Children, especially girls, are being sexualized as little sexy adults more now than in the past, all in the name of fashion marketing. A couple of years ago I viewed a documenatary of American parents who put their girls, from infants to teens, in "beauty" pageants with seductive clothing and stripping "dance" routines. I think the film was made by a British film maker. It was sick, but just the tip of the iceburg when it comes to the marketing of sex to young kids. My son has been raised to be very careful about the character of the friends he chooses. The last couple of years I've kept him focused on playing trad Irish session tunes, which has helped... keeps him busy. He has friends on the internet, but they are talking about Myst and Tolkein. He has known since fifth grade that I forbid him from having a romantic relationship with a girl until he is 18. He protested at first, when alot of classmates paired off, but now he is glad that I taught him to be more conservative. The girls he has as friends are other musicians, girls with good character that he respects. The majority of the high school though, is filled with, as he says, druggies and sluts. It's all out in the open, flaunted. I'm certainly more conservative than I used to be because I see now how self-destructive my generation has been.