Well, my oldest daughter is a teenager and up until very recently, she thought they were
gross. And now, like me, she still doesn't like them much... I'm sorry, but I'll go commando before I'll wear buttfloss. Sure, they are sexy... but they really are NOT that comfortable. You have to get
used to wearing them. You DO feel the strap up your crack, and it is... a bit uncomfortable.
Kids are more interested in being comfortable so they can
play, not in having sexy, 'cool' underwear. I mean, real kids don't give a crap about underwear! I
highly doubt kids under 12 will have any interest at all in these thongs.
This is interesting...
Calling it the "modern-day version of Underoos," a national clothing company is selling thong underwear in children's sizes - with the words "eye candy" and "wink wink" printed on the front.
Modern day version of Underoos my ass. It's pedophile fodder, pure and simple. Don't give me that 'kids are sexual too' thing. Of course they are sexual... in a
kid way. Not in an adult way. There is a difference between 'show me yours and I'll show you mine' and 'playing doctor' and the way adults interact sexually. Thongs are an adult expression of sexuality but even more so, they are a reflection of our society's emphasis on an idealised version of female beauty.
Let me put it too you this way: Putting your little girl in a thong would be the equivalent of putting her in a corset back in Victorian times. Why on earth would you do that to a kid? Kids shouldn't have to put up with culture's unreasonable expectations of 'beauty'.
And agree with me or not... I've been a young girl, I have young girls, am no prude by
any means and I
still think this is, if nothing else, an incredibly
stupid idea that won't sell. Remember,
Moms by their little kids underwear. Moms are not going to buy this, and if they do, they are Jon Benet Ramsey's parents... you know, those "Tiny Beauty Pageant' kinds of people. *shudder*
Edit:
BTW... I tried to wear a thong once when I went mountain biking. I didn't want panty lines showing on my bike shorts.
At the end of the ride, I felt like my rear had been sawed in half.
Thongs are not for anything other than looking hot.