Halloween Costumes Article

kris356

erinandrick said:

I have a 14 year old daughter and costume shopping this year was terrible. She wanted one of the sluty costumes even though she normally dresses very nicely and conservatively. However like previous posters said - when you go in the store and that's all you see then you think that's what your supposed to wear. I of course told her no and we managed to put together our own appropriate version of the same costume through a little creativity but it took so much time, lots of discussions about the appropriateness of costumes, she cried a few times (she is a teenage girl). The last piece of her costume came in the mail today and she is very happy with the final product and I am too but we had to have another discussion about appropriateness because she still thinks I am too strict. I really miss the years when it was as simple as picking which princess to be!!

When I taught middle school, I had a sixth grader come in to school in a french maid costume. Her poor homeroom teacher came to get me to take her to the office. I felt so bad for him. This girl was a bigger girl and had some serious womanly curves going on. 

Erin-you are not too strict and one day your daughter will thank you, even if it is in 20 years! 

MrsYam

What ever happened to being a zombie for Halloween? I think I was a zombie bride quite a few years growing up.

I dread the day my girls want to buy one of those skanky costumes. I even feel a little weird GOING to the Halloween store because of the skanky stuff. Olivia really wanted to look at the bra and fishnet stocking aisle. :-O