I've got four kids ranging from 8 to 15. Somehow even with TV and pop radio my daughter dresses much more conservatively than her mom did at the same age back in the '70's. She laughs as we go through stores and see little girl clothes that are clearly"Junior Slut Ensembles" and matches her own look against an innner code.

I mourn more for the freedom and choices my children have not known. The freedom to head out til supper time and just roam the neighborhood. They have organized playdates ( or no one is available to play. I takes real effort to help them keep open time,to simply be, in a land of too many choices......and perhaps too many inputs trying to "help" them choose.

But most of their friends are great kids even into their teens. What they seem to have missed is the songs of hope and future we grew up with. Folk music gives me a chance to throw a few in now and then. BR>
I let them watch/listen to what they wish, but they have to be willing to watch it with me and I still hold veto power to turn it off it I don't like it.

Brittany and the boy bands seem to be on the wane and a new generation of acoustic singer/songwriter young women are breaking on the the scene. Not the old days, but a new twist. This mom is mostly just winging it on a wig an a prayer....

Tinker