This morning, I saw the piece on the news about how Abercrombie & Fitch may have crossed the line with their new push up bikinis for 7 year-olds. May have???
Then, I saw this post: http://www.momlogic.com/2010/09/teen_trend_elf_ears.php, (which I was relieved to see was actually from late 2010, so maybe this "trend" isn't that real after all and we can chalk this up to a small handful of silly wannabe elfin kids with way-too-lenient-parents).
And then I saw this: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42298789/ns/health-mental_health/
It's bad enough that plenty of adults are out there assuming that all of their Facebook "friends" are living picture-perfect, idyllic, Utopian lives - but it's far worse that kids are suffering from depression thanks to an online popularity contest on top of the one they have to contend with at school every day. Makes me want to tell every parent to allow their kids to watch the episode of South Park I've posted below, so they can develop a very clear understanding, very early on, of how silly Facebook ultimately is.
In short, Kyle "friends" the wrong person on Facebook, and all of his friends abandon him as a result. When he becomes desperate for just one person to friend him, he turns to Stan. But when Stan tries to help, his Facebook account goes rogue, and he finds himself in the digital realm forced to battle his own profile.
http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s14e04-you-have-0-friends
Here's a snippet:
Anyway, my point is that the concept of having kids is getting scarier and scarier, if only for the fact that they are being exposed to WAY too much at WAY too young an age... and I know that every generation says this about the next - but seriously folks... push up bikinis for 7 year-olds? I think we've hit a new low.
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