Kids have enough attitude!
Posted on January 11th, 2008 at 11:26 pm by Tina
A major retailer has come under fire after releasing a range called “Little Losers”. T-shirts and other apparel printed with slogans such as “Miss Bitch”, “Miss Floozy” and “Mr Well Hung” are being pitched at tweens and teens.
Personally there is no way that I would buy t-shirts with those type of slogans on them. Kids are being made to grow up too quickly and made to miss out on their childhood because of media and other influences.
Jay Jays has been asked to remove the “Little Losers” range from sale but they disagree that the t-shirts are inappropriate for children.
At this age, parents still buy clothing for the kids so it’s the parents responsibility not to buy these t-shirts and hit Jay Jays where it hurts - the profit margin!
On Jan 12th, 2008 at 3:27 am Sweet Mummy Said:
WOW - it’s getting worse. I thought the t-shirts saying things like “Don’t get in my way - I’m the Princess!” or “Your boyfriend wants ME” and girls wearing the Playboy bunny were bad enough. This is getting out of hand. It’s crazy!
On Jan 12th, 2008 at 6:49 am jen Said:
I agree!!!
On Jan 12th, 2008 at 10:16 am Tamara Said:
Now that is just crazy I can not believe they dont think that is inappropriate for children to wear. I think it is for anyone one to wear but adults have the choice to wear it or not. I hope they remove them.
On Jan 12th, 2008 at 2:46 pm cerebralmum Said:
My guess is that they aren’t pulling them because people are buying them. Which sucks. I remember coming across a size 2 mini skirt which had “hot stuff” written on it. Who in their right mind buys this sort of thing? I don’t think I’m particularly prudish or conservative - quite the opposite, in fact - but really, who wants to encourage this kind of labelling? There’s not a chance that I’d let my son out of the house in a t-shirt that said “Mr. Well-Hung”, tween or teen. And if he did it as a grown up, coming to visit me, I’d send him home to change.
On Jan 12th, 2008 at 4:38 pm Connie Said:
What are we teaching our children? How disgusting!
On Jan 12th, 2008 at 6:19 pm Snoskred Said:
I just dropped in on my way around the web, and I have to say this theme looks amazing. Wow, well done!
Cheers,
Snoskred
On Jan 12th, 2008 at 10:59 pm Kelley Said:
I saw a girl all of 7 or 8 wearing a t-shirt that said ’so do you think I am sexy’
Boggles my mind that her mother took her out like that. Let alone buy the tshirt!
On Jan 13th, 2008 at 10:35 am Megan over at Imaginif Said:
Thanks for adding your voice to the mix.
Together parent power will make a difference and hopefully get the line axed from the stores.
We’re boycotting the stores until Jay Jays takes the line off the market and displays corporate social responsibility toward young people and their parents.
I have also stumbled this article and will add it to the article list we’ve got going over at our Safety Talk forum.
Take care, stay safe and do you know about the Carnival of Australia? You have until Monday 11pm to submit posts.
On Jan 14th, 2008 at 10:37 pm Deborah Robinson Said:
It’s great to see so many parents and concerned citizens getting behind the campaign to have these t-shirts pulled from sale. Early indications are Jay Jays have been overwhelmed by the number of complaints. I think we might see these tees pulled off the shelves by the end of the week. Yeah!
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On Jan 15th, 2008 at 2:56 pm Jen Said:
That is just shocking! Kids that age don’t need to proclaim themselves “losers” (or for that matter, have a parent proclaim a loser), nor do they need to wear items with cuss words or sexual imagery. They will get enough of that over the next few years without wearing it on their t-shirts. Great post!