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...cool bar for her daughter Kate, 14. But the Houston mother admits she prefers at times to retreat rather than fight over wardrobe. Shavetta McWhorter, a mother of two girls in Canton, Ga., takes a harder line. "I basically tell Asa, 12, 'You have two choices: you can dress like a young lady, or you can dress like a hoochie,'" she says, making clear that since she bankrolls the clothes, the option is purely rhetorical. McWhorter has a tougher time shopping for Jasmine, 7. "It's practically impossible to keep her in clothes that cover her up," she says...
...princess. Not like the ones in fairy tales, but a hot princess like Britney." In Manhattan, designer boutiques like Betwixt and Infinity sell adult labels at adult prices in Alice-in-Wonderland sizes. A pair of Diesel jeans at Betwixt costs $70, and a pony-hair dress at Infinity costs $205. "Age-appropriate behavior is something we've lost sense of," says Joan Jacobs Brumberg, the author of The Body Project. "It's appropriate to say to children that you do certain things--like drive, wear makeup--at certain ages. Otherwise, the line between childhood and adulthood will disappear...
Where is that line? When does the game of dress-up, which used to take place at home with Mom's red lipstick, become a worrying reality? Fira Cosmetics claims to target females ages 12 to 28, but girls as young as five are buying such products as the $12 Special Hits, 10 lip glosses and eye shadows contained in a CD case. "The music scene is driving the young scene," says president Ira Adler, explaining why his company packaged the makeup that way. "Britney and some of the other music groups are bursting with glitter and cosmetics." Kiss Products...
...uncomfortable, adult-size messages that their choices may convey. It is up to the adults in each girl's life to point her to a more age-appropriate look. Mothers can gently guide their young daughters' fashion choices starting when they are four or five by letting them dress themselves and praising their good choices. This is where girls start to learn about what clothing is appropriate for church, for school or for tea with Nana...
...your daughter wants to dress like Malibu Barbie or Li'l Kim and you don't like that, you should help her make a different choice. When an eight- or nine-year-old girl picks an outfit that is just too outrageous for public consumption, a parent should acknowledge her decision ("Boy, I can tell you think that's really great!") and help her find a compromise ("...but let's just get the skirt today because I'm not so sure that top is good for a kid your age"). A young adolescent should start to learn about the signals...