Pressure on your tween and teen to be sexy was in the news again in the Victoria’s Secret ads that appear to target them to buy and wear sexy lingerie! I totally agree with Erin Stewart in her article here on ‘Victoria Secret for Tweens?‘ It is worrisome that our children are being targeted for sexualization at such young ages.

Here, again, is where I say that it is the parent’s responsibility to monitor what your child is buying. I understand that peer pressure is HUGE in the teen years but these years in particular are ripe with the opportunities, because of this kind of pressure, for parents to resist being bullied themselves and teach their kids what it means to develop character, integrity and self respect. Having them learn to recognize and ignore certain products in advertising helps them to be strong as adults when they need to do the same. We’re bombarded with advertisements!

This kind of product IS a slippery slope to premature sexual activity. Let’s stand against this kind of pandering to our kids to fatten someone else’s wallet. If we don’t buy it, they will cease this nonsense.

Don’t parents have enough to do? What do you think about this kind of pressure?