tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922740461636674623.post4149712035163924108..comments2023-06-17T09:55:58.352-05:00Comments on In My World...: Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17618921461540105577noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922740461636674623.post-66326364971778687632011-04-13T17:26:36.257-05:002011-04-13T17:26:36.257-05:00That sounds horrid. And disgusting. It's no wo...That sounds horrid. And disgusting. It's no wonder Abercrombie and Fitch are selling push-up bikinis to 8 year olds because parents buy it. And parents allow this type of conduct because they are either too lazy to correct it or they just don't think it's a big deal. <br /><br />My stepdaughter is so elegant and refined at 16. She avoids dances at her high school because of that very behavior. We are so lucky she turned out the way she did.Adrienne Shubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05826463555838820028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922740461636674623.post-42091453799644098302011-04-13T11:18:53.439-05:002011-04-13T11:18:53.439-05:00Great ideas, Bliss! In fact, now that warm weather...Great ideas, Bliss! In fact, now that warm weather is approaching my girls are already planning things they can do with their friends. Luckily, the majority of this went unnoticed by them (they were off with their "girls") but it was enough to make me reel!<br /><br />And I'm with fojoy, remembering the electricity of nervous energy and that feeling when you were asked to dance. AND - it was not anywhere close to bump and grind; it was straight arms, barely touching one another slowly going around in a circle :o) Those were the days...<br /><br />I am not easily shocked...believe me...and I have never considered myself a prude, but if this is the norm we are in serious trouble as a society.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618921461540105577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922740461636674623.post-66085879832747568362011-04-13T10:33:56.376-05:002011-04-13T10:33:56.376-05:00Well, Beth, I am both nauseated and repulsed by th...Well, Beth, I am both nauseated and repulsed by the visions in my head. Yes, I guess home-schooling is an option (but a whopper of one). Or...take them out of that environment. Provide an alternative event, chaperoned by you and/or the other parents you trust, instead of allowing them to attend another dance. You can provide just as much fun: dinner and a play; small social soiree (don't call it that to them--they won't get it) a chez vous--with dancing too if you want (but you get to pick the kids and the music); do a scavenger hunt; take them en masse to a local open mic event; etc. There are so many other options--and they all give you parental control. Just thoughts...xxBlissAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922740461636674623.post-66732182597091278272011-04-13T09:48:16.647-05:002011-04-13T09:48:16.647-05:00Oh my word - my neices are 18 and 22 and they STIL...Oh my word - my neices are 18 and 22 and they STILL don't dress or act like that.<br />What happened to the good old days of the girls cowering against one wall waiting for a boy to ask them to dance and the boys holding up the other wall trying to work up the courage to walk across the gym? When everybody was sweaty from nerves instead of hot bump & grind action...<br />Now THAT was a school dance!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922740461636674623.post-66361047023066998052011-04-13T02:49:50.664-05:002011-04-13T02:49:50.664-05:00Oh. My. God. And yes, it is so freaking scary! I w...Oh. My. God. And yes, it is so freaking scary! I was dancing at home with the 13-yr-old and she had some moves, well, they FREAKED me OUT! On the plus side, things are rather conservative here in France and (I think) things don't move as fast as they do in the US. At least that's what I tell myself.Samantha Véranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446488761214047647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922740461636674623.post-59922055570635561232011-04-12T19:30:10.140-05:002011-04-12T19:30:10.140-05:00Wow! Hitting??? Between a boy & a girl??? Tha...Wow! Hitting??? Between a boy & a girl??? That's horrible!<br /><br />I'm actually, sadly, not very surprised about the dress & the dancing. I've seen a lot myself that's none too pleasing to look at. I went to a Lady Gaga concert last summer and I'm by no means a prude. In fact, I consider myself far from one. But I was so shocked at how a majority of young girls were dressed. They were probably around 12, 13 tops. I mean I wasn't surprised with the other things I saw at the concert. The dressing up and expressing yourself thing. That's totally cool and great. But these girls were just being blatantly sexed up just for the sake of being so. Not self expression. They were more like clones of sleaze. It was really sad and stayed with me for days. You just brought me right back. Oh and I'm actually going to another Lady Gaga concert next week so lets see how this one goes :)THE ALTERNATIVE WIFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593507545118567343noreply@blogger.com