With school shopping well under way we are once again facing the ever diminishing concept of modesty in today’s society. We are not even sure where to begin with this one, but we are sure you all have seen it – whether you choose to acknowledge it or not. Who wants their 12 year old to dress like a hooters waitress? Obviously most of today’s society, because that is all you can buy these days. It’s not just the older kids either, bathing suits this year were atrocious!
We often
debate the why of it all but really is there a good reason to have a 9 year old
dress like Britney Spears? And then we wonder why teen sex rates are up and
women are objectified; families degraded. It is because we have reduced young
women to vain materialist all under the guise of feminism and empowerment.
Let’s be honest though, there is nothing empowering about dressing like a
harlot in the 6th grade.
It is astonishing that we live in a society when Victoria Secretes has a tween
line with “Call Me” printed across the bottom… Who the hell is going to be
reading that?!?!?
As
parents, we have to wonder what is driving this market. Are there really that
many parents that are so disengaged? How can we be okay with this as a society?
How can we be okay with forcing our young women into the grown-up world at such
young ages? News flash, this is a consumer driven market – they make it because
you buy it. If a child needs to dress “sexy” to feel pretty or good – it’s a
parenting failure, fix that instead. Hey, great idea... let's glorify sex on
TV, dress our kids provocatively and then give them birth control to take away
any responsibility... How's that working for America?!?! Miley Cyrus or Hannah Montana
– how do you want your daughter seen?
Modesty –
what a wonderful concept. It is about self-respect. It protects and preserves
the mystery of love – it upholds the sanctity of sexuality. It truly is the
epitome of empowerment.
So off the soap box, back to school shopping…
Two things we have learned this year – Kids will pick what is “in” not what is
appropriate. It is the same as if we let them choose what is for dinner – it
would be ice cream every time… They don’t get to pick. Sometimes Mom and Dad do
know best. Secondly, if you take Dad, be prepared to hear the modesty
discussion over and over again, to the point where you just want to buy a burka
to shut him up!
Modesty protects the mystery of persons
and their love. It encourages patience and moderation in loving relationships;
it requires that the conditions for the definitive giving and commitment of man
and woman to one another be fulfilled. Modesty is decency. It inspires one's
choice of clothing. It keeps silence or reserve where there is evident risk of
unhealthy curiosity. It is discreet.
CCC -2522
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