Comments on: Teens' T-Shirts Too Tantalizing

Parents Concerned The Clothes Send The Wrong Message

[brucesmall]

Ah, for the days when parents had actual spines and the ability to say no, and mean it.

[gmond]

What a waste of space. Every generation has had provocative clothing issues. Move on to something really newsworthy.

[texas172006]

man a shirt is just a shirt rather you have words on it or not. my school doesn't allow plain shirts. and now they want us to stop wearing shirt with sexual or other type of shirts.

[a2fly]

loveroxy......geeze.....just wear a colored t shirt and forget the graphics. You need to learn to read and write first. Be able to complete a whole sentence.

[hockeymanvt]

Controversial messages on clothing are an excellent opportunity to "parent". You "parent" best when you listen to what your kids are saying and hope to learn a bit about what they are thinking and feeling. AFTER you learn a bit about their thoughts it is the time to explain how you think and feel. You might be surprised to learn that, if given a bit of time and space, they really DO care what you think.

[mommoelling]

I am a mom of six children ranging in ages new born to 19 years old. Fighting over what is appropriate to wear is not one of our problems. From early ages, when my children would started expressing a oppinion about the clothes they wore,we set the boundries. We also explained why we set the boundries at thoses points. The boundries are not change or bent to acommodate a person and we a parent also keep with in the boundries. Saying "No!" is a good thing for parent to do. Regardless of the tears, outcry and nassing of teeth.

[jj891]

wow loverorxy...you REALLY made things worse by your statement and didnt make a good argument at all.People might look at you and laugh but it isnt because they think your t-shirt is funny.You will realise once you grow up and have children of your own,by that time I am sure things will really be down the toilet in society.

[loveroxy]

I don't see nothing wrong with shirt. It just a shirt that we like 2 wear it dont mean nothing yall just taking it like something bad is going to happen to us.We wear it because it is fun and funny. It make people look and laugh at the shirt.

[jj891]

No,it goes a little deeper than that when your 16 year old daughter wheres a t-shirt that reads " your boyfriend us a better kisser than mine"
What kind of message or we sending to these children of the future?That nothing is sacred?

[shutupmurtha]

jh6379, YOU ARE RIGHT. its just a shirt with words on it... you left that part out. Its just a shirt with words suggesting that the person wearing it is sexually generous. In this case it is just teen girls that are wearing these shirts.

Maybe the parents should not let these kids wear these simple cotton constructions as jh6379 would refer to them. .....Some public schools in my area have already banned any printed image or words on t-shirts.

Words have meaning, but I dont think the government should do anything to stop this, I think the parents should teach their children moral values so the kids would not want to do it.


You can use your argument for alot of things jh6379....


Porn is just ink on a page or flashing light on a tv screen or computer monitior.

Bullets are just metal and lead

Marijuana is just leaves

Tabacco is just a plant

Cancer is just flesh

Nuclear Bombs are just Uranium, fuel, and a detonator made from various materials.