Rebecca Laffar-Smith makes her home in the beautiful Western Australian suburbs with her loving dog, affectionate cat, and two young, bright, and rambunctious children.

Rebecca is a published poet, freelance copy writer/editor, and an aspiring novelist. She breaks her time between motherhood, writing, reading and web design. Her articles and award winning poetry have been published in various magazines, anthologies and online.

Rebecca welcomes contact from readers. If you'd like to chat or are interested in hiring her services as a copy writer/editor or web designer feel free to email her any time at rebecca.laffarsmith@gmail.com

My passion is ...

writing, obviously. I love my children, animals and nature too.

I know too much about ...

nothing. I don't think it's possible to know TOO much about something.

My parents always told me ...

I could do anything I wanted to do.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a published author. Always my dream, forever my reality.

My favorite memory ...

Laying in the halflight from the hallway with my son and daughter snuggled against me, fast asleep.

Why I write ...

I write because I have to. My soul dies if I don't. I write because I want to share something with others, educate, inspire, and touch as many people as possible in a positive way.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Watching = Movies from Books. Reading = Mama Writer. Listening = Personal Playlist

My first job ...

Checkout Chick. Yep, I stood behind the counter and scanned your food then took your money. ;-)

My best moment ...

involves all those magic moments when I'm in the bliss of writing. The world is forgotten and only the story and its characters exist.

My inspiration ...

Life, emotion, reality and possibility!

Style & Beauty > Fashion Trends & Styles Hoochie wear: Assessing the trend of revealing clothing for young girls

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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 noticed how skimpy and indecent some of the clothing for girls has become. I have a six year old daughter and when I was buying her first bathing suit a few years ago I was shocked to find BIKINI'S, for TWO-YEAR-OLDS!

Never mind the fact that at two years old they have nothing to hold the bits of string up but seriously, what message are we sending our kids when we dress ...

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