8 year old "single ladies"

[HDL66]

I showed the video to my 14-year-old son and college-aged daughter last night and asked, as objectively as I could, what they thought about it. They were both familiar with the Beyonce video, but hadn't heard about this rendition. My daughter danced through high school, and her response was, "Wow, they are really incredible dancers, but those outfits. . . ouch." My son, who is a very normal middle schooler and who thinks many things (ie You Tube videos, TV comedians, etc) are OK that I think are NOT, said this, "That is really skanky." I didn't know if he was just trying to figure out what I wanted to hear or not, so I asked him, "do you really mean that?" He said, "Mom, I'm in 8th grade and I don't think much is skanky. That is." He was totally repulsed by 8 year olds dressed like that and dancing like that. Trust me, if it had been high school aged girls, he would have had no problem with it.

From the mouths of babes. . .

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by HDL66

He was totally repulsed by 8 year olds dressed like that and dancing like that. Trust me, if it had been high school aged girls, he would have had no problem with it.

From the mouths of babes. . .

I think if the dancers were high school aged it would be more forgivable in a lot of peoples eyes and not even newsworthy. I guess I'm taking more of a protective stance on this issue, just the thought of someone referring to my 7 year old neice as a skank makes my blood boil.