'I'm too pretty to do homework so my brother has to do it for me'

[seabeyond]

Wow. Just... wow.

"Who has time for homework when there's a new Justin Bieber album out? She'll love this tee that's just as cute and sassy as she is," the marketing copy declares.

Who would buy this shirt? Who could possibly think this is a good message to send to girls? I'm normally pretty laid-back about funny T-shirts for kids -- I love the one that says "Still living with my parents" -- but this one just seems wrong on so many levels. Really, people are still buying into the stereotype that pretty and smart can't go hand-in-hand? How dated, ridiculous and sad. Surely we can do better for our daughters.

To be honest, I didn't believe this T-shirt was real until I followed the link to the JC Penney website, where it is indeed on sale for $9.99. Marked down from $16.99 -- that's 41 percent off (yes, I did my own homework, thank you very much).

You'd think JC Penney would have learned from the mistakes of Mattel, which was excoriated for a talking Barbie doll that chirped phrases like "Math class is tough!" and "I love shopping!" Or they could have paid attention to Abercrombie & Fitch, which has in recent years been forced to pull one line of T-shirts featuring Asian caricatures and another T-shirt for girls with "Who needs brains when you have these?" printed across the chest. Classy.

http://moms.today.com/_news/2011/08/31/7539556-im-too-pretty-to-do-homework-so-my-brother-has-to-do-it-for-me

UPDATE... jc pennys pulled and apologized

[RandySF]

1. My kid tries to say "I'm too tired".

I tell him "tough shit" (in so many words) and make him do it anyway.

[seabeyond]

2. lol. lots of "tough shit" with parenting. i hear ya. nt

[reggie the dog]

5. my mom minced no words

tough shit is what she often told us, it really did prepare me for being an adult

[monmouth]

3. I believe the President's mother more or less told him the same thing...LOL..n/t

[rocktivity]

4. Abercrombie & Fitch does it on purpose, and always in time for back to school/Christmas

The media resulting media outrage costs them a lot less than placing ads.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1897446&mesg_id=1897940

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rocktivity

[w8liftinglady]

6. I reccd this because- even though I have sons

I can only imagine what it is like to raise a daughter these days. They are expected to maintain a certain standard that is impossible for most.

Hugs!

[seabeyond]

7. i have actually had a few mothers say... what am i suppose to do, the other girls...

you say

no

i do too. i have 2 boys. probably a good thing