[nickcarraway]

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[Mygirlsmom]

As a mom of 3 girls, I can attest to the fact that it's a nightmare trying to find respectable clothing for them. Take my two 9 year olds for example: They wear size 8 and 12 in girls' sizes, but we have been unable to buy tops in the girls' department for the last two years because even size extra large ends up being so short after one washing that my girls refuse to wear them. One daughter in particular is so concerned that her underwear is showing when she sits or raises her arms that she sometimes cries in the morning (Guess I'm getting a passing grade on teaching modesty). This leaves the junior department where the tops are a bit longer, but so low cut that they're obscene. I buy older more modestly cut jeans at resale shops to make shorts and capri pants as a solution to the hip hugger problem, but it is frustrating. And they're right - at least in our case my girls really do want to be modest.

We had the "swimsuit battle" with our 13 year old this year. "Everyone" got two pieces, and we worked hard to find a suit that was acceptable to both mom and daughter. I've noticed, however, that she's worn her old one pieces pretty much every time she's gone swimming so far.

[Desdemona]

Compelling reasons of why girls should learn to sew.

Really, the junior departments right now are unreal. If I had teen-aged girls right now, I'd be dressing them out of misses and petites, not that the clothes are all that great, but at least the shirts go to the waist.

I'm telling you, I want to teach a class - Fashion 101 - featuring the sheath dress and three quarter sleeves with boat and ballet necks. Perfectly modest and feminine and they look good on just about everybody.

[Guenevere]

I was just having this discussion yesterday with our church's youth leader's wife....(who is co-leader)

Quite often she has to tell the young girls to please pull the tops of their blouses together, they're showing too much skin!

And the lowrider jeans......oh my goodness.

These young girls....are responding to the siren call of the world.....and need decent role models!!!!!