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I'm going to have to agree with Valkyrie here.
Your wording implies that mothers (and I guess fathers) should purposefully try to sexualize their daughters and some of them happen to start rather young. However, some parents just want to their child to look "cool" and if that means buying the latest fashions which happen to be, right now, low rise pants and mid-riff bearing tops, then that's what they are going to buy.
However, you're also assuming that that the fashion of today will be around forever. No, these things come and go. Fashion is already changing,. Designers are making their pants higher, they are making less revealing clothing. Not all of us are going to be having kids in the next year or so. For many of us, that's years down the road. Fashion changes. For all we know, twin sets and pearls might make a comeback and that what all the little girls will want to wear paired with cute skirts that fall well below the knees.
We shouldn't be "sexualizing our daughters". Like cuaphi said, when the time comes that our daughters want to choose their own clothes we should be there with them, educating them on what is appropriate for their age group, while still letting the express their own individuality.
I know my mother would have killed me if I wanted to leave the house earing next to nothing. When I was younger she let me pick out my own clothes. Yes she was buying them, which meant she had the final say in what I got. If she thought somethign was ugly/tacky/inappropriate she would let me know and suggest something else.
Why is it necessary that a 12 year old look like she's 22??
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