True Girl Live events and resources including our True Beauty Devo Kit exist to help a mom have intentional conversations and interactions with her tween girl so she’ll know just how precious she is and how to dress with dignity! Our approach to dressing with dignity emphasizes our heart’s involvement. But if that’s the case, shouldn’t we start with the heart rather the length of her skirt? Yes, our outward appearance is an expression of our hearts and does matter. After all, man looks at the outward appearance, but what God really cares about is the heart. Rather than getting out a measuring stick to conform external beauty to a specific standard, seek to present your daughter with biblical Truth and thought-provoking questions that empower her to search her heart when she’s deciding how to present herself. Both objectify girls and women who are worthy of respect. (Ephesians 2:10) You are worth every glance that appreciates your beauty and equally deserve being set apart in the way you choose to present yourself.Ī wise mother refuses to succumb to the world’s pressure to live without modest consideration nor does she kowtow to the clamor of legalists within the Church.
(Psalm 139:14) That makes you incredible masterpieces created by God. With precision, our Creator knit each of you together. You and your daughter are worthy of honor and respect. It is the wise mother who looks past both the world’s free-for-all with fashion and the Church’s allergic reaction to it, to find a holistic approach to how her daughter presents herself. Failure to do so places our daughters in risky positions to fight beauty battles they shouldn’t have to, including anorexia, bulimia, and unhealthy dieting. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have a healthy conversation about what’s appropriate for public showcasing of our feminine beauty. “Your skirt should be two inches below the knee.” “Your shorts need to come to the tips of your fingers.” “A Christian woman should never wear pants.” Making these biblical mandates and overly obsessing about the female body is both objectifying and shame-based. Let’s admit this: many times when the Church addresses modesty, it’s from a heart of rule-based living.
#Am i growing up too fast code
While networks hosting the Grammy’s issue a modesty code for celebs attending, Christian bloggers have decried biblical teaching on modesty.
This solid research does not seem to stop the beauty battles from waging on. The sexual content of the marketing and the products themselves-while creating no apparent immediate effect-is clearly linked to eating disorders, low self-esteem, and depression when these girls become teenagers. The APA task force’s report states that lyrics, internet content, video games, and clothing are now being marketed to younger and younger girls. Is that OK?Īfter two years of study by an American Psychological(APA) task force on the sexualization of little girls, we have clear evidence that a mother shouldn’t let her tween daughter wear clothes that are more appropriate for older girls. And now, seven-year-old girls are pressured to dress like they’re seventeen. Ever-so-slowly the fashion and beauty industry recognized that to increase market share it needed to target younger and younger customers. Did you know that when Marilyn Monroe’s image was being used to peddle fashion, she was approximately thirty years old? And the products she was selling were for adult women.
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