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Little girls and sports

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DS's class is walking in the city's Founders Day parade. The theme is sports:let's get moving! The kids were all asked to come dressed as a sports player. This mining at drop off this mom was talking to all the moms of girls and showing them a picture of this cheerleader outfit she found and wants all the little girls to wea. Now, cheerleading is definitely athletic, especially once you get into tumbling etc. And if a little girl wants to wear a Cheerleader outfit, cool. Still fits with the theme.

What I have a problem with is this mom's idea of dressing all the little girls in short skirts because "wouldn't it be so cute for the girls to be cheering on the boys?" No. What about teaching little girls that the can play sports just like the boys can and not that their job is to cheer on the big strong boys. Yes these kids are 4 and 5 and I'm probably over thinking it but the whole thing gave me the icks

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  • AndrewsgalAndrewsgal member
    Nope that is inappropriate. I agree with you.
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  • orangegogglesorangegoggles member
    Yuck. I agree with you.
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  • jensriotjensriot member
    Nope, that would bother me too. I'm also curious what the other moms thought.

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  • penguingrrlpenguingrrl member
    Yuck! That's totally inappropriate! 
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  • vlagrl29vlagrl29 member
    No, don't do it.  Girls can rock in sports too!
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  • LatteLady5LatteLady5 member

    jensriot said:
    Nope, that would bother me too. I'm also curious what the other moms thought.
    Me too. Because I would be pissed if my kid originally wanted to dress as a soccer player or whatever but after hearing what all the other girls were doing, wanted to dress as a cheerleader. Or felt like she needed to dress like all the other girls. 

    FWIW, I was a cheerleader but I played other sports too. I would want DD to dress up as whatever she wanted and IF that was a cheerleader, that would be fine. If she wanted to dress as something else but felt peer pressure to do what this mom was suggesting, I'd be very upset.


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  • nolemomma14nolemomma14 member
    I wouldn't be okay with that either. If one of the girls wants to wear the cheerleading outfit because she just likes it, great. Why do they have to be "cheering on the boys" though? I have a feeling you aren't the only mom who isn't okay with that idea!
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  • hokies94hokies94 member
    edited October 2014
    I'd be tempted to send DD in a football outfit. :-)
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  • dizzycooksdizzycooks member
    I'd send DD in whatever she wants to be and I would hope she didn't get her idea from another parent with lame stereotypical ideas.
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  • AndrewsgalAndrewsgal member
    My FFC I HATE women football commentators not because they are women but because they don't know the sport and make women look stupid.
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  • meglewmeglew member
    gwapes said:
    My bro just posted on FB how football is a man's sport and they need to stop wearing pink because what do women know about football, they can't play, and they shouldn't be commentating either. 



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    Is he married?  If not, I am sure the ladies are lining up around the block. 
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    gwapes said:
    meglew said:
    gwapes said:
    My bro just posted on FB how football is a man's sport and they need to stop wearing pink because what do women know about football, they can't play, and they shouldn't be commentating either. 



    :-@
    Is he married?  If not, I am sure the ladies are lining up around the block. 
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    I think this is the worse part... He is, and he has 1 daughter, and just married a woman who has 4 daughters. :|
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  • ordinary1ordinary1 member
    I would be pretty upset if some twat er mom told my daughter or me the girls should cheer on the boys. If Annabelle wants to be a cheerleader that's great. If she wants to play a sport such as football, soccer, etc. that is great too, but she gets to decide.
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  • bumpuser8448316bumpuser8448316 member
    Two moms thought it was adorable and went along with it. A few others seemed to have an issue with it

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