“What’s up?” I asked.
“I was just telling Garrett to look at those hot babes,” Wyatt said pointing to the TV. I had been looking at my phone, and wasn’t even paying attention to the television. I looked up to see the Victoria Secret models running across the screen … in their underwear (of course) … in the snow.
How practical.
More giggles.
I take a deep breath. Boys.
My husband and I are definitely noticing the boys are becoming much more aware of their environment lately.
One day while shopping in JC Penney’s, we made our way through the middle of the store (in route to the home section), but my oldest son made a detour in the journey when we passed by the lingerie.
Yes, I turned around just in time to see him cupping the manikin’s lovely bra in his hands while my youngest son cheered him on. Luckily, I was able to grab him away before too many people noticed, and, fortunately, the headless victim didn’t press any charges.
Yes — be sure — my boys don’t miss a thing.
And, I understand, this is normal.
My husband fondly remembers being in grade school and sneaking a Playboy magazine his friend’s dad had hidden away.
The only problem is nobody has anything hidden away now.
And it becomes hard to raise children in a world where there’s nothing left to the imagination. We’re just supposed to accept it, and raise them to understand this to be the norm.
We live in a superficial world; self worth is defined as being comfortable in your own skin. Which, society now equates to literally baring it all for everyone to see.
It doesn’t really matter what’s on the inside, as long as you can make it look good on the outside … or so we are led to believe.
Wow, what a message we’re sending our children.
The real truth is: you can’t always judge a book by the cover. I want my boys to learn to seek out the true beauty in others that can only come from within.
Some people will, in fact, become more beautiful to you over time, as you get to know them, while others will somehow lose their luster.
But, this lesson becomes an uphill battle when the media portrays beauty as entirely something different.
No, I don’t expect I will change consumerism overnight. But hopefully, in time, my boys will come to understand life is about more than just what’s on the surface.
As for now, my husband laughs as he points out our boys will most likely embarrass us big time at the beach this year. As I said, they don’t miss a thing. Hopefully, I can at least keep them from making the same mistake they made with the manikin. Yes, they take delight in keeping me on my toes.
