Parent's Self-Insult Sticks In Kid's Craw
GENTLE READER: It is a teenager's destiny to spend that time dressed inappropriately.
However, Miss Manners encourages you not to succumb to the distasteful idea that one should dress modestly so as not to give others the wrong idea. That notion is insulting and outdated.
Instead, she suggests that you appeal to your daughter's sense of professionalism. You know, soon you will be applying for internships and jobs, and knowing how to dress for the job that you want can be so important. Contacts and connections can be formed anywhere, so you might be wise to start practicing now.
But if your motherly warnings do not take, rest assured that the phase will not last long. And you will have lots of embarrassing photographs with which to taunt her in the future.
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(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.)
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