While reading this article, I was somewhat surprise but felt
dismay and troubled for the generations to come. When it comes to my
grandchildren (son is an adult) I would not want them to believe that they
would have to dress enticing, or to walk with a sexy walk just to be popular.
When it comes to television especially the ads and magazines with their
articles and picture have considered what is sexy. This makes it very hard to
make the children understand that is not the norm. Children have a hard enough
time to fit in. Children being expose to this at since an early age can cause
them to have an unhealthy relationship has they get older. In
the article by Levin and Kilborne (2009) it states that when children are
taught to focus on physical appearance and sex appeal, it has a negative impact
on their development.
In one of the childcares center where I worked I observe a
young girl and boy playing house and the young girl took the boy by the hand
and said come on honey I have something I want to show you. I went over and
told them they were too young and it was not right for them to talk and act
that way. Last year in my class I had a young girl that would dress in tight
clothes and would do things to get the boys to like her and to be her
boyfriend. It came to the point that
when she came to school dress like that we would put her in proper clothes. At the end of the day
at school we let the kids dance to music and there were a couple of young girls
that would gyrate to the music even songs in which they shouldn’t I ask where
they learn to dance like that and they said watching music videos.
We has
educators need to make sure that we watch what the children are doing and then
sit and talk to them and help them to understand that is not the proper way to
behave. As educators we need to guide and help the
children to having the self-confidence to make the right decisions on how to
act. We need to continue to guide them on not to be in a hurry to be grow up
and enjoy their childhood.
Levin, D. E., & Kilbourne, J. (2009). [Introduction]. So sexy so soon: The new sexualized childhood and what parents can
do to protect their kids (pp. 1-8). New York: Ballantine Books.
Retrieved from: http://dianeelevin.com/sosexysosoon/introduction.pdf
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