Modest swimsuit for a 12 year old girl
It doesn’t seem like finding a one piece for a twelve year old girl would be so difficult, but I found out recently it is quite an undertaking.
Our 12 year old girl wears a size 0 in the Junior department and is about 5’4″ tall. She cannot wear the typical middle school swimsuit attire. Her body is too long, and she’s just not “in” to the girly girl type suits. She has a teenage style, and that is just not easy to come by without giving up her modesty. I finally found a tankini that is super cute. The bottoms are yellow and white striped. You can find a similar piece here.
It was done! I had found the cutest swimsuit without sacrificing modesty, but alas, I received a letter from church camp stating they only allow one pieces. Even after an emailed plea for help and a suggestion to add a tank top over her tankini I was told it would not be acceptable. Now what?
I scoured the internet… Google, Ebay, Amazon. I even started looking through department stores… JCPenney, Macy’s, Kohls, Target, Walmart…anything!! There was not a SINGLE one piece swimsuit in the Junior department that would cover her body. NONE! I was shocked and furious! What are we teaching our girls? Flaunt it while ya got it? How about treat yourselves with respect, ladies, or no one else will??
I have to admit there have been times I wanted to dress her up like a barbie doll with her flawless little body and live through her, but that is so selfish on my part! She deserves for me to teach her self respect, no matter how much she seems to hate me for it.
Our little girls are having sex at a younger age now more than ever, and they are participating in oral sex and all kinds of sexual activities and not even thinking twice about it! The teen pregnancy rate is through the roof, and we have somehow resigned ourselves to the fact that “kids will be kids.” I don’t believe it! I believe kids need our guidance, and that means we won’t be friends to them. They will push us and want us to back down, but deep down they are BEGGING for us to hold them to safe boundaries! Things have got to change, and parents, it is OUR job to do something.
I did something. I found her a one piece that was cute and modest. Was it her favorite? No. Was it mine? Not really. My job is not to be the fashion police. My job is to help build a confident and beautiful young woman who doesn’t doesn’t feel like she has to flaunt her body to be someone.
Parents! PLEASE Wake up!
To find some modest one pieces for your young lady, check out these places: Delias and Lime Ricki Swimwear.