Where is the line....

Tonight I read a blog on little girls and the clothes they wear. And I actually agreed with a lot being said in the article. I am finding as I have a little girl as well, that it seems like the world is trying to make my little girl grow up too fast. And I am not ok with this! She's almost 3. Full of life and spunk, very entertaining and one of the loves of my life. She doesn't have a favorite color, but I also dress her in all colors, even pink despite that I HATE the color pink. But I don't ONLY put her in pink. There are other colors too. I also don't dress her super girly every chance I get either. I will do what little hair she has sometimes, and sometimes she wears dresses, and sometimes she wears pants, sometimes shes in skirts and sometimes shes in shorts. Sometimes its super casual and sometimes its super dressy. But she has a wide variety of things to wear and she often times chooses what she wants. But again it varies. It seems like though the more clothes you have to buy the more you start to realize that those clothes look more and more like what you wore in middle school/high school. What kids these days are wearing in middle/high school. She's 3! Not 15! I don't want her to be 15, I don't want her to look 15, and I dont need her acting 15! And too be honest, Im not sure I would let my 15 year old wear them either! The midriff shirts, the short shorts, the short dresses, the shirts that say 'all about me' or 'was I talking to you?' or diva, princess, or things along those lines. It's setting up a precedent for how our girls are aloud to act and I can promise you my child will never feel entitled or act like she is the center of the universe. It's not healthy, it's not right, and I sure as heck don't want her dressing that way either. I want my daughter to have her own sense of style. Not frilly cause that is what I dressed her in. If she likes pink? Fine, that HER choice. She likes red *which currently she's leaning to* fine, it's HER choice. She wants to act like a diva? She will learn real quick where that attitude will get her. And it wont be good. I want my child to respect me, to respect the people around her, to be an upstanding citizen. And will these clothes stand in the way of that? Not totally, but they wont help in promoting that lifestyle either. My kids, boy and girl, will be dressed modestly, age appropriate, and in what ever color they choose! And as for the skin showing, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? I wouldn't let her do that at 16, she wont do it at 3 either. Her dress is too short? Send it to her friend who is shorter and can wear it still. Don't keep putting her in it cause 'it's just so cute on her!' Shorts to short? Time to get a new pair! Dress to low? Put a sweater on it or give it away! And if her skin is showing where it really shouldn't be?? Cover it up! My daughter is not a piece of meat to be drooled over by every one around her. She's a human being and will dress as such. You want to dress your kid in those clothes, that is fine with me. Your allowed to do that and I wont even mention anything about it. Just know I do not agree with it and will not dress my child in that. She will be covered, modest, and age appropriate! Cause that's how it should be!