Moms Talk: Crotchless Panties

During the springtime, Patch moms sounded off the sirens when news broke out that Abercrombie & Fitch launched a .

And the sirens are off again. This time over a report of sales of crotchless panties. 

According to a report from the Huffington Post, parents in Colorado were outraged when they entered a “Kids N Teens” store to find crotchless panties being sold in the store.

The response was similar in Newark. Read what our Newark Patch moms had to say:

Lorie Mohs, mom of two

It is hard to believe that any community would allow a children's clothing store to carry crotchless panties. This type of item sends a message to your children that premarital sex is okay. As parents we really need to stand up for our children's rights to be children and not sex symbols. 

Brandi Wecks, mother of one

I don't think there is any question that selling these products in a children's store is inappropriate, no matter who was buying them. The shop owner showed bad taste in having them so easily accessible.  Honestly, if a teenage girl wanted to buy crotchless panties at a mall, she could easily do so; lingerie stores do not have age limits or require ID. For the store to respond by saying that 25 percent of its merchandise is for teenagers seems to be a misguided attempt to defend themselves for irresponsible sales. They don't seem to understand who their target audience is: Someone shopping for a child in that store would never buy crotchless panties, and a teenage girl looking for such an item would never shop in a store that mainly sells baby clothes and accessories. How would one even know to look for such a product there? I imagine that the majority of their sales would be to giggly girls who wanted to show their friends what they could get away with, rather than those looking to actually wear such a garment. To the mother who says they are to fit a 7-year-old: there are plenty of teenage girls and young women who are not much bigger than a typical 7-year-old, so an extra small size may not be completely unwarranted, if it were in an appropriate store. Now that the store has been reviled in the media, I am sure they will be much more careful about what merchandise they bring to the sales floor.

Tammy Warren-Alcorta, mom of five

Are you kidding me? This is just gross. As a mother, if i saw that in a children’s store, I would have flipped out. I’m sorry but no child of mine under the age of 18 years will ever wear sexy panties or undergarments. What mother in their right mind would buy their child panties or undergarments that promote sex and bad behavior? We as parents have a duty to protect our child no matter what age for as long as we can, and how can we do that if stores are trying to sell these kinds of things? I can’t even express into words what I’m feeling cause most likely it couldn’t be published. Let’s just say this grosses me out.