Halloween Costumes

The other day I went to a party supply store with my 7 year old daughter to look at costumes. I was shocked at how overly sexualized the costumes for young girls have become. There were very few that were modest. I was so upset I wanted to run out of the store and keep my daughter and her sisters hidden from this. Instead I tried to have a frank discussion about why the costumes bothered me so much. I told her I was disappointed in the store and that you don't need to wear a costume that exposes so much of a girls body and we look at the costumes as I explained why I did not like them.

Then I started looking at the boy costumes, something I do not normally do as a mom of three girls. I could not believe how violent they have become. Do we even realize the message we are sending to our kids?

I think it is so important that we have open discussions about our concerns when our kids are young. We need to have them often so that we give them a lot of wisdom to tap into when it is time to make their own choices. I want to make sure I am sending my kids the message consistently. I don't want to fall to pressure and compromise my beliefs and buy her something that I think is inappropriate because she wants it or out of fear that she won't fit in with friends.

Take a look at the trailer for Miss Representation. Fits perfectly with this post

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gkIiV6konY

Although the focus is on girls. It is just as bad for boys just in a different way.