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Your Children Are Sexy? ?? by Arijosh(m): 11:18am On Feb 20, 2016 |
Few weeks ago, I was at the local
airport and as I waited in the
departure lounge, I noticed there
were many children roaming about
but it was understandable since it
was summer holiday.
One other thing I noticed was the
way most of the children were
dressed. Most of them, especially
the girls, were dressed in bum
shorts, halter necks, cut off jeans,
etc. The clothes in themselves
weren't the issue per se; it was the
overall look of the children that
had me bothered. That was
definitely not the first time I
noticed it.
A few months before, I had taken
my kids to a birthday party and
found myself in what could easily
have been a night club for kids.
Scanty clothing such as tight or
very short clothes, bum shorts,
long weaves, etc, seemed to be the
dress code. I noticed my son
glancing around, probably
wondering, "What in God's world
are these other children wearing?"
Or something like that.
Not long after, the kids were called
out to dance to the hit songs of
the season - these songs in my
opinion should be rated PG 16. 4 -
6 year olds trooped to the dance
floor, miming the sexually explicit
songs and gyrating their bodies in
the most sensual manner.
They could have given Beyonce a
run for her money. They ran their
hands over their bodies, shook
their booties hard while their
parents cheered them on. The boys
had their upper shirts unbuttoned
and rapped along perfectly to
gangsta raps while doing flawless
break dance.
Those who danced like actual
children where shooed off the
dance floor while the lewd ones
were cheered on. As I watched, my
child stared out of this circle
looking longingly at the others
dancing. I knew it was time to
leave.
As we left, we went to an eatery
where I bought them ice cream and
gently explained to them the
concept of decency and dancing
with decorum.
Another time, at a game arcade for
kids, I ran
into a lady who had made-up her
kids' faces like they were
mannequins for Tara or Mac
beauty products. Their skirts were
so tight, that running up and down
the slide was uncomfortable for
them.
So the question is, why are we
sexualizing our kids? Why does
your 4, 6 or 9 year old girl have to
look like a chick? Why does she
have to be hot or sexy? Should
your 8 year old son go around with
a comb in his hair and his pants
sagged almost to his ankles?
If your child wears bum shorts out
of the house at age 3, why should
she
be expected to wear longer ones at
15? If she wears 2 rings and 12
bangles at 6, why won't she pierce
a second ear hole at 17 and her
bellybutton at 19? Why won't your
son pierce his own ear at 15?
Are you setting your children up to
be immodest and indecent? What
trend are you starting them on?
That all these are fashionable or
trendy doesn't mean it's ok. What
happened to children wearing
dresses.
Children can look very nice and
decent, they can be well covered
and still look good.
In this age, when children are
being abused. Is it wise to make
your child an object of anyone's
sexual attention? When I hear
some children belt out sexually
explicit lyrics, I ask myself how
they became exposed to this
songs!
As a parent, you can't play the CD
of such songs and not expect your
children to pick them up; the same
goes for watching Mtv Base,
Channel O, etc with your children.
Studies have shown that children
exposed to a high level of sexually
explicit information tend to
become sexually active early. Is
that your goal as a parent?
Being a parent involves sacrifice.
You will need to avoid listening to
such music where your children
are. Most of those lyrics demean
women and teach your daughter
that she's just a intimacy gadget and her
body is for squeezing. It teaches
the boys that money is everything
and women are things to be used
to satisfy their primal urges. These
music introduces them to a
degrading pop culture.
Our children have their lives ahead
of them, let's set them on the right
path by teaching them to dress
decently and sing nice or age-
appropriate songs. Let your
children be children. Train up a
child in the way that s/he should
go and when s/he is old, s/he
would not depart from it.! |
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