Rep: 'Single Ladies' Girls Did 'Nothing Provocative'

Rep: 'Single Ladies' Girls Did 'Nothing Provocative'

As a little girl, my mother enrolled my sisters and I in dance classes. We enjoyed our foray into tap, ballet, jazz, baton, tumbling, etc... Mother made all of our costumes and she did an amazing job at keeping them age appropriate. NEVER were we put at risk of exposing our bodies to pedophiles or other deviants. I remember a Dutch inspired dance and I my sister and I wore little pink and white dutch costumes. Our skirts went past our knees and we were completely covered on our upper torso. The most revealing costumes we ever saw were for Hawaiin & Tahitian dances but even those costumes were not as revealing as those worn by these little girls.

I find it apalling that some who view this applaud the girls dancings skills. No doubt some of them have talent, but for the love of God, the dance moves are entirely too provocative given their age! The dance, let alone the costumes would have my mother crossing herself and citing bible passages as she whipped the parentals and the dance teacher with a switch off the nearest tree!

This is what television has done to our parenting skills. I'm not blaming the kids, this lays solely on the dance teacher and the parents of these young girls. As parents, we are under strict guidelines to raise our children to be hard working, loving, happy adults. We need to raise them with morals and values in which our parents, and grandparents before them. I am amazed that young girls like Miley Cyrus are gyrating on stripper poles at Nickelodean Awards shows, and posting photos of herself in underwear all over the internet. Hello?! I remember when Britney Spears gyrated all over the MTV Awards in her flesh-colored costume! It was disgusting and raunchy per her usual bit, and I threw out all of the CDs my children owned and I didn't allow them to play her music or videos from that point on. Funny how my son, who was the same age as some of these little girls thought Britney was a trashy stripper and lost interest in her music because of that one dance. He was uncomfortable with her performance, and that is an appropriate reaction from a CHILD! He should have been freaked out because he was young, and I didn't expose him to things like that. Now, as a man, he can watch that and think its pretty hot, but again, he is a man not a little boy! But this my friends is what lack responsible parenting is taking us. Parents hungry for FAME and FORTUNE for their children because they lack the drive and motivation to actually become successful on their own. Take a look at YouTube and see all the videos posted by parents of their babies on up.....they are certainly trying for their 15 minutes of fame nowadays.

I am pissed that some find this video unoffensive, and applaud these girls. Its disgusts me that these parents are defending this clearly inappropriate routine and costumes because they believe their little girls are such fabulous dancers. Where do we end this?! Do more of our children have to fall into the hands of unstable predators due to their parents ignorance and ability to make sound judgements on their behalf? I'm certain the hoopla will die down eventually, but what will these little girls think when they have little girls of their own, and they have to explain to them why it was okay for Mommy to dress like a hooker and dance like a stripper at their age......Just sayin'..............

Mother's Day......

As I sit here pondering what Mother's Day means to me, I find a sense of happiness but at the same time a sense of heartache and loss.....I sifted through old photographs of my children and I and wondered how and where I failed them. I questioned whether they thought I was a good mother, and how they may have wished for another. I'm not perfect! I've made mistakes! But I have always loved them with my entire being....nothing or no one can deny it, as it is tattooed on my heart and wrapped around my soul!

Photographs of happy, beautiful children, shining examples of my greatest accomplishments in life! It is wonderful to see their smiling faces, so full of love, ready to grow and live life with passion and grace. Yet as I flip through each one, I see them as they are now, unsure, frightened and struggling to find their way in a world whose goal is to reward the rich, the plastic, the sheep.

I'm a single mother, have been for over 18 years. They say you should never look back, but I do......I look back to decisions I have made which led us down a different path, ones that hurt us, ones that didn't advance our situation, and the ones that changed our lives forever...for the best.

I cherish my children, they are my life, my treasures.....they are the reason I live. There is nothing better than hearing "I love you Momma" or the warmth of their hugs, the kisses on my cheeks. Those are truly priceless gifts, ones that I hold with high regard instead of flowers which eventually die after a few days no matter how carefully you attend them.

The REAL parts of being a mother are what makes me survive this life. When my children accomplish a goal, its like winning an Oscar or hitting the lottery! My heart is so full of happiness and exudes massive amounts of the love thing.

I never try to define who I am to others, its all subjective. But for today, I celebrate who I am MOM, MOMMA, Mother.....no matter how you say it, this is who I am and always will be, even after I am gone from Earth, I will continue to be this person who gave life to these wonderful human beings. I hope they keep me close in their hearts, and smile and giggle about something I did or said.

I may not be perfect, but I am MOMMA! I feel blessed each day that GOD chose my babies just for me. They are the loves of my life from here to eternity!