See, this is what I was talking about *waves cane*

[mhaille.livejournal.com]

I have a 4th grader and a 1st grader. For the most part, all the kids they know dress like, well, kids. Tshirts featuring either a superhero or a cartoon character, jeans with grass stains, untied sneakers. I know there are prepubescent fashion plates out there, but you never catch them playing outside anyhow.

Today, dropping them off for the bus, I saw two fourth (possibly fifth) grade girls in full retro Mall Punk. Leggings, plaid minis, hoodies, and military caps, and both were in converse high tops. My first thought: "Damn it, that's how I wanted to dress when I was that age, and my parents wouldn't LET me." Unfortunately, this was followed hard upon by some mental math, confirming that I was their age over 20 years ago.

How'm I supposed to rock the punk-femme + hat when it's sold in Limited, Too?

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[mr-bad-example.livejournal.com]

I have the same feeling when I see kids with mohawks running around. I had a mohawk for all of two days when I was a teenager, and my parents kicked my ass for getting it.

[mhaille.livejournal.com]

See, I smile when I see a tiny mohawked toddler being strolled around by a couple of tattoed weirdos. Everybody under the age of 4 is pretty much marching to whatever harmonica they feel like, still, so it works.

It is a little weird to realize that respectable barber shops will give you one, these days, though- we had one in town that gave one haircut: "like a decent, red blooded American man." And god help the boy over 12 who came in with hair touching his collar. ;)

These girls had about as much rebellion between them as they did sense, and they weren't all that sensible, if you catch my drift. Back when I wanted to dress like that they'd be sporting izod.

[raychoo.livejournal.com]

heh. you would not believe the number of times I've had people stop me in the grocery store/drug store/on public transit/other mundane place to ask me about hair dying tips for their kid.

I choose to try to be happy about it since it means the world is being reshaped in my image! OK, so it's mostly just the look, and not the true cultural changes that I'd REALLY like to see...but it's a start, I guess.

[mhaille.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, I've had so many coworkers ask me about it for their teenagers. The manic panic doesn't bug me so much- kids who do it are still sticking out like sore, freakish thumbs in HS, so I gotta give them the cred.