Why do American woman dress their children so strangely?

Question

I know this American woman, and she has university education, and she showed me her girl, 7 years old daughter, dressed for Halloween, and then she showed me the photos... I have never seen anything so awful in my life. She put her into a very short checkered skirt, with her underwear visible, very high, tights high brown boots on heels, a blonde wig, and put a lot of make up: mascara, bright red blush, foundation and lipstick... The effect was appalling. Shouldn't the girl of her age be a Little Red Riding Hood, or a snowflake (as I was many a time, with the frilled lacy tutu), or something... childish. I remember my parents dressed me once as a Queen of chess, in a long checkered skirt with a real crown they made from wire and glass, and it glistened so, and I was the happiest girl in the room. But to dress your little girl like some escort? And how did teachers in her school swallowed it?

I know there will be replies: it's not your business, well, you did not see her. She looked like probably (never saw, so can't tell) little girls on this child molester sites, or maybe you saw ever dead people, all made up. It was very very scary. I do not understand why no one gave her a hint, or just forbidden this outright.

Answer 1

times have changed, nobody wants to be the coolest costume anymore or homemade ones all too much.

come join us in the 21st century

Answer 2

The image that I am getting from your description is one similar to that of the costumes worn by American pageant children. I can assure you that this is a class issue. There are many Americans that are horrified by this type of behavior as well. I can also assure you that most children are in age appropriate costumes. There has however been a recent trend toward more fetishist costumes for women and perhaps it is tragically sliding down the age scale. The obscession with external beauty and a preference for the often surreal look of Hollywood women is not a problem of only American women. Argentina has , I believe, the greatest number of cosmetic procedures per capita. Even the Brits have Mrs. Beckham Spice. My daughter has dressed as a witch, Medusa, autumn, a mermaid, Madeline, etc. It is a class issue. The solution: well, that is another question. The answer is always education, no?

Answer 3

I will be like the others and say don't stereotype all American women. A few ignorant ones may do this, but I for one would not. My daughter dressed as a bride this year, in a floor length white dress. She was not allowed to wear makeup.

Look at beauty pageants, though. Even after the Jon Benet Ramsey incident, some people continue to put their little girls in these pageants, with a full face of makeup, fake nails, spray tanning, big hair, revealing clothes. I watched a documentary on VH1 and about vomited. The girls had dance routines and even in the way they walked, you could tell that they were trying to be sexy (stripping off their jacket, for example, or doing provocative dance moves) I have NO CLUE why any mother would do this to their daughter. I think it's disgusting, especially with how the world is today.

For those mothers that DO this (again, I am not one of them), they absolutely sicken me.

Answer 4

I am appalled as well. Please don't think that all Americans find a costume like that appropriate!!! I am an American and my whole family are Americans and none of us would ever dress a seven year old like that, maybe a grown women might do it for laughs, or even a guy to be funny.....but no child should be dressed so provocatively!!! And after all the talks on American news around Halloween about the dangers of pedophiles being out and etc. I can't imagine someone would do that.

Again, not all Americans find that appropriate.

Answer 5

This has greater to do with the reality that the yankee human beings often seem transforming into greater slovenly. a woman who has that many demands on her has a minimum of a few excuse to placed on a ponytail and sweats. i do no longer do it yet I know it better than say, unmarried women human beings in the marketplace donning mattress room slippers and pajama pants. Gross. Even little ones do it here. adult males are by using no potential off the hook. they're getting in simple terms as fat as different individuals all the at the same time as complaining approximately fat American women human beings. Hair ungroomed, unequalled clothing. Pants that sag all the way down to the knees. I see greater rationalization for a woman who has in simple terms spent all morning getting toddlers waiting for college and incredibly has time to snatch a 10 minute bathe for herself to dress like that than all people else.

Answer 6

You're right in that some parents do choose very innappropriate costumes for their children, and the one you are speaking of is definitely something that I would never allow my daughter to wear.

However, you should really not generalize like that. Why point out that AMERICAN women do that, and why assume that ALL American women dress their children so strangely? That's quite judgemental of you.
My daughter was dressed as Cinderella, and my son was Capt. Jack Sparrow.

Please refrain from generalizing, that's really shallow.

Answer 7

Wait that is one woman and one child. How can you put all American women in this question? Do you know each and everyone of us?
I would never dress my 7yrld like that ever.

It is very ignorant to put down a whole group for the actions of a few and I for one am insulted.

Answer 8

I agree with you completely. It was bad enough when adult women chose to use Halloween as an excuse to dress like a tramp, but now that it's passed down to young children it's near unacceptable. I saw costumes for young girls at the store that blew my mind. I'm not a parent but I would NOT let my child dress that way, regardless of the holiday or how much they wanted to look like Britney or Paris.

Answer 9

I agree with you but what you may not have noticed is that many children (I can not stress that word enough) are allowed to dress like hookers daily not just on halloween! I think it is disgusting, the parents might as well buy their daughter a shirt that says sperm dumpster and matching pants that say stick it in here across her ***! IN GLITTER! So I am with you!

Answer 10

K...SOME American women may dress their children like that...but you would never catch my daughter dressed like that. Even for Halloween....give me a break.

I think the whole Brittany Spears and other assorted "pop" stars have made the "sleeze" look popular. Some people dont understand the pressure that puts on a child who doesnt understand the ramifications of being a tramp in tramp clothes.

I think its dispicable and disgusting.

Answer 11

who says it is just americans dressing their child that way? I seen many british and canadian children dressed like prostitutes at halloween to. It is halloween, maybe the child WANTED to dresss that way. The mom should have toned it down but it is one night of the year and if she isn't dressed like that all the time so be it. Maybe she was pretending to be some popstar or something. I seen lots of Britneys, Avrils, and Lindsays the other night when I was out with my little monkey.