Future Trophy Wife T-Shirt, $7.50Believe it or not, it's almost time to go back-to-school shopping! (No, I don't know where the summer went, either, and yes, the thought of stocking up yet again on marble notebooks and folders and pencils makes me want to take a sedative, too.)
But the scariest thought of all? Buying back-to-school clothes, particularly for teens. It's easy when they're little and there's no chance that anything you pick up at Old Navy or Gap Kids is going to get your kid suspended, but once they're old enough to do their own shopping ... fuggedaboudit!
All you can do is try to get a good look at them before they leave the house in the morning and pray they don't change into something offensive once they get to school ...
You know, like one of these t-shirts:
Good luck getting your math teacher to make eye contact with you when you have this shirt on, sweetheart. The only way to make this tee more obvious would be if there was a button on it that played "Don't Stand So Close to Me" when you pressed it. $7.50
I'd like to buy a vowel ... because I'm not old enough to buy anything else legally! "Sometimes Alcohol Is the Answer" is definitely a message you don't want your kid broadcasting until after graduation, at the earliest. Preferably not until he's moved into a dorm somewhere and you don't have to look at this shirt. $19.95
Okay, here's the thing: I sort of agree with this t-shirt, but I don't want my daughter to realize this harsh fact of life is true until she's well into her 20s. At which point, if she wants to wear the shirt, I won't complain. I'll probably even wash it when she drops her laundry off at my house. $8.50
Ahahaha!!! Oh wait, I'm not supposed to be laughing at the shirts. You've got to admit this one is pretty hilarious, though. And at least wearing it would imply that your kid had some sort of reproductive system savvy. I can totally picture one of my fellow Catholic high school students sneaking this tee under a standard uniform button-down ... and getting detention. $19.95
Would you let your teen wear any of these t-shirts?
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This Hot Dad Wants to Do Your Ironing
This Hot Dad Wants to Cook You Dinner
This Hot Dad Cooks AND Does the Dishes
Kanye West is Gay?! 
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I'm a baptist...and even I think that last one is a little funny..and somewhat mean spirited. This reminded me of the family guy episode where Meg tired on the t-shirt that said "cum dumpster" in glitter. I think that was a little social commentary on where our girls are today.
You know, if that last t-shirt showed Osama Bin Laden and said something like, "No, really, they're not ALL terrorists," you'd think that it was horrific, racist, intolerant, and a host of other PC terms.
But it's ok because it's about Catholicism and Christianity, right? It's ok because EVERYONE knows that abstinence is stupid and "just doesn't work."
Please. If you're going to preach "tolerance" - for race, for religion, for LGBT, for whatever - it has to go all ways. Otherwise you're as bad as they are.
I'm so glad there's a uniform policy for the schools here... Polos and Khakis all around and I'm not the bad guy! "Sorry kiddo, I didn't make the uniform policy, the STATE did!"
No to all. Anyway my daughter is smarter and has more respect for herself than that.
Dear AnissaMommy...When you as a Catholic become much more rooted in what being a Catholic really means , then you will understand.....:)
The last shirt is offensive. As Pony Chaser implied, as have others on here, it is a dig against Catholicism and Christianity....Not the first time nor the first blogger to do this, Ms. Burt.
Can we see a little more respect here, please?
Also, apparently being Catholic means having no sense of humor or ability to see another person's point of view. Practicing Catholics make up less than a 1/7 of the world population, so they must spend a lot of time offended
Wouldn't let my kids wear any of them to school. I find the last one amusing, but I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable with my kid wearing it to school, however my kids are in elem. school at this point and I can't speculate how I will feel when they are in high school (I think #3 would be against most school dress codes prohibiting advertisments or slogans or other items encouraging alcohol or drugs). Given what I've seen many high school kids wear, it seems we might need to be thankful that they cover up the top half of the body, which is sad all by itself!!! As far as the 1, 2 and 4 go, one of the primary values my family wants to instill in our children is respect for themselves, respect for their bodies and their minds...and all of those shirts go against that. Like someone above said, why on EARTH would I let my child wear something encouraging men to think about statutory rape. That degrades the wearer and it degrades the seriousness of the CRIME. My children deserve more respect than that.