Parenting Under the Stars

My youngest daughter makes sure we know she is not a “girly girl” whatever that means. I do know it means she doesn’t want to drape herself in jewelry, which I think is great, but it also means she now hates the color pink. Bad news for the bedroom because it’s a beautiful bright shade of pink. Of course, she wants it changed but my sister worked very hard on it. I thought perhaps a compromise such as putting up a border or some different colored stripes. She didn’t seem pleased with the idea so maybe I will leave it for now and see if she changes her mind again in a few weeks.

I understand rebelling against girly things. Who wants to wear delicate dresses when there are trees to climb and bikes to ride? It rather cramps your style. There’s a lot of pressure from the media though to always look “just so”, have the latest fashions, and wear diamond jewelry and so on. I had a very pretty engagement ring but just am not the type to wear a lot of jewelry and so went about my business as usual. Eventually I somehow lost the diamond. One day I noticed there was a big gaping hole where my diamond used to be.

I guess what I’m getting at is I don’t get the pride in the bling stuff. Advertisers really try to convince girls they’re somehow better if draped in diamonds or go to some expensive boutique to shop or get a weekly pedicure, have a certain brand of purse etc. I think the media does a lot of harm in trying to train girls to be materialistic (diamonds are a girls best friend and all that) but it disturbs me further when younger children are targeted.

Here’s some girls who are giving “the flip”to the girl market industry which is in crisis with their outdated clichés and shallow representations. They’re called 3iying girls. Here’s a video clip showing them flipping various advertisers.