Parents, educators, youth ministers share how they rein in some fashion trends

Read the full version of this feature in our newspaper or e-Edition for Sunday, June 19, 2011.
Read the full version of this feature in our newspaper or e-Edition for Sunday, June 19, 2011.

It's nothing new for an older generation to disapprove of what a younger generation wears. But sometimes, it's not the old folks who are complaining.

Lisa Jobe doesn't have to worry about her 10-year-old son wanting to wear his pants on the ground.

"He makes fun of these guys who sag their pants. He doesn't want to look like them," Jobe said.

But where do trends like sagging pants, short shorts and other dress-code violating trends come from? How do parents and others in authority draw the line when looking good and feeling good means showing too much skin, sporting logos that suggest violence or drug use, or wearing anything suggestive?

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