| Most of us who are parents know how changeable life is, and also how changeable our own MINDS were in our teen years. We would fight tooth and nail against allowing our own children to make any immutable changes in their lives.
My mind boggles at the thought of capitulating to a demand from a teenage daughter to have her breasts enhanced. Why? Because first, at that age she would have no idea of the meaning of permanence. Second, this is major surgery with its attendant risks. Fourth, what is it teaching her about being a person and a woman? And fifth - what if a 21st century equivalent of the flapper era were to return, and large breasts were suddenly unfashionable again. Not to mention sixth, one day she will be old, and these breasts will be an albatross around her neck. Forgive the imagery! |
