Seventeen Magazine. This magazine is mostly for young girls and women from the ages of 12–19 (and I know Wikipedia is not an academic source, but for the purposes of this humble blog, just go with it). My girl recently bought her own copy and my motherly antenna immediate went on high alert. I know, I know... I read Seventeen as a young teenager, but the tables have turned.
A). I'm the mother now.
B). Things ain't what they use to be.
Consider the hot topic in the current issue: Mind-Blowing Makeouts.
And the eye-catching line on their website: Looking to have your best hookup ever?
I'm telling you people, the details (and the keyword here is details) given make a grown woman blush. So I spent a little quality time with my little beauty-in-the-making. I asked to look at her magazine and she immediately gave me the look. "I know what you're looking for, Mom," she said. "I already ripped those pages out."
And she had.
We talked about all that.
But we also talked about make-up and nail polish and shoes.
Girls need to be girls.
And not get how-to advice on hooking up from a magazine.
Just my thoughts on a late Wednesday night.
1 comment:
Girls just wanna have fun. I remember those days with my daughters. But they grow up so-oo fast these days in part because of what they see and read in school and out. Not to mentionon TV and the internet. As parents we have to be their sounding board. Hang in there mom. You're doing a good job. She's still listening to you.
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