This is how they advertised Lego with girls in 1981.
Way to go Lego!
These days though not every company is so respectful our our children, or childhood.
These days this is the kind of thing marketed at our young daughters.
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While the one of the left at least is not too short, and I am ok with goth as well, does a young girl really need to be marketed at like this? What happen to childrens songs? When did our young children suddenly have to become overly sexual young adult music stars?
The above might not both you as it does me. I shared a blog post a bit ago though about little girl crotch-less panties that are sized all the way down to kindergarten and of course is the more common little girl thongs. Do you see a problem with those? Maybe not. But I really really do.
Sometimes I feel like our society is in a handbasket.
Marketing is every place we look, our children are not immune to it and research shoes it is causing issues for both boys and girls. Where do we draw the lines though in wanting to support our children and their identity while protecting their childhoods and trying to help shape them to have a healthy adulthood?
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Thankfully, I’ve never seen a thong for a little girl.. I don’t think they are available here.
But at a family picnic for my nieces birthday, many of us were horrified when she received a Baby Bratz doll.
Although clearly a chubby infant it was decked out in a pleated leather mini, crop top and most disturbing a mesh thong on it’s baby butt cheeks.
There were dagger eyes all round for the girls cousin who gave the gift.. she was 17 and probably thought it was cool. But also admitted the hadn’t realised what undergarments the doll was wearing.
Why can’t little kids be little kids any more?
I always said I wanted a little girl…then I had one and realized how much I had to protect her. It’s amazing how much times have changed. Happy New Year!
Samantha.