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I work evenings and weekends in the Juniors department in a department store here in Virginia and every shift, the war between conservative Virginia moms and their daughters begins again: "No, that's too short!" "No, that's way too low on your hips!" Etc. From my vantage point, there are many, many parents who are fighting the trends and I salute them.

Much of the stuff I'm force to sell appalls me (and many of my co-workers), but I, as a seven-dollar-an-hour peon, have very little say in the matter. Alas.

Last weekend I took my 6yo girl to see the Clifford movie (which happened to be playing at the mall). I witnessed a mom/kid battle in the restroom. The girl looked to be 11-12 range, and was washing her hands. Mom suddenly pulled up the girls pants, pulled down her shirt, and said the clothes would be gone if she didn't wear them the right way. (yeah Mom!!). Saw assorted young women looking like baby hookers. (My kids will never go to the mall to hang out). The worst was an adult women, who had her belly hanging out (don't know if she was pregnant or just had a gut). Her face looked too old for the clothes and she looked really ridiculous. IMO, if only the parents would grow up, the kids wouldn't be looking so trashy on such a large scale.