Halloween is scarier than ever for Moms of Tween-Girls

I'm sure I'm not the only to have noticed the transformation of Halloween costumes for women over the past few years. Somehow the powers that be over at the costume design warehouse got in their heads that all us women really want to be for Halloween is a tramp. Yes! They've figured us out. Forget woman's lib and equal rights. Our deepest desire is to be a slutty pirate or a Little Bo Peep who's lost her dignity. Well, obviously these costumes are selling or they wouldn't still be out there. But now they are invading our young girls. In searching for a costume for MJ, here are some options I found marketed to tween girls. All of these I found on SpiritHalloween.com, but all of the costume sites are virtually the same.

This gem is called the "Harajuku Pop Girl Tween Costume".  Maybe it would be cute for a teen-aged girl, say over 16, but I doubt most tweens know what a Harajuku is, nor be allowed to listen to Hollaback Girl.

This one is actually called "Pirate Hottie Tween Costume". Because all girl pirates wear fishnet stockings and gloves. And what mom doesn't want to shell out money for a costume described as Hottie?

Maybe you're not ready for your tween to be a Harajuku or a pirate. She's just a little girl after all. What happened to the old-fashioned fairy tales like Goldilocks or Little Red Riding Hood? Not to worry. Here ya go:

I've read these stories to my kids and I don't recall anything about Little Red Riding Hood lacing up her corset before heading out to visit her grandmother. And I think Goldilocks got into Mama Bear's special drawer meant for private times with Papa Bear. This dress is too short!

Of course every tween girl begs their mom to be a convict for Halloween, but where to find a cute convict costume? Complete with corset and leather boots of course.

And finally, every mom's dream costume:

Comments

[Alanna]

And we wonder why kids are growing up so fast these days. Are Moms really buying these costumes for their tweens? Moms, stop buying this crap and the manufacturers will stop making them!

[rebecca]

Would love to have our tweens dressing up for Halloween in costumes custom created by them... try coming up with witty ideas, like my daughter's fave, "smarty pants" where she takes a pair of HUGE jeans and hot-glues a zillion smarty candies all over them. Get it? Smarty. Pants.

We'll be doing a bunch of brainstorming on iTwixie.com this month: the site for tween girls without the pressure to act like teens. 100% moderated. Empowering. All about letting girls be, well, girls, not teenagers. iTwixie.com. Join the revolution!

[Surviving My Tween Girls]

And to think I was able to get my 12 year old Daughter to dress up as a Fairy this year (wings and all). She won 1st prize at her Middle School Halloween Dance for cutest costume, and was excited about winning!