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When I was a teenager, wearing jeans to church would have been an act of blasphemy equivalent to slapping baby Jesus sleeping peacefully in his manager. It just was not done.
Today, teens in jeans during Sunday service don't even get a second glance. And if even your Sunday best is casual Friday attire, what does it mean for the future?
Some parents are already noticing the change of attitude toward special occasions in their children. A writer at the Wall Street Journal wrote a column about boys shunning the school Homecoming dance in favor of hanging out with friends, while the girls got gussied up and carried on the tradition alone.
This laid-back attitude combined with technology is also changing how relationships are being handled by young people. A recent AOL poll shows that teenagers admit to using instant messaging to ask people out or to end relationships, because it's easier and less embarrassing than doing it in person.
However, the sweaty palms, red-faced, stammery, "Ummm, would you, maybe.... like to see a movie sometime?" is not only an exercise in character building, it's also practice for dealing with the uncomfortable face-to-face moments that will be encountered in the real world as an adult. What happens when that step of development is omitted?
It's sad to think that in the not-too-distant future, the Sex and the City episode where Carrie gets dumped via Post-It note could be considered sweet because the guy actually wrote the words himself instead of just typing them out.
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11-19-2007 @ 11:27AM
caitlin said...I had no idea homecoming dances were supposed to be a formal occasion like prom. All of our dances were casual attire, except for the prom.
I can't say I really blame the boys for wanting to skip out on homecoming (or any other dance) if it's the way our prom was. It was kind of like a mini wedding - all about *her*. All the girl had to do is pick a dress, do her hair and makeup, and wait to be picked up.
Guys have to find the funds for a limo rental, a suitably expensive restaurant, dance tickets, tux rental, corsage, formal pictures, the after party, and the breakfast party. That's a bit of money when your only income is a part time min wage job.
Our dances were always dead by 9pm or so, because people came just long enough to put in an appearance. I don't blame my brother for skipping his senior prom after he spent a few hundred dollars on his junior prom, and was only at the dance for an hour (including pictures).
If the girls want a guy to go to the dances with, maybe they ought to learn to say "Thank you" or offer to split the costs more evenly.
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