Teenage girls love to shop. Their mothers often do not. With increasingly vulgar clothing styles and ever-rising price tags, how can well-meaning mothers turn shopping trips into a positive, growth-filled experience for everyone involved? Family First spoke with a host of mechanchos, mothers, and teens themselves for some insights on the issues.
It is the best of times; it is the worst of times.
It’s shopping with teens.
For conflict-weary mothers shopping presents an enormous challenge. Aside from the painful doling out of large sums of hard-earned cash there’s the inevitable emotional stress that takes over when mother and daughter don’t see eye to eye. In place of a special bonding experience the clothes-buying process often becomes the backdrop for a struggle of wills.
Despite the potential for tension however most fashion-conscious teens view shopping as a much-loved pastime an exciting pursuit that satisfies their genuine need to “look good.”
According to an International Communications Research survey (2005) comprising over 150000 teenagers across America teens spend over $150 billion a year making them the most highly sought after market segment in the United States.
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