tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25563240.post115904051589295061..comments2023-10-11T02:28:55.375-05:00Comments on 3 Little Dutch Girls + A Boy!: What is a Skank?Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03279956477604083080noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25563240.post-1159109998672315452006-09-24T09:59:00.000-05:002006-09-24T09:59:00.000-05:00To all: I am sorry if I did not give a sufficient...To all: I am sorry if I did not give a sufficient amount of grace through my comment...<BR/><BR/>I did not misunderstand Jen's post...I did not comment exclusivly on Jen's post...I injected some questions and observations to an entire discussion that was taking place. We as mothers have three choices, to embrace the world's culture, to reject the world's culture or to teach our children how to make informed choices in the world they live in. I simply wanted to open the discussion wider...I think that mothers of daughters have a very tough job to teach their daughters how to act, dress and make descisions in a world that is not always so friendly. We DO need to teach them to protect themselves and how things they do, say or wear effect others around them. <BR/><BR/>I do not believe that it is right to set my daughter free in this world to do what ever she wants, however, I also do not believe in removing her from the world to walk around in little house on the prairie dresses...and I don't think any of us do. I talk with all my children about how difficult it is to follow Jesus in a world that wants to deny him but this is the culture God placed us in, we will try to neither embrace it or deny it but to transform it. It is a narrow path.Mommy Brainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10683992174755064509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25563240.post-1159073967061425162006-09-23T23:59:00.000-05:002006-09-23T23:59:00.000-05:00I guess I'm not really sure what the misunderstand...I guess I'm not really sure what the misunderstanding was about Jen's post. Although I wouldn't call a parent unfit for letting their daughter wear short skirts and shirts with words like flirt or hottie on the front, I would call them naive. I think a lot of mothers have no clue what their daughters are up against in this world. I especially find this true of many of my Christian friends who grew up in a Christian environment. They are trying so hard to break the leagalistic mold they grew up in, that I feel like they go to the extreem in the other direction. Girls were having SEX at 13 and 14 when I was in school (at my public school). . .why would it be any different now? Allowing our girls to wear "cute sayings" on their shirts or the backside of their pants only calls attention to parts of the body that shouldn't be called attention to in the first place. And I do have a problem just following the trend. Who sets the trend? Typically worldly people. "For all that is in the world-the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life-is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away. . . 1 John 16,17. I don't mind following a narrow path, even if it means my daughter wears little house dresses and she doesn't fit into the crowd.Karyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13651589174182263193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25563240.post-1159047873632929522006-09-23T16:44:00.000-05:002006-09-23T16:44:00.000-05:00You are soooo funny! I guess you could call me a ...You are soooo funny! I guess you could call me a <A HREF="http://www.carol_love_peace.blogger.com.br/nome_carol_bratz.gif" REL="nofollow">Carol-Bratz"</A> because I am totally trying to get you going! or I guess I could be this <A HREF="http://villagecc.net/ladies/events/0508-vof/2f_1g.jpg" REL="nofollow">Carol Bratz</A> from the Ladies of the Flower golf tournament! I love your responses! You go, momma!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090447453266614884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25563240.post-1159041515418787002006-09-23T14:58:00.000-05:002006-09-23T14:58:00.000-05:00Chill....I'm just testing the waters...it's not pe...Chill....I'm just testing the waters...it's not personal...our girls wear some of the same outfits...I just wanted do a litmus test for the whole conversation.Mommy Brainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10683992174755064509noreply@blogger.com