Are We Going Too Far With Fashion for Young Girls?

Over the past few years that I have been raising my two beautiful daughters, I have noticed how the fashion trend has shifted down to their size (keep in mind that they are 4 and 6). You no longer see little jump suits or plain dresses for them to wear, not even just a plain pair of jeans. What am I talking about? Go to your local kids clothing store, not just a fancy one, somewhere like Target or Wal-Mart and see what they have on sale for girls sizes 4 and up.

Sure, you might find a few shirts that are five bucks or so, folded and put towards the back. It's what you find hanging up facing the customers as they walk by that catches your attention. You've got gold trimmed jeans, pearl outlined pockets on jeans, camouflage sparkly died jeans, etc. For shirts you have little camisoles, half shirts, spaghetti straps, short mini skirts, and even shirts with sayings like "everyone loves a blue eyed girl." Keep in mind we are still talking about preschoolers here.

Don't stop at just the style of the clothing, look at the price tags. I'm paying the same amount for a pair of jeans for my daughters, as I would for myself. Come on, $30.00 for a pair of jeans in a toddler size 4? Just because they have a few specks of glitter on them? WOW.

The point I'm getting at here isn't the price or the style of the jeans, but it's the fact that we are pushing our young children to be way too adult, way too soon. Do we really need them to grow up that fast? Not me, I want my children to be young at heart, mind and soul. I want to explore the world with them. I want to learn more from my children on a daily basis than I can reading a newspaper. It's fun and entertaining to me.