Ok , I know it wasn ' t asked for but I kinda want to provide my $ 0 . 02 here . I ' m the mom of an 11 year old and as such , I ' ve been in the position where sometimes she wants to wear something I don ' t approve of particularly what I would consider booty shorts . This is a bit exacerbated by the fact that she ' s thin and very much all legs for now , so even shopping for shorts with her in traditionalpopular girls clothing stores can be a challenge , particularly for shorts . I ' ve been torn because on one hand I ' m very tempted to have her change her clothes whenever something like this happens but on the other hand , I think small steps like this are a slippery slope into controlling what people , particularly women , wear . Normal shorts that I buy at Aeropostale or Abercrombie or Target or Justice distract some young boy or girl ? Well , teach those kids to manage distractions or teach them how to properly behave , don ' t judge or shame my daughter because she happens to have long legs and wear shorts that might seem longer on someone else . Same with kids and bikinis . When my girl was younger , lots of parents were not okay with letting their daughters wear a tankini or bikini . I mean she ' s definitely not walking around with a G string , but Jesus stop sexualizing kids when you don ' t need to , ya know ! We give clothing the power it has by being judgmental like this .