’ section of the retailer’s web site, the article points out that they’re available in sizes that would fit the average eight-year-old.
*head explodes*
I gotta say, those are a great set of heels – for an ADULT. I can’t imagine coming across them in a store somewhere and thinking, These would be perfect for my little girl!
What about you? Would you buy these shoes for your tween/teen?
I would NEVER buy those for my teen/tween – that is just beyond disturbing. Also, my 3 year old will never be a tween because she’s going to be three forever. I’m working on the potion.
So freaking disturbing. Who doesn’t want to give little girls a head start on back and foot problems? And they’d best learn how to shake that jelly now so they’ll be ready for all the real action in middle school.
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I’ll take some of that potion, please.
hey “mommy” you are absolutely crazyyyyy ! and guess what?? your 3 year old girl one day, she’ll grow up, and you cant do anything to stop it . So.. stop saying stupid things!
I think it’s telling that those are the exact kind of shoes that Joan Crawford used to call her Chase-Me-F*ck-Me shoes. Next up – oversized shoulder pads and dominatrix lipstick. Be really scared if your kids start shouting, “No more wire hangers!”
If you have no idea what I’m talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOILKHmZBwc
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There was a girl in my grade six class who wore high heels all-the-time and by the time we were in grade nine the tendons in her calves were f’d up because of wearing heels at such a young age. Odds are she has back problems now that we are in our 40s. Why rush to hobble yourself?
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Oh. Hell. No.
Of course, my child’s feet are so small she might not fit them til she’s a teen, but still – those are bad for fully developed feet, let alone growing ones, and what 8 y.o. could walk in those? I foresee broken legs.
Hell to the NO I would not let my daughter act like a trollop in those shoes as a tween. I can see already, at age almost-5, she is going to be the kid sneaking gobs of makeup into her backpack in junior high and applying it on the sneak at school. There’s plenty of time for that noise!!!
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At one of my ante-natal appointments there was another mom there with her daughter and she was wearing about 2 inch heeled hooker boots… SHE WAS LIKE 4 YEARS OLD!!! if that… OMGWTF
my toddler wears Snoopy New Balance sneakers, chucks and glitter jellies(ZOMG I loved my jellies when I was little)
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JELLY SHOES!! They still make jelly shoes? WHERE can I find them? I practically wore my jelly shoes in to…well, jelly, I wore them so much. Those were the days…
Can you say disturbing on so many levels?
It’s like the trend juicy couture started with those jogging suits/shorts/crap for girls with things like sweet ass, and luscious booty, (okay, I’m making those up – but they’re of that vein) strewn across the arse in some swirly font.
Depending on where – the H&M displays for kids gets me going to. The outfits are way to mature. Plain and simple. Why are the media/social/fashion/marketing demons trying to age our children faster than at all necessary, and make them shiny targets for sickos? Because we’re buying it. Not all, but enough, obviously. Trends happen for a reason. Blech. It’s bad enough out there. I am by no means a prude or conservative. But jeebus chrysler. C’mon.
Show me some more of the REAL cool please.
‘Sexy’ girls are be everywhere, making it just that much harder for girls to stay GIRLS dammit! So it’s up to us mommas to help them to use the strength of their voices to be heard…just my 2 cents.
I think you said the magic word — PEOPLE are BUYING those things for their daughters! If all mothers stopped allowing their daughters to dress up like hookers, then we wouldn’t have this dilemma, would we.
Yikes – I can see them for older teens, but not for tweens. I can’t imagine my 8 year old cousin wearing them! Do you remember just a couple months ago when that one store was selling super stringy and skimpy bikinis for tweens? Terrible!
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Hell to the no..
Ok, you guys are so stupid ! That heels are awesome and you have to wake up and let the girls wear that awesome shoes. One day,your baby girls will grow up and maybe they’ll use that heels. But, what happen if somebody or some car,etc kills your baby girls?? i know it sounds HORRIBLE but you know what happen to JonBenet Ramsey? i dont know.. so if your baby girls get killed by someone or something what are you going to do? eh? they will never feel that awesome heels. So, think about it. I’m a professional so i know what im talking about. And this club SUCKS. ‘ The bad moms Club ‘ ? that is the worst name ever!! you want to look like Fight Club or something? Well, i wont waste more time in this shity-club and think about the heels ! You want your baby girls to hate you? i dont think so.. And is this club good? emm.. let me think.. NOPE. So, goodbye mommys !
Seriously? This post has to be a joke. We have to let our young daughters dress like hookers in case they get killed? Wow.
You shouldn’t be on the pipe while posting. I think I know what kind of “professional” you are……… either that or a predator…………………..
No flippin’ ways! I have an 11-year-old who has an unerring eye for trashy clothes. Sorry, sweetie, no. No. And no. And no.
No heels until you are at least 13, and even then 1-inch will be just fine!
No off-the-shoulder tops, or one-shoulder tops.
No sequinned, blouson disco tops. What’s this, the 80s?
And fortunately, I live in a country where “no make-up at all” is part of the school dress code. So the raccoon-eyes look can only happen when wearing non-uniform clothing.
Am I a prude? Nope. But adult clothing should be part of the process of growing up. Anticipation is the key, not gratification at 9 years old, already!