• May. 8, 2008 - Lessons from Walmart

I ended up at Walmart the other day with all the children with me.  This is a little unusual because I quit taking all of them a few years back.  I got very tired of saying "Yes, they are all mine!"   But for some reason, they were all with me this particular day.  I had John-Michael in the cart with the rest strolling behind and as we were walking through the pharmacy section, I heard my sweet little boy's voice say (in a stage whisper) "Mommy, that woman is naked!"  I was almost afraid to turn around and see who he was referring to.  But then my youngest daughter, Holly, put herself between John-Michael and a display board and in her most serious voice (with hands on her hips and finger wagging) said, "John-Michael, you shouldn't look at girls who aren't dressed modestly."  My interested peaked, I took a quick look behind Holly to discover a display for a certain diet pill with pictures of a young lady in what I think was a bikini.  I almost laughed until I suddenly heard my son wail, "But I WANT to LOOK!"  Which Holly returned with, "It's not nice, John-Michael, to look at girls in their underwear! Don't Look!"  Which was followed with more wailing from my son insisting that he wanted to LOOK!  Before I could get a handle on things, an older gentleman managed to squeeze around us and I noticed he was trying very hard not to laugh.  So were my other girls.  I was pretty sure my face was as red as my hair at this point.   I moved the cart (and my son) away from the display and regained John-Michael's attention.  I quickly explained to him that when he saw an immodest girl, look AWAY.  But, I'm not sure he understood - he was still trying to peek around me.    And honestly, I think he was more upset that Holly was telling him he couldn't do something rather than being interested in actually 'looking' - but it did give me pause to think.  John and I have been training our daughters to both dress and behave in a modest manner, however, I hadn't given thought to training my son yet on 'averting' the eyes - he's only 4!  Apparently, it's never too early to start!

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• May. 8, 2008 - Lessons from Walmart

Posted by loripearce

Hi, I too try not to take all my kids shopping with me at the same time. LOL I have 4 with number 5 on the way in June. I get that same question a lot and my friend has actually responded before that "no they are not all her's she like to take all the neighborhood kids grocery shopping" I really laughed at that one. I have a 4 year old son as well and you are probably right that he was reacting to more of what his sister was trying to tell him!!! I enjoyed reading your blog Lori

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Posted by Anonymous

Hi I dropped by from Simple Woman's blog. I have three sons (two grown) and we always told them that when a young woman dresses immodestly, she has been decieved and probably doesn't know that the Lord cares for her. So, out of compassion for her, we don't look. It helps them be a little less judgemental. When we go to the store, sometimes we girls will let the guys know, "eye-trap" to the left!" God bless you. www.margaretinva.blogspot.com/

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