a skank-less holiday for little girls? Um, no

It'll make your hair curl, but go on and read this article...

Preteens Trading Fairy Wands for Fishnets
Halloween Trend Toward Racy Get-Ups Vexes Parents
By Brigid Schulte
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 30, 2007; A01

**Here*

When I was a girl, we almost always made our own costumes. I look around with amazement as I watch a very minor children's fun day become a major decorated holiday. I find the push to se*ualize little girls extremely horrifying and destructive. And sad.

and when did parents lose the important piece of anatomy known as a backbone??