My daughter was young during the Britney Spears age of belly shirts, miniskirts & skintight pants aimed at her young age of 8-10. I wouldn't buy them but what surprised me was that she didn't want them. She said they were tasteless & trashy. I geuss I did something right. Too bad parents back then didn't put up a fuss maybe we wouldn't be where we're at now.

Took my 13 year old shopping for a bra Sunday - why do they make push up bras for girls that age/size? I was disgusted. Keep that crap at Victoria Secret. Even the matching underwear were skimpy. Do the designers want kids to look like hookers?

And they even have "up a cup" bras for her size...makes you look a size bigger...what message is that sending to our daughters???

Anyone who can say "it's harmless" could not have seen the article on the gang rape of 7 year old in New Jersey last week. It hurt my heart so much that I can't look my at my 7 year old niece or my friend's 7 year old daughter without wanting to scream and cry!

I don't have children of my own yet but I have a desire to protect the innocence and purity of our children. Why do we get so "gray" on things that used to be so "black and white". Parents when we make all these allowances that is how organizations like NAMBLA (National assoc. of man boy Love) are able to exist openly with hardly any opposition.

The more we try to blur the line between children and adults, people who may never have considered molesting a child would start to get "fuzzy" about who is too young to date.

Don't set your children up for situations they can't handle!

Kids under 12 or so don't have an understanding of the messages they're sending by wearing provocative clothing. It's up to us parents to guide/ protect them. My daughter always wore shorts under her summer dresses at the playground and to school.

There has long been a movement to convert children into brand-loyal consumers at the earliest age possible, which means anyone wanting their parents' money (and eventually theirs) will always be willing to toss ethics and the well-being of the child out the window and push the envelope to sell them a novel product. This is utterly reprehensible - but welcome to the postmodern world, where the human person has been reduced to a random material accident, and we have long since surrendered our right to object to such morally and socially lethal foolishness. It has been 300 years and more since we had any idea who we are, as human beings, and what we are for - so anyone can make an argument for anything, even if the argument is as empty-headed as "Don't judge me and I won't judge you."

Anyone saying 'why does this have to be about sex?' or that the people who want this type of thing pulled are the 'sickos' needs a reality check! Why do women and teenagers wear padded bras? To make their busts look fuller. And why do they do that? To be more sexually alluring! When I put on a padded or push-up bra it ALWAYS gets my husband's attention. Do we really want people having an excuse to look at children in that way? My husband found the idea of a child in a padded-top swimsuit 'disturbing' and 'twisted', but that's because he's not a pervert. What do you think a pedophile (or even a sexually-curious older child) would think?

I think it's sad how sexy little girl's clothing is getting. My daughter is 7 and already wears a bra. Many of the little girls at her school are already hitting puberty early, they don't need any help. Not to mention the clothes are getting smaller and skimpier every year. My daughter is tall and thin yet because the clothing is made so small I buy her 12/14 and take them in so she doesn't look like a streetwalker. I was sadden when she was 6 we were at a Walmart getting a Halloween shirt and pants. She saw socks in the girls department and wanted to get a pair. On the rack next to them were Halloween panties. She asked if she could get a pair and I said of course. Next thing I know she is holding up a thong and asking what that point of it is. This nonsense needs to stop. Let our little girls be little girls. Stop making them insecure about themselves. Like them be adults when they are of age. For right now I want to let my child enjoy her youth while she can and worry about sex when she's old enough to support herself.

How will women ever be truly respected and treated as equals when manufacturers continue to objectify women, and now little girls, as sexual objects to be enjoyed by men. That's not a woman's only function! How can there be so much inequality in the 21st century? Teenage girls are growing up thinking they need to have sex to be popular because they have such low self esteem. Girls, wake up, you can be ANYTHING you want. You do not have to dance around a pole in a strip club or sleep with boys to be accepted. You have a brain and intelligence. Use it and nurture it. And stop dressing like hoochies for God's sake.

The fathers that would allow their 7-year old daughters to wear padded bikini tops will most likely be the ones that give them breast implants as a high school graduation present. I was appalled when I heard that fathers were okay with doing this. Weird! The sexualization of any child, male or female, is creepy and dangerous - to both them and our society.

If people don't think one day we are going to have explain our actions while on this earth , they are living in an EGO world. All you have to do is go to the bible and read about sex drugs and rock and roll. As usual it is all about seeing how much money we can get out of people. Manufacturers do not care about these children or anyone else just how much money they can get. No wonder there are so many disfunctional families and people out there in general. Same thing as far as sports is concernd. If a child is not on a soccer traveling team by the time they are 10 they according to some will never amount to anything.

I think what's most disturbing about this whole conversation is that people are equating how a girl/woman dresses with the impact she has on the morals of other people.

Everyone has a brain, everyone is able to treat other human beings with respect and dignity no matter what they wear. No, I don't think young girls or women should dress provacatively. I think it's sad when they do, because it says a very great deal about how they view themselves. But I don't think 'she asked for it by wearing (things, minis, heels, pads)' is a particularly compelling argument from those who treat her badly. Maybe that means you molest her, or maybe it just means you treat her with less dignity and respect than someone wearing a longer skirt.

YOU made the choice how to interact with that human being with your very own brain. Whether or not she wears provacative clothing, she is a human being who deserves to be treated with respect and dignity. For you to show her the same level of respect she shows herself doesn't prove anything about HER.

who in their right mind would let their little girl wear something like that?  I still have a hard time letting my daughter wear a tankini.  I have a rule that if there's more than 2 inches of skin showing between the top and bottom, she's not wearing it.

Keep in mind that 7-year-olds do not buy their own clothes. That means that moms and dads are buying this stuff for them!

We have so few years to be children. It's a shame that today's 13 year olds are dressing like yesterday's 19 year olds. Let your 7 year old enjoy being 7 years old. She will be a woman soon enough.

Slimeball marketers like this store are just another object in the world of gutter sleaze just like most of the slimey entertainment industry (including Disney)!!

Moving the concept of body fear/body awareness out of the way. Kids should be allowed to be kids. Where I grew up boys and girls no one wore uppers until 10 or 11 that I recall. We were kids seen but not heard and it wasnt a big deal as long as we could go to the beach and eat ice cream look at the star fish .. See, simple things. 

Intentionally, or misintentionally boosting the bosom area to make them appear larger or more grown up is not seeing kids as kids, but as consumers who want to appear like their idols or young adults. 

 Its like Suri Cruise, always wearing high heals, yea I am sure thats doing her legs good growing up, come on let adults be adults, give the kids their childhood.

And you clothes designers out there, just stop it. 

mal 

The padded bra is not the only part of the problem. The Bikini is wrong as well.

Anyone who'd allow a 7-year-old CHILD to wear sexy clothes needs to have their head examined. I guarantee if you look inside such an idiot's head, you'd see ROCKS, NOT BRAINS.

The whole idea makes me sick. How could ANYONE think this is ok? Are you going to buy speedos with extra padding in the crotch for your 7 year old sons? Sick people.