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Little Girls Fashion: Where Do We Draw the Line Between Fashionable and Inappropriate?

Just about every retail store is happy to jump on the latest fashions for every age girl.

Anyone else struggling with the fashion choices for little girls age 5 to 12? It seems that every year, the shorts get shorter, the shoes get higher, and the clothes get skimpier or glitzier.

I mean, do we really need our 7 year olds to wear sweatpants that say "Juicy" on the bottoms of our little girls?

There has been controversies over the recent Bikini top with padded push up tops offered for young girls by Abercrombie & Fitch  http://edition.cnn.com/2011/BUSINESS/03/26/abercrombie.bikini.controversy/index.html

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It's not just clothing, shoes with 2 1/2  to 3 inch wedges are sold to young girls age 6-12 too.

Parents need to figure out what's appropriate for their child and what's not.

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