Motherly Musing

As the mother of a teenage girl, this struck me.  Modesty seems to be an "old fashioned" idea.  In the era of push up bras, bikinis that are barely there, and skinny jeans that leave nothing to the imagination, it is a tough concept to teach a child/woman.  Puberty hits earlier, and I am at odds to wonder if that is a nature or nurture issue.  With all that kids see in the media, do they just lose their innocence more quickly, thus ending childhood sooner?  Or with all the chemicals in foods or beverages, is this the issue forcing hormones to the surface sooner?  I don't know.  I am definitely not a scientist, though I live with one.  I think about the girls wearing those clothes, "Where was her Mom when she bought that?"  I don't have a great deal of influence over my daughter, but I do control the money buying her clothing.  Girls need more role models like Emma Watson (above) who portray smart, clever girls on the movie screen, and a gentile, modest yet lovely woman in real life.