Raising daughters and why I don't have any Bratz

I have no contempt for any moms who don't have any problems with Bratz. And I let my girls play with the dolls at other people's homes. But I do think that there might be a link, somehow, between Girls Gone Wild, the rise of sexually transmitted diseases among teenagers, and the acceptability of letting our girls play with sexy dolls. Being a pro-life, libertarian Christian, I'm not a feminist by the contemporary understanding of the word. But I want my girls to grow up smart, confident and free-thinking enough to reject the idea of showing their boobs for a swig of beer and a free t-shirt. And I want my boy to reject any girl who thought showing her boobs to strangers was a good idea. So how do we do this when girls are playing with hookerfied dolls at the age of 5? I'm not sure...but with all the heated discussion generated by the Mommy Wars, I would love to see some more rhetoric about the kinds of kids we're raising, not just the means by which we're raising them. So here is a much more articulate article I came across that prompted me to write this whole anti-Bratz rant. And yes, my children can be brats with an 's' sometimes.

http://here-in-idaho.blogspot.com/