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For all of the individuals labeling parents who allow 12 year olds (who actually cares what age it is anyway) to wear thongs as sick, bad, or uncaring parents....let me give you a small insight as to the parents dillema.
I'm a 38 year old stepfather to a 15 year old girl. Her mother came to me when the girl was 13.5 telling me that she was going to buy some thong underwear for her daughter and I, at first, said "the hell you will". This is what changed my mind about it. My stepdaughter, as sweet as she is, is on the overweight side and as such doesn't have alot of friends while most of the rest tease her about her weight. With an already serious inferiority complex about her, she was also getting mercilessly picked on because her 'white cotton panties' would constantly stick out abover her belt line and these cruel kids(mostly girls) would not let up.
I agreed to letting my stepdaughter have the thongs to A)keep her from being teased and B) Being on the heavy side she doesn't dress skimpy.
It has nothing to do with trying to be her 'friend' especially since I'm more of a father to her than her biological one and its not about wanting her to be 'popular' like the others. She's a better emotionally adjusted girl now instead of the depressed teen she was before.
Walk a mile in someone elses shoes before applying labels to people based on ignorance of the situation.
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