I thought it was the murder capital of the US, but hey, they win for heroin!
When I lived in Anchorage PETA was doing one of their infamous ads, right smack in the center of downtown. "I'd rather go naked than wear fur" really takes that statement to a whole new level!
Ok, sorry I got off topic..carry on
Gotta agree with this. I think we get desensitized to it because it's just the culture of the cheer community even though it's NOT the culture of the community at large. Inside our culture it's acceptable to be dressed like that. Outside of it, its not to those outside the sport.
I'm probably the type of person that is being referred to...
My daughter almost never wears anything but her uniform all day. She usually wants to keep it on so I let her. We would get there early with her being fully dressed. She would keep her uniform on all day and if she was cold which usually never lasted more then 5 mins she would put her warm up jacket on just like this...
But besides that my cp would wear it out to eat or whatever. We would usually come back to the competition later to see our senior 4 and my daughter would still be fully dressed. The coaches would always let her go to warmups with those kids an even go on stage to their awards. Jaylen was like their little sister and beside her being smaller then them she completely fit in. I think she wanted to keep it on when they had theirs on because she would pretend she was on sr 4.
My thing is I don't see nothing wrong with it. It's just a uniform and she is a cheerleader. I think the real problem here is everyone is referring to cheerleaders in crop tops. I see millions of kids every weekend at the mall and stores after they got done playing baseball or soccer and still in uniform..and no one is complaining about that. In reality it is no different then baseball/soccer players keeping their uniform on. So I say it's a parents choice and if I'm ok with my child like that then you should be ok with the decision I have made for my child. If you don't like it then don't let your child wear their uniform but if my baby wants to wear hers out to eat then she should be able to.
I see a lot more kids who are dressed terribly sloppy and in clothes that don't fit and that have parents that don't brush their kids hair. Although it makes me sad for these kids that have parents who don't care about their child appearance it is not my place to tell them they should dress their kids differently.
or asking the salesperson if they could get the slit a little higher or the neckline a little lower (yes, I really did hear all that.) Rant over.
I really don't understand the gyms that allow the "corruption" of the uniform. I don't have a problem with cps walking around in just their uniforms (most uniforms, some I have no idea what the gym owners were thinking,but that is another topic) IF they are in complete uniform. But, I saw girls at Battle at the Beach walking around in uni tops and skimpy shorts on the streets. Our coach would kill. He doesn't even allow the skirts to be worn over uniform warm up pants because he thinks it looks trashy. Our old tops that had high necks that had zippers at the back of the neck were not to be unzipped in public. And don't you dare walk around in the uniform and have a belly button piercing in. It is simply a matter of having pride in the uniform and representing your gym in an appropriate manner. Who in the world thinks spanks and a sports bra are appropriate attire anywhere? But this is usually where I go into my "what are the mothers thinking" mode. Do you want your cp looking like trash? This goes well with what I witnessed when I took my girls prom dress shopping and I actually heard mothers telling their teenage daughters "oh, you look so sexy"
we have a blingy choice for eye makeup, but it's a choice. The coaches actually prefer the silver eyeshadow without the silver sparkly crystals over top. So if the makeup thing goes, they won't be bothered by that.
