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Why do girls dress like that?

March 23rd, 2011 6 comments

My husband and I were both really disturbed when we saw a commercial for some sort of laundry detergent (who ever remembers what a commercial is actually selling?) Perhaps you’ve seen this one: A man was working on the car (I think) and he had grease or oil all over his hands. Spotting an opportunity, he grabs his teenage daughter’s white mini skirt from the clothes line and wipes his filthy hands on them, in hopes of ruining them. . . outraged daughter, mom saves the day with the wonder detergent and the commercial ends with her strutting out the front door all smiles in her perfectly white glorified butt-cover. Seriously, this thing was little more than underwear. The mom looks on approvingly, giving her daughter an up-down look that she’ll likely be getting from every post-pubescent male in her path. It was a really disturbing look that went beyond approval and satisfaction to, “Damn, my girl is fine!” Meanwhile, the father has a defeated expression. In case the problems with this scenario aren’t obvious, I’ll illuminate them: Read more…

Parents need to ask the hard questions

June 10th, 2010 2 comments

Good stuff to keep in mind for parents of teenagers. Heidi (one of our blog followers) being one, what do you think?

by Katie Hinderer

Last week’s post about attire and the male versus female mind has drawn a lot of comments. (I love hearing what you have to say, so keep the thoughts coming.) All the discussion got me thinking about where the solution can be found. I was toying with the role parents’ play when Carlos hit the nail on the head; saying girls “need strong fathers to say NO and strong mothers to explain why!!” Read more…