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05-30-2002, 01:43 PM
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_566901.html?menu=news.lifestyle
Argos sells padded bras for nine-year-olds
Argos is selling padded bras for girls as young as nine.
The sales have sparked criticism from parents and child welfare experts.
The £10 bras start at size 30A and are labelled booster or padded. They are part of the Tammy range of kids clothes in the babies and kids section of its catalogue.
The bras are offered in black, pink and white alongside thongs emblazoned with messages for pre-teens. Argos says they are fashion items.
All are pictured on washing lines covered in fur boas and feathers. The thongs, with messages like "I Love Me", cost £5 for four.
Dr Michelle Elliott, of children's charity Kidscape, told The Sun: "This is totally wrong - nine-year-old girls don't need bras and thongs.
"Let kids be kids. Don't push sexuality on to them before their time. Underwear like this is completely inappropriate. I can't understand what Argos must have been thinking."
Consultant psychologist Richard Beckett, who works with sex offenders, said: "Clothing like this can trigger unhealthy interests in children. Parents might perhaps see this range of underwear as a bit of fun, but it may not necessarily mean that for some other adults."
An Argos spokeswoman said they were fashion items. She added: "Parents buy them for their children. The Tammy range is our bestselling range of underwear for kids."
This is along the same lines as the thongs for kids. I think the parents who buy these things are sick.
Argos sells padded bras for nine-year-olds
Argos is selling padded bras for girls as young as nine.
The sales have sparked criticism from parents and child welfare experts.
The £10 bras start at size 30A and are labelled booster or padded. They are part of the Tammy range of kids clothes in the babies and kids section of its catalogue.
The bras are offered in black, pink and white alongside thongs emblazoned with messages for pre-teens. Argos says they are fashion items.
All are pictured on washing lines covered in fur boas and feathers. The thongs, with messages like "I Love Me", cost £5 for four.
Dr Michelle Elliott, of children's charity Kidscape, told The Sun: "This is totally wrong - nine-year-old girls don't need bras and thongs.
"Let kids be kids. Don't push sexuality on to them before their time. Underwear like this is completely inappropriate. I can't understand what Argos must have been thinking."
Consultant psychologist Richard Beckett, who works with sex offenders, said: "Clothing like this can trigger unhealthy interests in children. Parents might perhaps see this range of underwear as a bit of fun, but it may not necessarily mean that for some other adults."
An Argos spokeswoman said they were fashion items. She added: "Parents buy them for their children. The Tammy range is our bestselling range of underwear for kids."
This is along the same lines as the thongs for kids. I think the parents who buy these things are sick.