I was on a date with my wife the other night (Yes, I date my Wife) and we went to Books-A-Million as we often do when we don’t have our son with us. As we were walking around commenting about different books to each other my wife stumbled across a book titled Stop Dressing Your Six-year-old Like a Skank by Celia Rivenbark. After reading the title of this book I had I guess what most people would refer to as an epiphany! At first I thought wow that is a little in your face, then I thought “you know what, that is what it is going to take”! Maybe it is time we start being a little more in your face about important issues!
Think about it for a moment. How many time have you been to a local event, or the Mall or Wal-Mart and seen some little girl being paraded around with or without her parents wearing make up, and ear rings with her nails painted and wearing clothes that show off her mid drift, her cleavage and then has some inappropriate word written across the rear of her pants? This is Wrong people! No one should want their young daughter running around in public dressing like this! By allowing young girls to do this you are teaching them all the wrong lessons and you are putting them in danger! Yes DANGER, whether or not people are willing to admit it to themselves or not we have a lot of predators out there looking for little innocent children to prey on. By allowing your daughters to dress like that, you are essentially enticing the predators even more and risking exposing her to the real evil in this world. I can already here my critics now with statements like “you have to let them grow up” or “I just can’t get her to wear anything else”! Like I have said before, you are the parent and your sole mission in life is to protect, teach, raise, love and discipline your children. You are totally and completely in charge until around 18 or so depending on your personal situation with your children. So, as a leader, a guide, a mentor and a parent you are responsible for how your child dresses! Think about that the next time you see someone with their very young daughter walking around Wal-Mart with the word “Sexy” written across their rear! What are you saying to the world when you allow this to go on?
Now of course this wasn’t the only example I could have used but I wanted to stay on subject with the title of the book. I could have talked about overweight people that claim they want to lose weight but would rather ride around the parking lot for 5 minutes rather than park a little further away from the store. Or people who are on oxygen but yet they continue to smoke. I could have said that if you choose not to vote you should never complain about anything that comes from the government because you aren’t willing to spend 15 minutes every two years or so to improve it yourself. I could have went off on an hour long tangent about people claiming to know Jesus but all that ever comes out of their mouths is hateful and mean things directed towards others.
My point is very simple, maybe we should start speaking up and warning others when they are headed down a dangerous path instead of standing by smiling and patting them on the back while they head for certain disaster. Sometimes the best way you can show your love and concern is by being honest. So many people are willing to go out of their way not to offend someone because they think that is the most important thing they can do for that person. Well maybe, just maybe if you gave them some encouragement and guidance and told them how you really feel then they wouldn’t continue on the same path. Sometimes we just need to be a little more in your face! Do it with Respect, Kindness and Love but if it needs doing then do it!
Matthew Hilley
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Finally, someone willing to tell it like it is! Good Job!
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