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I write about this sort of thing-- the Adultification of Chidlhood-- in the book What Are Old People For?
The extreme! High heels for babies!
Some people are getting a big kick out of an emerging fashion trend for babies — high heel crib shoes for girls too young to walk. Others are certain it’s yet another sign that the republic really is going to perdition in a handbasket.
The latest rage for the preverbal set is the creation of two Seattle moms, Britta Bacon and Hayden Porter. Friends since childhood, the two were taking Bacon’s daughter, Kayla, to a party for her fourth birthday when they started reminiscing about when Kayla was an infant.
Porter, who admits to being obsessed with shoes, found herself thinking how hilarious it would have been if Kayla had had high heels as an infant
How much, how much farther can it go???
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Society's urge to continue to push the envelope in developing more and more products for shopper-obsessed Americans to buy is not new. However, baby high heels insults my sensibility to keep babies and children in the developmental phase they were "born to be" in. Imagine a baby, wonderfully flexible, inserting his or her foot in their mouth and instead of a softly clad "paw" gets assaulted by a "high heel"! The urge to experience more and more at an earlier age - thus worrying about the "future" way before the emotions and "thinkings" are ready led to my own daughter proclaiming at age 10 that she wanted to say in girl scouts because it would look good on her college application. Cramming it all in shifts the sands for all ages and leaves many folks asking - is there anything left to do, learn, or share?
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