Here’s my 5-year-old daughter (into her fake bedazzled cell phone): “OMG!!! Hello Chloe, like, you are totally not going to be popular unless you come to my party. “
I’m sorry, what?
At 4 or 5, I think I had just made the big girl move from Sesame Street to The Electric Company. While I was imitating Letter Man by leaping a capital “T” in a single bound my daughter’s doling out ultimatums, calling people “Sweetie” or “Hon,” and talking in acronyms.
Sound mature? Well, you should see her attire: MORE
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You have to hope the old expression ” You Are Who You PretendTo Be ” has no validity. If one emulates the Bratz, it likely One ends up talking to the Shrink for years, or ends up working the streets, in years to come.