Teenage clothing has always been unique and special. The teens of the seventies wore outrageous bell bottom-hip hugger pants and painted flowers on their faces. The nineties is a hodgepodge of the last three decades. Today, most of the teen clothing fads are strange and weird to parents - just the way teens like it. Ah yes, the very world every teen is developmentally compelled to move towards.
Many parents anguish over their child's choice of clothing.
In my 15 years as a school counselor I've helped many families deal with issues related to clothing. The mom, Mrs. D, described the clothing as very baggy and loose fitting - hanging off the hips. The kind of clothing that the rap singers on MTV are wearing. The mother associated these clothes with drug use, foul talk and a culture of which she did not approve. Mrs. D carefully monitored Fanesha's music choices when she purchased CDs.