Appropriate for 7yr old girls or not?

[SlyPokerDog]

There is no way in hell I would allow my 7, 8 or 9 yr old daughter dress or dance like this in public.

The parents of the kids don't seem to have a problem with it. What do you guys think?

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Earlier this week, a YouTube video surfaced from The World of Dance competition in which a group of young -- and we mean really young -- girls wearing midriff-baring tops, short skirts and black stockings dance to Beyonce's 'Single Ladies.' The dance troupe, called Precision Dance, hails from Orange County, and definitely "put a ring on it" during the competition in Pomona on April 10.

Larry Peters, executive vice president of The Hozman Group and rep for the dance competition, says the controversy was blown out of proportion. "There has been a great deal of controversy regarding this performance, and it has been taken out of context. It is a little sensitive now, to say the least," Peters tells PopEater.

"All the dance troupes do so many different dances, it is a very personal choreography and expression for every troupe and individual. These girls were amazing that day," Peters says, adding, "They were two minutes of an eight hour performance event."

Melissa Presch, the mom of one little dancer and Cory Miller, the father of another child in the group spoke to Inside Edition about the controversy. "I'm shocked, quite frankly, that people would suggest such things and say such things about 8 and 9 year old girls," said Melissa Presch claiming the girls got their moves from the 'Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel' movie -- not Beyonce's music video.

Miller added, "As a father, when you're watching your kid, no. You're looking at it as a proud kid who has really high energy, who doesn't really know what she's doing."

Peters was in the audience during the group's performance and admits, "It was the very first WOD event I had ever attended, and I can tell you the cheering and screaming you heard on the video was from other parents and dance teams that were just blown away by their dance performance and precision. There was NOTHING provocative about what they were doing."

http://www.popeater.com/2010/05/14/single-ladies-little-girls/

 

[MysteryMan]

Wow what the hell is wrong with parents these days? I don't think the kids understand what they're really doing here. I think it's embarrassing and can't believe any parents could encourage this. I think it's sad that people are trying to defend this and make it seem like its ok. I'm just shocked. It's crazy how far parents would go to get their kids famous. They look like whores and I feel bad for the kids since they probably think it's ok to dance like that

 

[BrianFromWA]

uh, has anyone seen the "Jr. Blazer Dancers?"

 

[Mediocre Man]

My guess is that they are from liberal parents.

 

[rocketeer]

i don't think the dancing is all that bad. there are definitely some questionable things in there, but whatever. the outfits are pretty ridiculous though.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

uh, has anyone seen the "Jr. Blazer Dancers?"

LOL! Good point but even the Jr BD's haven't done the bump n grind.

 

[julius]

My guess is that they are from liberal parents.

Yah, because conservative parents NEVER sign their children up for pageants or beauty contests or nothing...You know, like the beauty pageants for 6 and 7 year olds.

anyways, outside of the fact they're obviously talented (that's pretty impressive for 7 year olds to actually be able to dance with any decent ability)...that is gross.

 

[oldmangrouch]

4CHAN thread ---->

 

[DaRizzle]

they obviously have talent and practiced a lot so trying to look the part would be the next step....but HEEEEEEEELLLLLLL NOOOOOO....Not a chance in hell I could be talked into letting my (if I had one) daughter do that....Shit, I would have a problem with that if I had a high school daughter doing that

 

[jlprk]

Different regions have different cultures. In Southern California a kid goes out to play. I was very active there. In the Northwest the kids stay inside. I've been rotting away here for 35 years. Wish I could go outside. Naah, it's raining.

Kids in the southern half of the country have more freedom and grow up faster. Here in the NW adults pigeonhole them into cherubic childish roles. I once got a call from some stupid govt. agency up here because my 8 year old was playing at a public playground by himself. Oooh!! How terrible! Who would ever think a playground is for kids to play? When I was 8 I was a hundred feet high in my favorite tree.

 

[Mamba]

You guys, they're just expressing themselves.

Liberal America would be so fucking unhappy with you...

 

[KingSpeed]

It's completely wrong. That said, they're pretty good dancers.

