I agree with your post completely.
As a young child, I doubt Malia even understood the peace symbol; she probably thought it was “cool”. Her parents, however, have the responsiblity to represent our country better. It was her dad, ultimately who was elected, not Malia. And just as we were uncomfortable with the exploitation of the Bush twins “partying” in college, imagine how uncomfortable others feel when young girls are being bashed.
I agree...and I said before, that her mother (or grandmother, Mrs. Robinson) should have pointed out that the shirt might be taken out of context. That said...
I had buy a birthday gift for a 12 year old classmate of my son. Just having boys left at home (my only daughter is 23), I hadn’t ventured into ‘tween’ land clothes shopping. Everything (it seemed) had a Peace sign on it. Its all retro-ish mod hippie stuff. That’s why this tee-shirt shouldn’t be made out to be such a ‘big deal.’ Hopefully, the Obama protocol staff will correct these types of issues in the future.
There is so much to ‘stuff’ out there, that really and trully ‘matters’ to call out Obama on...but his kid’s tee shirt (or hair) shouldn’t be on the radar screen.