Halloween is just around the corner and I have to say that I have no idea what to expect. It seems as if every year this ‘holiday’ manages to disappoint me. Last year we had a ton of candy and we decorated our house with the requisite Halloweenie stuff and what happened? We got a total of maybe 6 kids. 6 KIDS. I live in the friggin’ ‘burbs in Loudoun County and all we could manage was 6 kids?!
Fine. More candy for me.
Earlier this month we received a catalog in the mail for costumes. It was pretty much the same stuff you see all over the place until we got to the pre-teen and teen section. I wasn’t prepared to look at some of the stuff that they were hawking for young girls. Unfortunately, we threw it away before I could take some scans of the costumes. There isn’t a shortage of sites that sell these costumes, though. I’ll take a trip to one of those Halloween shops in the mall or through Spencer’s in order to get some photos.
Am I being too much of a prude? Here are examples of the types of costumes marketed to young girls:
Some of these models look considerably older than being a teen. Heck, some of them look like porn stars. When looking online for other examples I found an entire category called ‘Sexy Teen Costumes’ at Zoogster Costumes.
I know that being a teen means coming to grips with your sexuality. However, what happened to the naive innocence of dressing up as a scarecrow or a ghost?! Why do kids have to grow up so fast? For instance, I saw a pimp costume for a child aged 8-10. I can see older teens dressing more provocatively as they creep into adulthood but the notion of pre-teens dressed in garb with mature themes seems a little much. I saw an advert containing a girl no older than 8 wearing fishnet stockings. And that advert wasn’t even for a costume.
I blame the internets.
Great. The girls are dressing sexier and the boys…well…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1taC3JjIOkM&fmt=18[/youtube]
My favorite part:
Anna Stephenson: Now we have Christian!
Christian (effeminately): Blah!
I clicked the pictures before reading your post and thought that a few of the costumes were pretty sexy and that i would wear them. Then when i discovered that they were meant for young girls i felt bad and old. You’re a bad man!
That Today Now! video was hilarious.
Holy crap.
The only costume your daughter would be allowed to wear made me laugh until diet coke came out of my nose.
So, you’re doing coke at work?! Wow! Ballsy.
I was showing this picture to Angela this morning:
http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/115078/original.jpg
Meet Noah Cyrus, Miley Cyrus’ 9 year old sister. The same girl who was at a stripper pole dancing party for pre-teens – http://www.dlisted.com/node/33292
I weep for our future.