There are unlimited amounts of proof of poor parenting, this just happens to be one of those pieces that says parents of today suck. The new Book “Stop Dressing Your Six Year Old Like a Skank” makes some think of beauty pageants for toddlers and Jean Benet Ramsey.
Among pint-sized cheerleaders, itty-bitty beauty queens, and in the malls of America, the sassy-sexy look isn’t just for teens anymore.
Some say younger girls are going shorter and barer — taking their cues from characters like the Cheetah Girls, the Pussycat Dolls and the Bratz dolls — and some observers are saying they’ve had enough.
Celia Rivenbark, a mom who hit her breaking point with the shrinking fashions, wrote a book called, “Stop Dressing Your Six Year Old Like a Skank.”
“The moms are buying it, the dads are buying and maybe on some level the parents think, ‘Oh that’s cute, that’s harmless, that’s innocent’ — but I don’t think it is,” Rivenbank said. “The children are wearing them down.”
And psychologist Dr. Jeff Gardere warns that how a child dresses as young as age three can have serious consequences.
“You can be doing real damage to your child,” Gardere said. “They are forming their taste at a very young age. They can hurt their futures. They can hurt their reputations, their chances for success.”