Hoochie wear: Assessing the trend of revealing clothing for young girls 47 Articles

by Tim Copeland

Clothing stores, music labels, television programs are sending the wrong message to our kids just to make a few zillion dollars: What is worse is some parents are "buying it" not me though. I take the hits and am the "bad ...read more

by Sapphire M. Brown

It is something many of us have noticed; skirts getting shorter, the cut of tops getting lower, all for children under the age of 13. It's despicable. More and more children are wearing clothes that are nowhere near approp...read more

by Krystle Hernandez

Born and raised in Miami, I have had plenty of exposure to young women (and sometimes men) in barely-there ensembles. In fact, I'm almost certain that somewhere around the hoodlum-filled streets of Miami's Hialeah neighbor...read more

by Rebecca Laffar-Smith

Commercialism or Parents: Dressing our daughters as sluts! A local news story that struck a few cords with me recently related to children's clothing and the advertising associated with products kids will use. I have no...read more

by Sheree Zielke

Revealing clothing for young girls is not just inappropriate; it is wrong. And what's worse is that the trend towards sexy clothing for little girls is increasing. Children are growing up so quickly today. TV shows...read more

by Donna Alexandria

The rite of passage for many young girls in the last ten years has been quite disturbing. This is quite prevalent when you begin accessing their clothing attire. You see barbie doll sex symbols thriving for attention, an...read more

by Veronica Prior

This is a very important issue. On one hand, we deplore the proliferation of predators who are lying in wait for our children; everywhere, it seems. On MySpace...watching her play soccer...hanging out at the mall-you n...read more

by Rachelle de Bretagne

It's a dangerous world out there. Every day we hear stories of child abuse, young motherhood and society seems to be going wrong, and though many parents do their utmost to ensure that their kids are safe, manufacturers ha...read more

by Amber Alexander

In my house we have a saying: Present yourself the way you want to be received. Basically, if you want to be treated with respect, you should dress and behave in a way that shows you respect yourself. Young girls need to b...read more

by Lauren Beyenhof

The trend of "hoochie wear" is an alarming one. I was stopped at a red light when I saw them. A young mother and her daughter traipsed through the crosswalk together, neither of them dressed in any many that even h...read more

by H.G. Hess

It's happened to all of us. You're just walking down the street and you see a little girl in a tube top and daisy dukes with the word "Juicy" written on the butt. You think to yourself, "What an adorable child, but what ...read more

by Anjel

Maybe I'm just old fashion, but I can't for the life of me understand why do parents want to exploit their little girls this way. I can't just blame the parents, it is also the fault of the designers and stores that sell ...read more

by Heather Russell

Not since 1992's Teen Talk Barbie declared that she hated math has a doll caused as much controversy as Bratz dolls have caused in the past year or so. Barbie was compounding her already-controversial figure, which many f...read more

by Jennifer Mccoy

The adage once was: "The worse the economy, the shorter the hemline." An economist I am not, but judging from the hemlines I see on teenage girls walking the hallways of the high school where I teach, we are a broke, broke...read more

by Christine Morris

Teen girls or 9 year-olds, what's worse? Teen girls dressing like tramps is upsetting, but it as part of growing up. You test the limits to find out where they are. I remember my father being upset because he thought my...read more

by Jon Coe

In this climate of Political correctness, it really makes me wonder who is allowed to be correct and who is not! As a somewhat mature male and a Father of two Daughter's, I am constantly reminded as to what is correct a...read more

by Lisa Bonanno

It looks like Helium writers share a consensus of alarm over this trend. As the mother of four daughters, we've had to explore this issue frequently. So far I notice that the children will readily obey the parental directi...read more

by Rob Bryant

It is impossible to make a scientific connection between younger and younger unwed pregnancies and younger girls wearing revealing clothing, but when two trends coincide that well, it should at least be considered. I don't...read more

by Ethel Smith

One of the most important factors in this debate is how young we are talking about. Any girl, in my opinion, under the age of fourteen is too young to be tarted up. I know there are innocent looking, revealing clothes for ...read more

by Maddhatter

I sit in the mall, finding solace in the people passing by, wishing I could socialize but just sitting, listening to the aimless words and mumbles of passersby. My ears switch to a group of girls,and as I look...Oh damn. ...read more