When did I get old? LOL  

They had a Halloween party, this past Saturday, the 27th. This is not uncommon. No, I'm not joking. Why would you think that? And really, it is not meant to be funny, just ironic.

LOL, well we grew up really close to washington dc and throughout our childhood, my folks would take us to the district to feed the homeless, especially in the winter when they needed blankets and soup to keep them breathing. I think I was like 7 when we were driving down this street at night and I saw a gorgeous girl dressed in a mini skirt and a low cut blouse. I remarked to the people in the van that I thought she was beautiful like a movie star. One of the guys said, "She's just a hooker." So, yeah, I had some first hand knowledge. Then my parents had to take the time to explain to me what a hooker was and why many of them did what they did.

Long story short, I was not the only girl at 12 or 13 who dressed like a hooker, but now at 38, I wonder if I am the only one perplexed by my own reaction of another kid's costume.

LOL, I heard a commedian say that he used to look at teen girls in his twenties for how good they looked. Nowadays, he looks at them and wonders if they could babysit his kids.

Naw, I don't think that these kids are worse than I was. They might be a bit better because they are more educated. I am just creeped out by my reaction.

Well, you know when we are kids we all think we are immortal and that nothing bad will ever happen to us. As we grow up we come to realize the stupidity of that line of thinking, especially when we can look back at friends that died young or got hurt by their stupidity.

I just didn't think it would come on so quickly. I thought I would see a gradual mental aging. Not an overnight, "You're not going out in that." LOL

I know. I hear ya on that. I think it changes us when we have kids of our own. And yes, when we see our friends get hurt or hear of kids getting hurt or killed we become so much more cautious. Have a good night cyntrow.

I'll be honest with you and this might veer far off topic, but I don't think there are more sickos now than there were when I was a kid. I just think we hear about them more today. When I was a kid, no child had ever been sexually abused by a family member, but that was a lie. We just didn't hear about it. Everyone from my mother's generation knows someone who can only now admit to that kind of abuse. So the question becomes, is it more prevalant, or is it just more talked about. And if it is now more talked about, will this make it less prevelant? Will the pervs think twice because the know that the kid will tell a parent or a cop?

But now that I've gotten so far off topic, I think my greatest fear for my daughters friend was not so much the lurking pervs, but the teenaged boys who might be at that party.

yeah, your absolutely right. back when we were kids everything was more hush, hush. now a days though everything is talked about. And yeah, i would worry about the boys to. You made a very good point and it wasn't that far off topic. LOL! Thanks!

I grew up in the "anything goes" 80's.

I guess I should say that most of my daughters friends were dressed really great. It was just this one girl that I was concerned about. and my daughter told me that she is somewhat repressed at home and tries to go wild when she is away from her folks. I was just concerned for her well being.

I wonder if anyone was concerned for me when I dressed like a hooker. LOL

Well, I can't say if your parents did or not, or if other parents did. This Halloween, I can say I didn't see any young kids dressed in outfits not meant for there age. I wish I could have said the same for some moms, lol.

With your daughter's friend she's only doing this for a reason. Hopefully she will outgrow this as she gets older. It still doesn't mean you have gotten old, to worry about the way she was dressed. Just means your a parent that cares.

I have 5 kids. My 13 year old is is my 3rd youngest. I've never felt this way before now. LOL. I feel sooooo old.

seems like im stalking you but i wanted to say that i agree about the comments about the girls today...and im 24 so i should be all for skimpy clothes but i totally am against them for myself and even more for girls at such a young age...i dont know how can mothers send their daughters out like that with all the scary paedophiles around!

sorry just my 2silly cents on the matter :p

Oh, I agree with the way CHILDREN dress these days. My 9 year old wants to dress like a rap video. LOL. I don't let her.

I think my thing with this girl is that I know her parents are very strict. And my daughter tells me that she is a wild child. And I know in my heart that this is because her parents are strict, because she can't turn to them. So I am the foster parent and I advise her. But this Halloween party outfit concerned me. Call me a horrible parent, but I know that the boy who was throwing the party was parentless that weekend and I let my kid go anyway because I trust her and her friends. I was just concerned for this one. I feel the way she was dressed was inviting hormonal teenaged boys to act stupid.