While getting ready this morning at the gym, The Today Show was on the TV., the topic peeked my interest as they were talking about N.J. Middle School Principal is not allowing girls to wear strapless dresses to their annual 8th grade dance. The headline was "No Straps, No Dance" he says that the strapless dresses are not appropriate for young girls and are distracting to the hormonal boys.
My thought was WOW Good for him!! How refreshing to hear that someone is standing up for modesty in some way. In a world that is drastically declining in morals, it's always nice to hear that someone is trying to keep kids a little more pure and innocent. I do not look forward to the battle that I will be facing when teaching my little girl to dress modestly despite of fashions, trends, what her friends are wearing, etc...In fact I hope that my daughter is easier on me than I was on my parents.
Well, Hoda and Kathie Lee did not share my same sentiments, Hoda first very sarcastically questioned how it would be any better to be strapless than have some itsy tiny piece of fabric going over the shoulders, and Kathie Lee said something to the effect that she has noticed how very short formal dresses have become and what the kids should do is cut their dress off so that it barely covers their bottoms and use that fabric to cover their shoulders.
Seriously ladies? You really think it's better to encourage girls to go out clothed in as little as possible? They even dared to declare that among the same styles (strapless, short) that there's a difference between classy and trashy. My question is how? What or when is it different? The amount of sparkles? Buttons? The shoes that accompany the dress? Hairstyle?
Well, I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I have mine, and my daughter will not where strapless dress, or shirts for that matter, ever (not with my permission at least) because the bottom line is that it's not modest and I want her to learn to respect herself and know that she doesn't have to look sexy to be beautiful.
Again, I applaud you Mr. Principal for trying to defend modesty in some way (if that's what you were doing, at least let me at least imagine that was your motive).
My thought was WOW Good for him!! How refreshing to hear that someone is standing up for modesty in some way. In a world that is drastically declining in morals, it's always nice to hear that someone is trying to keep kids a little more pure and innocent. I do not look forward to the battle that I will be facing when teaching my little girl to dress modestly despite of fashions, trends, what her friends are wearing, etc...In fact I hope that my daughter is easier on me than I was on my parents.
Well, Hoda and Kathie Lee did not share my same sentiments, Hoda first very sarcastically questioned how it would be any better to be strapless than have some itsy tiny piece of fabric going over the shoulders, and Kathie Lee said something to the effect that she has noticed how very short formal dresses have become and what the kids should do is cut their dress off so that it barely covers their bottoms and use that fabric to cover their shoulders.
Seriously ladies? You really think it's better to encourage girls to go out clothed in as little as possible? They even dared to declare that among the same styles (strapless, short) that there's a difference between classy and trashy. My question is how? What or when is it different? The amount of sparkles? Buttons? The shoes that accompany the dress? Hairstyle?
Well, I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I have mine, and my daughter will not where strapless dress, or shirts for that matter, ever (not with my permission at least) because the bottom line is that it's not modest and I want her to learn to respect herself and know that she doesn't have to look sexy to be beautiful.
Again, I applaud you Mr. Principal for trying to defend modesty in some way (if that's what you were doing, at least let me at least imagine that was your motive).
