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Last weekend, we took our 12 year-old daughter to JC Penney to buy her some shirts. My wife spent what seemed like hours (but was probably 45 minutes) going through the Junior's section trying to find something decent.

She came out with one nice shirt. Literally everything else had some vile message on it. It was absurd. She actually complained to the manager, who told her that Penney had to compete with the other stores in the mall and that was their way of doing it.

We would have bought many other shirts if we could have found some sans the "I Am a Young Teen Slut, Do Me Now" messages on them.

My 18-year old daughter wouldn't be caught dead in most of that stuff: although she has thongs, her trousers, jeans, shorts, polo shirts, blouses, skirts and dresses are almost all quite modest. I think she has a few 'sexy' dresses, but nothing I would be embarrassed taking her to a conservative yacht or country club in. Her wardrobe is probably mostly J.Crew, Gap, Patagonia, Lacoste, Polo, and the like. Some Lands End and LL Bean, but their cuts often don't fit her well. She couldn't care less about the brands, but she wouldn't be caught dead looking cheap or sloppy.

Her 15 year old sister, who is hard to fit, has terrrible taste despite our efforts and actually likes some of the slutty stuff. We won't buy it, of course, but odd's and ends (like the t-shirt with 'tasty pastry' across the chest) slip in when we're not looking - oh, well, mom was looing for some t-shirts to convert to dust rags. She's getting better, however. Worst part is she's so label conscious. Used to be mad for Limited Too and Abercrombie. Gag. (I remember when Abercrombie & Fitch were real NYC outfitters) So, we suffer with every shopping trip.

Solution for those who shop for daughters. Buy boys clothes. They are better made, last longer, are cheaper, and aren't slutty.

She came out with one nice shirt. Literally everything else had some vile message on it. It was absurd. She actually complained to the manager, who told her that Penney had to compete with the other stores in the mall and that was their way of doing it.

I had the same experience at JCP's right after Christmas with my 15 year old daughter. I will allow a hip-hugger if it is JUST below the belly-button. However, all the pants she tried on were JUST above the pubic hair line. I said no. Finally, she came out of the dressing room, and I asked if she didn't like the last pair of pants. She said, "you wouldn't let me get them anyway".

I also complained as I checked out (with a tunic top we had found) to the cashier about the clothes. She said she got a lot of complaints from parents and that she had heard the styles were going to be more conservative in the coming season. Well, I have yet to see that, the clothing still having that slutty, skanky look to them.

Last week I walked past a young womens clothing store and on a manican in the front window was an extremely tight, short t-shirt with a sparkly 69 emblazoned on it.