tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062419.post6533732976629993276..comments2023-09-30T09:51:17.040-06:00Comments on For Better or For Worse: ModestyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062419.post-91409625744666102722007-08-11T13:15:00.000-06:002007-08-11T13:15:00.000-06:00love this post! i don't have any children, but i ...love this post! <BR/><BR/>i don't have any children, but i appreciate the rule of modesty. i work with the youth in my church and the modest talks never can get over done...<BR/><BR/>thanks!Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16213764728437866655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062419.post-41803887818901689192007-08-06T19:20:00.000-06:002007-08-06T19:20:00.000-06:00Hey Steph! great post. I only have one girl who i...Hey Steph! great post. I only have one girl who is incredibly modest-she won't wear shorts that don't go to her knees and won't wear a swimsuit that isn't a one piece. I am praying she stays that way forever!!! <BR/><BR/>You are not old fashioned at all-it is so important to start when they are young than trying to impose it on them when they are teens.Gabrielahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985263633595003247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062419.post-22231102093955342752007-08-06T08:15:00.000-06:002007-08-06T08:15:00.000-06:00Great post, Stephanie! I don't think you're old f...Great post, Stephanie! I don't think you're old fashioned at all. If I ever have a girl, our rules will be much the same as yours! :)<BR/><BR/>My boys don't wear sleeveless shirts and they don't run around shirtless unless they are at the pool.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551412295647029026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062419.post-35577678160463487442007-08-06T02:24:00.000-06:002007-08-06T02:24:00.000-06:00HELLO!! I'm so glad you are back in blogland.Thank...HELLO!! I'm so glad you are back in blogland.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the kudos. It been on the brain since hearing of Bratz the Movie coming out. ~ug~<BR/><BR/>SO glad to see your happy smiley flower icon!Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10686252445732624786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062419.post-59753127270767590762007-08-05T22:42:00.000-06:002007-08-05T22:42:00.000-06:00Yay for you! I was just thinking about this today....Yay for you! I was just thinking about this today. I was looking at some of the girls in church and wondering what T would think about things like that some day. <BR/><BR/>I want my son to be respectful and have respectful thoughts towards girls his age. I do not want girls who dress immodestly to be hang out around him. Keeping thoughts pure is hard enough without all the visual stimulation.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13022136061976620703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062419.post-61238283556055975862007-08-04T21:00:00.000-06:002007-08-04T21:00:00.000-06:00We have similar rules as well. I have even been t...We have similar rules as well. I have even been trying to teach my girls to modestly dress their dolls. M even colored sleeves on one of the girls in her BARBIE coloring book because she wasn't modest...that was a proud moment as a mother...yes! she gets it! It is so important to start when they are little so immodest clothing never feels right on them when they get bigger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062419.post-35686348093416575452007-08-04T01:06:00.000-06:002007-08-04T01:06:00.000-06:00Excellent post! If I had girls, I would be enforc...Excellent post! If I had girls, I would be enforcing the same rules. They were similar at my house growing up.<BR/><BR/>It's awesome you are giving your girls that "priceless gift of childhood."Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07950880083795695746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062419.post-59572943835013003242007-08-02T22:30:00.000-06:002007-08-02T22:30:00.000-06:00I agree too. Especially on our way to having a li...I agree too. Especially on our way to having a little girl now - I'm due in 12days yikes! It's an entirely new set of worries and I'm sure we'll come up with rules very similar to these! Thanks!Butterfly Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233857663564199322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062419.post-70101887133132268582007-08-02T20:59:00.000-06:002007-08-02T20:59:00.000-06:00As a mother to 3 boys I just want to say that I am...As a mother to 3 boys I just want to say that I am PRAYING that there are moms out there that will hold the above and before mentioned standards for their girls. I worry about what my sons will have to look at and have in their faces at all ages. My boys will need to be able to find "your" kind of girls to date someday. Thank you for teaching them and I'll do my best to make sure that that is what my boys respect and look for. :) And the standards I will have for my daughter to be. :)Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157523019167820612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062419.post-79890695240633470382007-08-02T20:46:00.000-06:002007-08-02T20:46:00.000-06:00Ours are pretty similar to yours. I'm not entirel...Ours are pretty similar to yours. I'm not entirely sure about makeup yet. I figure we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. We specialize in girls as well. Scares me to death most days. <BR/><BR/>I've been wondering how you're doing. When are you due?Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07219151687274590976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062419.post-89170717084800061992007-08-02T20:00:00.000-06:002007-08-02T20:00:00.000-06:00Your rules are the same as our rules- minus the ea...Your rules are the same as our rules- minus the earrings. Isabel got her's when she was 3 and Liv got her's pierced at 4 months. <BR/>It's hard because my step-daughters come with clothes that I wouldn't let Isabel wear so I have to enforce it with them. We end up buying them a new swimsuit every visit...Tori :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14963896000691417017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062419.post-24451316167920926472007-08-02T17:58:00.000-06:002007-08-02T17:58:00.000-06:00It is so hard these days. I'm too am surprised at...It is so hard these days. I'm too am surprised at all the immodesty that these young girls are encouraged to wear.<BR/><BR/>Great post.utmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10190286390969369062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26062419.post-7853357033290032332007-08-02T16:16:00.000-06:002007-08-02T16:16:00.000-06:00I totally agree. I have a 14 year old, who is amaz...I totally agree. I have a 14 year old, who is amazingly modest. Some of our rules:<BR/><BR/>1) No makeup (except a bit of coverup til 15.<BR/><BR/>2) No dangling earrings til 15.<BR/><BR/>3) No dating til 16.<BR/><BR/>4) Talk tops are fine, if cut correctly and can fully cover her b*r*a.<BR/><BR/>5) No spaghetti straps after she started needing a b*r*a unless there is an appropriate undergarment sown in. <BR/><BR/>6) No short shorts- same rule as yours.<BR/><BR/>7) Any lowcut shirt (3 fingers below the collarbone) needs a tank or tee under it.<BR/><BR/>8) No printed slogan tees, unless it's appropriate and printed on the back.<BR/><BR/>She's embraced the rules and really not given us any guff about it. I'm sincerely proud of her.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06252445562196825930noreply@blogger.com