I was in a Superdrug on Saturday. Three very young girls extremely skimpy and tight clothing, at the make up section squealing and trying on products. I didn’t take much notice but a girl of about 16 was with her mum and she told her mum the girls were 9. The mum looked so shocked and said how do you know, and she said she overheard them talking. I took a look. They had the works on, and their clothing was tarty. I had reservations on putting down the word tarty, they are children after all, pre-teens with very skinny bodies but the whole package of the clothes and make up made them look like mini hookers.
I would think the same whatever their ages but the fact they were so young was depressing and shocking to see. That Mail article mentions the pre-teens market being important now. Yeah, catch ‘em young. Have them trowel it all on to hide the youthful skin they would kill to have years later. How can parents have a child and then a short 9 years later they be walking around like that? Is there to be no childhood? Are boys facing this pressure to be all consumed by their looks? I know that some young boys are now into body building, but I think that is rare.