Big Muddy rancher
Well-known member
Teen Poverty in America
>
> We just spent several hours observing teenagers hanging out at our local
>mall. We came to the conclusion many teenagers in America today are living
>in poverty. Most young men We observed didn't even own a belt; there was
>not one among the whole group.
>
> But that wasn't the sad part. Many were wearing their daddy's jeans.
>Some jeans were so big and baggy they hung low on their hips, exposing
>their underwear. I know some must have been ashamed their daddy was short,
>because his jeans hardly went below their knees. They weren't even their
>daddies' good jeans, for most had holes ripped in the knees and a dirty
>look to them.
>
> It grieved us, in a modern, affluent society like America, there are
>those who can't afford a decent pair of jeans I was thinking about asking
>my church to start a jeans drive for "poor kids at the mall." Then on
>Christmas Eve, we could go Christmas caroling and distribute jeans to these
>poor teenagers.
> But here is the saddest part...it was the girls they were hanging out
>with that disturbed us most. Never, in all of our lives, have we seen such
>poverty-stricken girls. These girls had the opposite problem of the guys.
>They all had to wear their little sister's clothes. Their jeans were about
>5 sizes too small! I don't know how they could get them on, let alone
>button them up. Their jeans barely went over their hipbones. Most also had
>on their little sister's top; it hardly covered their midsections. Oh, they
>were trying to hold their heads up with pride, but it was a sad sight to
>see these almost grown women wearing children's clothes.
>
> However, it was their underwear that bothered us most. They, like the
>boys, because of the improper fitting of their clothes, they had their
>underwear exposed. We had never seen anything like it. It looked like their
>underwear was only held together by a single piece of string.
>
> We know it saddens your heart to receive this report on condition of our
>American teenagers. While we go to bed every night with a closets full of
>clothes nearby, there are millions of "mall girls" who barely have enough
>material to keep it together. We think their "poorness" is why these 2
>groups gather at the mall; boys with their short daddies! ' ripped jeans,
>and girls wearing their younger sisters' clothes. The mall is one place
>where they can find acceptance. So, next time you are at the mall, doing
>your shopping , and you pass by some of these poor teenagers, would you say
>a prayer for them?
>
> And one more thing .
> Will you pray the guys' pants won't fall down,
>
> and the girls' strings won't break?
> We thank you all,
>
>
>
> We just spent several hours observing teenagers hanging out at our local
>mall. We came to the conclusion many teenagers in America today are living
>in poverty. Most young men We observed didn't even own a belt; there was
>not one among the whole group.
>
> But that wasn't the sad part. Many were wearing their daddy's jeans.
>Some jeans were so big and baggy they hung low on their hips, exposing
>their underwear. I know some must have been ashamed their daddy was short,
>because his jeans hardly went below their knees. They weren't even their
>daddies' good jeans, for most had holes ripped in the knees and a dirty
>look to them.
>
> It grieved us, in a modern, affluent society like America, there are
>those who can't afford a decent pair of jeans I was thinking about asking
>my church to start a jeans drive for "poor kids at the mall." Then on
>Christmas Eve, we could go Christmas caroling and distribute jeans to these
>poor teenagers.
> But here is the saddest part...it was the girls they were hanging out
>with that disturbed us most. Never, in all of our lives, have we seen such
>poverty-stricken girls. These girls had the opposite problem of the guys.
>They all had to wear their little sister's clothes. Their jeans were about
>5 sizes too small! I don't know how they could get them on, let alone
>button them up. Their jeans barely went over their hipbones. Most also had
>on their little sister's top; it hardly covered their midsections. Oh, they
>were trying to hold their heads up with pride, but it was a sad sight to
>see these almost grown women wearing children's clothes.
>
> However, it was their underwear that bothered us most. They, like the
>boys, because of the improper fitting of their clothes, they had their
>underwear exposed. We had never seen anything like it. It looked like their
>underwear was only held together by a single piece of string.
>
> We know it saddens your heart to receive this report on condition of our
>American teenagers. While we go to bed every night with a closets full of
>clothes nearby, there are millions of "mall girls" who barely have enough
>material to keep it together. We think their "poorness" is why these 2
>groups gather at the mall; boys with their short daddies! ' ripped jeans,
>and girls wearing their younger sisters' clothes. The mall is one place
>where they can find acceptance. So, next time you are at the mall, doing
>your shopping , and you pass by some of these poor teenagers, would you say
>a prayer for them?
>
> And one more thing .
> Will you pray the guys' pants won't fall down,
>
> and the girls' strings won't break?
> We thank you all,
>
>