Last week I was helping my four-year-old daughter get dressed for school. My daughter shares my preference for dresses and twirly skirts. Dresses with leggings and boots dress in bare legs and sandals but above all, dresses. Schools were policing the length of our skirts and shorts churches imposing rules about modesty and virginity that seek to shame us into compliance. The problem isn’t my daughter who loves to wear dresses.

Key Takeaways:

• Last week I was helping my four-year-old daughter get dressed for school. Maybe helping is a glossy generalization. We were waging war.
• I’m sure you’re familiar with that inevitable daily battle over whether or not it is appropriate to wear a swimsuit 24/7 or shorts in subzero temperatures.
• On this particular day, she was suspiciously docile. We’d already shimmied into her typical fashion fodder of anything with a skirt.

“I’m sure you’re familiar with that inevitable daily battle over whether or not it is appropriate to wear a swimsuit 24/7 or shorts in subzero temperatures.”

http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1129367/pre-school-daughter-body-shamed