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    5 T-shirts you should never ever let your kid wear to school

    trophy t-shirttrophy t-shirt
    Believe it or not, it's almost time to go back-to-school shopping! (No, I don't know where the summer went, either, and yes, the thought of stocking up yet again on marble notebooks and folders and pencils makes me want to take a sedative, too.)

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    But the scariest thought of all? Buying back-to-school clothes, particularly for teens. It's easy when they're little and there's no chance that anything you pick up at Old Navy or Gap Kids is going to get your kid suspended, but once they're old enough to do their own shopping ... fuggedaboudit!

    All you can do is try to get a good look at them before they leave the house in the morning and pray they don't change into something offensive once they get to school ...

    You know, like one of these t-shirts:

    admit it t-shirt

    Good luck getting your math teacher to make eye contact with you when you have this shirt on, sweetheart. The only way to make this tee more obvious would be if there was a button on it that played "Don't Stand So Close to Me" when you pressed it. $7.50.

    alcohol t-shirt

    I'd like to buy a vowel ... because I'm not old enough to buy anything else legally! "Sometimes Alcohol Is the Answer" is definitely a message you don't want your kid broadcasting until after graduation, at the earliest. Preferably not until he's moved into a dorm somewhere and you don't have to look at this shirt. $19.95

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    good girls shirt

    Okay, here's the thing: I sort of agree with this t-shirt, but I don't want my daughter to realize this harsh fact of life is true until she's well into her 20s. At which point, if she wants to wear the shirt, I won't complain. I'll probably even wash it when she drops her laundry off at my house. $8.50

    abstinence t-shirt

    Ahahaha!!! Oh wait, I'm not supposed to be laughing at the shirts. You've got to admit this one is pretty hilarious, though. And at least wearing it would imply that your kid had some sort of reproductive system savvy. I can totally picture one of my fellow Catholic high school students sneaking this tee under a standard uniform button-down ... and getting detention. $19.95

    Would you let your teen wear any of these t-shirts?


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    Written by Jacqueline Burt for CafeMom's blog, The Stir.

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    304 comments

    • Manda  •  8 months ago
      The fact that anyone thinks these are funny is further proof on how we as parents are allowing our children to think these kinds of things are ok. These are and should be sensitive topics and should not be taken lightly, protect our youth people. It is not funny and it is not ok, not for children, not for victims who actually go through these things and have to see these stupid tee shirts everywhere. Get a clue America. We are embracing criminal behavior by shirts, bumper stickers, tv shows, video games, books it seems like this stuff is everywhere. Save our youth!!!!
    • James Morrison  •  8 months ago
      LOVE the last one (oh yeah, I'm an Atheist too)...

      BUT YOU ALL ARE A BUNCH OF ROCKS!!

      "I can't read that one"... "It would be nice if the pictures were bigger..."

      HELLO?!?... The description paragraphs under each shirt ALL have links in them that take you to MUCH larger photos which ALSO happen to have ordering info (if you REALLY REALLY just GOTTA have that shirt... lol).

      And you all worry that your KIDS aren't smart enough to surf the web... WOW...
    • Final Word  •  8 months ago
      poor taste.
    • Reality Luzers  •  8 months ago
      Low grade humor at best...... low grade t-shirts for low grade individuals..... thanks for the yucks...
    • CyberDiva  •  8 months ago
      Since a lot of people seem to be having trouble some some of the shirts, they say:

      Future Trophy Wife

      Admit it you'd go to jail for me

      Alc_h_l (Alcohol but missing the O's)

      Good Girls Just Never Get Caught

      Abstinence 99.99% Effective

      ------------------------------------------------
      The double entendre behind the slogans are clincher. Programming at its finest.
    • jem  •  8 months ago
      Ever feel like a fire hydrant and all your friends were dogs?
    • jem  •  8 months ago
      Ever feel like a fire hydrant and all your friends were dogs?
    • wiggy  •  8 months ago
      With the first T-shirt, I think of Christina Applegate on "Married with Children"...
    • rev w  •  8 months ago
      T-shirts with sayings reveal how immature you are this year. Bumperstickers reveal how immature you are this decade. Tattoos reveal how immature you are this lifetime.
    • ShireeE  •  8 months ago
      I like the last one. I would so wear that to school if I had it.
    • Betty  •  8 months ago
      I would not want my children wearing them.
    • Laura  •  8 months ago
      Wow, I can’t believe there is so much talk about this article! Yes, it is funny that they put the tee’s pricing on there. What is that about? Could it be the manufacturer advertising through an article? This country is supposed to be about rights and free speech. Self- expression is one of them. I only like the last shirt. I would wear it. If I saw anyone wearing the others, I would just think that they are people I wouldn’t want to know. Consider the source has always been my thought. As far as school is concerned-I would like a simple dress code that doesn’t involve any personal expression because, yes, you are there to learn. Social gatherings, even school sponsored ones, are a time to express yourself. You can wear your tees there. Parents-you cannot CONTROL your child, but you do have something to say about what YOUR money buys. If your child wants clothing that you disapprove of, you should ask yourself why. I’ve raised three kids that probably wouldn’t wear but the last shirt, but they wouldn’t care if someone else did.
    • jay  •  8 months ago
      Claire- the second one- the list word is "this" not "me". . And that's the only shirt I see a problem with. Wait...that and the alcohol shirt (for high school it isn't appropriate).

      People need to be way less uptight. Loosen up.
    • Neofni  •  8 months ago
      I wouldnt care if my daughter wore any of them. The jailbait one would be kinda funny as she is actually almost 20 but looks much younger. As for wearing them to school she wore all kinds of funny and slightly inappropriate shirts to school with my blessing. She saw it all as a joke which I think is the point.
    • Spotdog19  •  8 months ago
      I would definitely wear the last one. The first two no girl should ever wear, I don't care how old they are. The third one is totally the type of thing you would see in a college dorm room. The fourth one isn't all that bad, not great for a 15 year old but not the worst.
    • peachfuzz  •  8 months ago
      I don't find them funny and wouldn't waste my money on them.
    • Robin  •  8 months ago
      If it doesn't please God, it shouldn't be worn and/or said.
    • Corey  •  8 months ago
      You know...I can't object TOO much about these, even if feeling "jailbait" and "trophy wife" carry wrong messages...one being a bit too much of "I'm a sexual tease" and the other saying what I would read as insecurity...a message of "my worth is my looks"...I wouldn't let my daughter wear either of those, but don't find them so much distressing as just...sad.

      The others are worth a giggle or two, are somewhat snappy, if cynical, in their way, the last is flat hilarious...but who am I to talk...I've got two tees that are funny/not funny, myself..."I'm the teenage girl from the internet" and "I used to have a six pack...then I drank one"...
    • Helen  •  8 months ago
      I think the writer forgot that a lot of MATH TEACHERS are actually WOMEN. I get the reference, but jeez! At least the tee-shirts cover more than a lot of current fashion and are hardly sexy, despite the messages.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  8 months ago
      I do not see anything wrong with these T-Shirts; the parents who find what is written on them to be offensive needs to find real issues to address like the clothes their kids wear to school like the tight fitted jeans and the tight T-shirt and shorts having their kids dressing like adults skipping being a child.
      you worry about what they will wear after kindergarten when they are going to high school the fact still remains some of you parents need to be parents and stop trying to be your child's best friend you "can not" be bought, if you grow your child right it does not matter what they see on any T-shirt, pans or shorts they know what you thought them they know what right from wrong.

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