R&R OCT '09

It's time for Halloween again. A time for fun, sugar overloads, Christmas shopping, and dressing your precious little daughters up like hookers. Yes you read correctly, I said hookers. For years now the trend in Halloween costumes has been to see how slutty a little kid's costume can be before it reaches the pornographic level and for years I've heard parents complain that the costumes are a little too “racy” or “adult”. Yet you still buy it. Why? Is it because that's all there is out there? Maybe because you don't want your child to feel left out of the party? Here's a thought, JUST SAY NO! I know, crazy idea. I recently went to a store where the costumes were already out for sale and I saw a harem costume for ages 4-7 and almost choked. Seriously?! The definition of harem is the term used to identify the women that are usually romantically involved with the husband of the household. They have no freedom of anything and no jobs other than to sexually satisfy the husband and give him sons. And this is what you're dressing your 4 year old up as all because it's Halloween?! Good job turning your widdle angel into a hoe. Then you want to blame society when your angel gets knocked up before she can legally drive a car and you can't possible begin to understand where she got these wild ways of hers?! Huh?! Enough already! First off you are a member of this society therefore you are to blame for the pimping of your little girls. Secondly you are responsible for these inappropriate costumes and clothing choices for children today because you continue to buy this stuff, and in turn the companies continue to make it. Ultimately it is your job to say no. Return morals and decency to our society and make these companies stop turning our children into wanna-be porn stars. It doesn't matter what Paris or Lindsay or Britney wears, they aren't your children. They are adults with their own money so they have the right to be as skanky as they want to be. However, you shouldn't let your children be that way. Babies are having babies all over this country because it's MTV and reality shows that teach your kids about sex, not you. So when their favorite actor or singer gets pregnant out of wedlock, they think it's cool because you've never told them it isn't. That it is a sin, it is wrong, and it will make their lives a lot harder than it ever needed to be. They will lose friends, family, opportunities, and respect. So quit complaining and do something. Start petitions that will force these costume companies to stop making vulgar outfits, boycott these costumes, make some costumes yourself. Or if you can’t, but know someone who can make costumes, pay them. I'm sure they could use an extra $20-$30, which is the price for even wal-mart's costumes. The most important thing is to talk to your kids. Our society is not as nice, sweet, and innocent as we like to pretend it is and parading your 8 year old around town as a catholic school girl or a naughty pirate wench is going to get them hurt. Or worse, make them think that their only value as a young woman is as a sex toy.