 

[Mamba]

I'd hit it.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I'd hit it.

 

[jlprk]

You guys, they're just expressing themselves. Liberal America would be so fucking unhappy with you...

The dance contest was in Orange County, the kids are white and middle class, so their parents are conservatives. You live in the Inland Empire and you don't know Orange County?

 

[Mamba]

The dance contest was in Orange County, the kids are white and middle class, so their parents are conservatives. You live in the Inland Empire and you don't know Orange County?

You're such a stereotypical jackass.

 

[Colonel Ronan]

This is completely normal.

 

[Natebishop3]

I think there's an initial shock to the video, but if you really look at their outfits, they aren't that dissimilar to a two-piece swimsuit. I think it's the striking resemblance to burlesque and some of the dance moves that really shock people. Probably not the best thing for a seven year old to be doing, but also not nearly as bad as some people are making it out to be. I guess I can see both sides of the argument.

 

[maxiep]

uh, has anyone seen the "Jr. Blazer Dancers?"

I was going to post exactly the same thing. They've always creeped me out, because of the coreography. WTF are the dance instructors thinking?

 

[maxiep]

My guess is that they are from liberal parents.

Like the parents of these kids?

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[Minstrel]

Not particularly problematic to me. It's cliche, but kids grow up a whole lot faster these days than in the past. It's not like they're not already exposed to this kind of stuff on TV, whether or not they're mimicking the dancing. I don't personally think there's a harmful aspect to boys or girls knowing about sex or sexuality from even an early age.

If these were boys mimicking sexually charged male dancers, would those who have a problem with this be as concerned?

In any case, that's pretty impressive choreography for seven year olds.

 

[ABM]

Reminds me of Little Miss Sunshine.

 

[MrJayremmie]

Like the parents of these kids?

It is funny that you go so crazy when people stereotype republicans, but then join in in stereotyping the left.

Your bias and hypocrisy knows no bounds.

I'm waiting for BlazerBoy to come in here and blast MediocreMan for stereotyping liberals in here. Because we know that he isn't partisan and when a wrong is committed, no matter what side of the isle, he will step in to right it.

 

[Patriot]

Call me back in eleven years.

 

[jlprk]

It's not like they're not already exposed to this kind of stuff on TV, whether or not they're mimicking the dancing. I don't personally think there's a harmful aspect to boys or girls knowing about sex or sexuality from even an early age.

In the communes around 1970, the idea was back to nature, like a nudist camp, including adults and kids. No one thought of having sex with a kid. As part of the general withdrawal from sex in the 1980s (done under the pretext of feminism, though feminists were just dupes for a larger agenda by our anonymous rulers), the quasi-religious legal system decided that nudity harms kids (no science was presented) and ever since, has had the compliant media present this as unquestioned reality. (Before that, in the 70s, you saw both sides in the media.) Now at any given time, there are hundreds of Americans in jail, unemployable the rest of their lives, because their kid saw them either naked or having sex. Someday 1970 will return and we'll again hear from both sides instead of just one on radical issues.

 

[maxiep]

It is funny that you go so crazy when people stereotype republicans, but then join in in stereotyping the left.

Your bias and hypocrisy knows no bounds.

I'm waiting for BlazerBoy to come in here and blast MediocreMan for stereotyping liberals in here. Because we know that he isn't partisan and when a wrong is committed, no matter what side of the isle, he will step in to right it.

I'm not a Republican, so I haven't complained about people stereotyping them. I've corrected people like you who try to stereotype me as some social conservative simply because I prefer smaller government. BTW, if parents of a candidate on the right used their kids to put together such a Riefenstahlesque video, I'd mock them for it too.

 

[barfo]

I don't see the problem, except that they make the Blazers Dancers (not the Jr's) look like amateurs.

barfo

 

[Natebishop3]

I don't see the problem, except that they make the Blazers Dancers (not the Jr's) look like amateurs.

barfo

The problem with the Blazer Dancers is that they keep picking ugly women....

 

[ehizzy3]

 

[Ed O]

It's completely wrong. That said, they're pretty good dancers.

Agreed 100%.

Ed O.