Coming soon to a Kiddie Beauty Pageant near you.
Posted on 09/09/2006 10:53:28 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
BREAST-enhancing padded bras for girls as young as six are being sold in Victorian shops.
Childhood experts have warned parents they could be baiting pedophiles by dressing their young girls as raunchy women.
Tiny matching lingerie sets of lacy bras and knickers in many children's brands including Bratz, Saddle Club and Barbie, have hit the shelves aimed at girls who are barely old enough for school.
The Herald Sun last week revealed the latest Bratz Babyz range included sexually provocative baby dolls dressed in leather and lingerie.
The padded Bratz "bralettes" were among more than 30 different junior bra styles starting at size six on sale at a city Target store visited by the Herald Sun yesterday.
The Australian Family Association warned parents against sexualising their children. "We have a growing problem with pedophilia and people viewing children as sex objects," spokeswoman Angela Conway said.
"Children do not need these products and I am appalled. It is more than bad taste. The sexual portrayal of children in this country is illegal and these products are pandering to just that."
Australian Childhood Foundation CEO Dr Joe Tucci said padded bras were "the most ridiculous piece of clothing a parent could buy".
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This is absolutely sick.
Unbelievable. How about letting kids be kids as long as possible. I can't imagine...
I wonder how long until they're available here in the USA.
Disgusting! This article deserves a "barf alert"...
"Childhood experts have warned parents they could be baiting pedophiles by dressing their young girls as raunchy women."
Duh. This is happening more and more. Take a walk through your local mall. The mothers dress like street walkers and dress the daughters the same as them.
Coming soon to a Kiddie Beauty Pageant near you.
I googled "Bratz bralettes" and came up with 308 hits. This crap is apparently already available at Target and other US outlets.
I agree. I got my first training bra (thats what they were called back in those days) when I was about 11 or 12 and HATED the damn thing!
Whatever happened to childhood and being okay to be a kid??
Hmm...I wasn't aware of that. But then, I never go to the kids clothes section. Too bad!
W-M bashers are saddened that this isn't W-M doing this.
Training bra? What a strange concept. Now that you mention it, I do remember something like that from the early 1960s. Maybe it's not all that different.
Trying to dress little girls like little girls becomes more and more difficult without breaking the bank.
Training bras in the 50's and 60's were white, soft and functional, not meant to be decorative and sexy. Only decoration might be a little bow, that's all. Very feminine and functional.
The type of "little girls" clothing carried my Target is one of the main reasons I do not like that store.
I was 13.........and now at 46 probably could still fit into it...LOL!!!!
I'm a guy, so I'm pretty ignorant about these things, but the whole concept of a "training bra" mystifies me. I mean, what do boobs have to be "trained" to do? And what happens if they're not "trained"?
Untrained boobs frequently become democrat politicians.
Don't allow children to watch television and read girl's fashion magazines. They'll be influenced and be asking to weara bralettes like their friends. I find television and print media to be vicious viral marketers of oversexualisation of our children. I feel sorry for today's children. They have a lot to deal with :(
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