Modesty and Common Sense

Call me old fashioned, but I'm the kind of girl who likes to have clothing on, and I'm the kind of girl who thinks that there are certain things that are best for people (kids being one big topic).

A recent news headline of a girl being rescued from rough waters on Lake Superior caught my attention. The first thing I thought of was, where are the parents? These kids were 12-13 years old, and in Canal Park or Park Point, in the lake (who KNOWS how deep it is!) ending up in the shipping channel (? is that what they said?), apparently by themselves. Do people really think that 12-13 year olds are safe by themselves? Everyone was safe, unharmed, but the rescued was tired, too worn out to swim to safety. This could have ended differently, praise God it didn't. But the point is, where are the parents?
I mean, I understand the times. I know that most families "have" to have 2 working parents. I know there are single parents out there. But why do we have young kids wandering around town swimming in a rather dangerous lake in a rather dangerous area of the lake, by themselves? Shouldn't someone, anyone, be in charge of these kids? Or at least be with them? I just don't understand it. DO something before your kid dies/drowns/disappears! I would have liked to have seen an interview with the parents. But of course, they are nowhere to be found at the time of the incident. Hopefully those kids got home to a heap of trouble. They don't look worried in the interview though, unfortunately.

Watching the news story on this I realized something else even more terrible (because I understand teenagers have brain damage, and can almost "excuse" their swimming out there on that....)....
The girls involved are BARELY wearing swimsuits. I have underwear and bras that show less skin. Why are teenagers allowed out, by themselves, wearing such revealing swimsuits that they are barely existent!! 

I could say a whole lot on the reason why wearing clothing is a good idea, but I won't because its a rather complicated thought. But my point is this: if you dress a certain way, you paint yourself a certain way. People WILL think less of you if you dress like a streetwalker. I'm not talking fishnets and miniskirts as the "uniform" of a streetwalker, I'm talking about revealing body parts and plenty of skin. People will have a hard time taking you seriously as a teenager if you are walking around dressed like something out of "Pretty Woman".

And most of all, the attention from the boy or girl that you seek is NOT the attention that you want! You don't want someone who's only attraction to you is your cleavage, stomach, buttcheeks and buttcrack. You want someone who gets to know you, someone who is interested in whats in that pretty little head of yours, not the size of your "rack" or the shape of your backside. Besides that, there are freaks out there who will take advantage of a half naked young girl wandering around. Really? You want some freak stalking you because of some kind of sick and twisted feeling he got off of seeing you dressed like that?

I'm sure a lot of people would jump down my throat for this. I'm sure they would argue with me. But tell me, would YOU let your 12 year old girl wear a tiny bikini out in public? If you don't have kids, you aren't really qualified to answer because you know EVERYTHING until you have kids.
All my life I have thought bikinis on kids was just plain wrong. After having a kid? Well, I'm still pro-one piece. Lets stop sexualizing our children and stop buying these stupid pornstar swimsuits for our CHILDREN.

Maybe this is another part of that "processing speed" things. I have my mind made up that certain things are inappropriate, and nothing is going to change my mind on that. NO 12-13 year old should be wandering around a large city by themselves (or with their friends, whatever). No child should be wearing a swimsuit that belongs on a streetwalker. End of story.