Am I getting old or is this horribly wrong?

[princess pooh]

the second girl from the left has obviously been taught to do the pose to match the dance moves. A little girl should not be posing like that. There is nothing cute about that. Seeing the costumes up close with the fishnet gloves makes it even worse.

OMG, I can't even do a "come hither" look like that! The fishnets, the stockings, the lacy chokers...how is it ever appropriate for a child to dress like that? Those parents are sick to let their daughters be exploited like that.

 

[design_mom]

I am pretty sure there's another routine on YouTube with the same girls (well, three of them) doing "My Boyfriend's Back." (Not quite as suggestive, but still a little much for 7 year olds, I think.)

Then there's a second video of them doing the same routine to "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" -- and that video includes the girls' first *and* last names! Yikes!

 

[declansdad]

If I didn't say it, you would have...again...so what's your problem? Geez...now you want to dictate WHO says what? Just filling her in.

Had I said anything? I don't think so. Why is it you have such a hard time accepting another opinion?

 

[handinpocket]

Had I said anything? I don't think so. Why is it you have such a hard time accepting another opinion?

Because...she is right, always right. She also is beyond reproach because her daughter is in Haiti doing missionary aide work and those children, yes, THOSE children are to be lauded as truly innocent and sweet. Give her a cookie and shut up.

 

[OceanAnnie]

Had I said anything? I don't think so. Why is it you have such a hard time accepting another opinion?

So what?? It's a forum. Anyone can say anything within reason and within the rules. She didn't break any rules. Why do you call her out like that??

Because...she is right, always right. She also is beyond reproach because her daughter is in Haiti doing missionary aide work and those children, yes, THOSE children are to be lauded as truly innocent and sweet. Give her a cookie and shut up.

Nice.

 

[PebblesMom]

Because...she is right, always right. She also is beyond reproach because her daughter is in Haiti doing missionary aide work and those children, yes, THOSE children are to be lauded as truly innocent and sweet. Give her a cookie and shut up.

Wow personal attacks not cool

 

[*DisDude]

I dont' WANT to see it as inappropriate- it IS inappropriate- it is contrary to the values I was raised with and to the values I am passing on to my children.

Thank you for making my point.

 

[declansdad]

So what?? It's a forum. Anyone can say anything within reason and within the rules. She didn't break any rules. Why do you call her out like that??

Have you been reading along?

 

[*DisDude]

Hmmm. I can see this getting locked soon cuz of all the fighting. Don't think fighting on a message board is grounds for a locked thread, but it always happens.

 

[OceanAnnie]

Have you been reading along?

Yes. I know why you didn't like what she typed.

You two have opposing views. You both have defended your views. I think the people calling out intolerance are just as intolerant as those they point to. On both sides. It's a rigid line.

No one is going to change.

 

[izzy]

I'm not going to read all 39 pages eek of this thread, but my first thought was that all they were missing was the little girl from Little Miss Sunshine, and they should have been dancing to Super Freak.

 

[MouseEarsJenny]

When my daughter was in dance, dh and I had a running joke about routines like this. We'd say that 95% of girls in dance would go on to never use their dance skills in any way except to dance at their weddings and proms. 1% would become dance teachers or go on to dance professionally on the stage or screen. And 4% would end up using their training to earn some extra money as strippers.

So when we'd see a routine like this, we'd just say "4% rule". And if my daughter had ever been assigned a routine like this, we would have pulled her out of the studio. Thankfully, she ended up leaving dance on her own in favor of band a few years ago. That whole competitive dance world is viscious and over the top.

 

[Mickey's Minion]

I have to agree with you on this. We as a society have become so desensitized that it makes me wonder what would be considered crossing the line. I hate to see the level of appropriateness dropping lower and lower for our children.


Rachel

I am pretty sure every generation in history has said that about the younger generation.

From it being porn to show your ankles and wrists, to today where midriffs on kids elicit comments about kiddie porn.

Although, there really isn't that much left to uncover for our future generations to get the vapors over their teens. Although the new diaper shorts/pantless trend seen on this years runways are sure to cause some major hyperventilation by the older generation.

That said, my opinion (yours obviously might vary) is that it was not appropriate for the age of the children dancing.

 

[newbie2disney]

I haven't read all of the posts, but watching the video I knew I had seen it before. One of the girls dancing is the daughter of a girl I went to school with and she sent it to me on facebook. Lots of things change when you move from Iowa to California. I have to say they are great dancers though!

 

[Buckalew11]

I think you'll have to give her a different treat than a cookie. I think MaryAnn eats low-carb.

 

[themilesfamily]

I asked my young DD what she thought of the routine. She said, "They're good dancers, but they need to wear more of an outfit!"

All I can say is, if I tried to mimick that dance there would be so much flab and so many elongated body parts flying around, I'd poke someone's eye out. You'd be WISHING those seven year olds would come back.

 

[*DisDude]

Alright, I've backtracked to read a few of the previous pages and wanted to address 2 things.

Just like when an 8 year old sees 2 people kissing, they thing yuck and don't understand what is going on, but a teenager or an adult does understand what kissing means.

Erm, just wanted to clarify that, I don't know what you did when you were 3, 8, and 10, but I, along with a lot of other friends of mine kissed as kids. Do you really consider kids kissing sexual and, or wrong? What about when kids have to kiss for a movie? Are you really ethically opposed to that too?

My 2nd point has to do with all who say it's provocative. I can certianly understand how they think of the routine that way, but that's where my first post come into relevance.

Sorry. Addressing another post since the thread is huge-

I just haven't been able to stop thinking about these girls today. I feel so bad for them. I wish someone would stand up for them and say that this is not ok. Where, oh where are the adults in their lives?

So because the way they're raised isn't the way you would raise your daughter means "nobody is standing up for them"? It must be lonely up there on that pedestal. Judgmental much?

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

 

[punkin]

Oh wow! go away for a couple of hours and the thread explodes.