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 Dress up games is very popular with young girls. Many websites offer young girls who are interested in fashion the opportunity to dress up different avatars in different shoes, dresses, hairstyles and accessories.

Why are these websites maybe not so good for your child? On one hand these games offer a variety of ways for young girls to stretch their imagination. There is no end to the amount of different things young girls can design or decorate. Their imagination is the limit. On the other hand these games can put ideas into a young girls head.

We live in a society where everything is based off of looks. If you’re not tall and rail thin you’re considered fat. Countless fashion magazines and teen magazines flaunt image after image of anorexic looking models in women’s faces. Thus, making women feel like they’re not good enough, thus causing depression, food disorders etc. What do you think this does to an eight year old little girl? Then throw in on top of this online dress up games that show sexy images of women.

The Odyssey, a foundation dedicated to making a difference in the way women look at themselves reported that 80% of ten-year-old girls were dieting. That is an extremely high number! Meaning that these little girls see sexy images of thin women plastered everywhere and want that for themselves. So now their dress up games include names such as “Dress the thin fashion model”.

What happened to morals make you a good person? Now dress up games on the Internet want to add to the media frenzy of skinny is sexy… when these dress up games are targeted to young girls!

Many of these sites have areas where you can dress a celebrity and many of the celebrities are people that are not very good role models for a young girl. The games are often called, “Dress the sexy Brittany Spears” or “Dress the sexy Paris Hilton”. The last thing that should be on any young girl’s mind is being sexy.

Not all of the dress up websites offers games that may or may not put ideas into a young girl’s head. Some are innocent enough and are the basic fashion websites that do not center on skinny models or “sexy” anything.

Some of these sites have:

Gown Dressing-

Young girls dress their avatar in evening gowns, complete with high-heels, fancy hairstyles and accessories.

Wedding Dress Up-

Little girls can dress avatars for the big day. They can choose everything from beautiful wedding gowns, the vale, and bouquet of flowers and accessories like jewelry. They also have the option to choose a theme for the wedding. Themes can range from oriental, to romance and many more.

Decorating Houses-

Yes dress up games online even offer young girls the chance to decorate houses. Most of the decorating is based on stories like: Jack and Jill are newlyweds and need help decorating their home. The player decides on what room they want to start with and then is given a variety of furniture, pictures etc to fill the room with. Once they finish decorating they can bookmark the page and come later to change it around or show to their friends.

Animal Dress up-

Some websites offer animal dress up games. This can range from a little girl dressing an animal up in a Halloween costume to dressing a dog in hats, bows and a collar. Animals can range from cats, dogs to even reindeer and a squid.

There is a wide range of dress up games websites. As a parent you should root through them all to determine what is best with your child. If you do not feel comfortable with your child dressing celebrities in sexy clothes check out kid friendly sites.

A new look in home decoration is the clean, light look. Heavy drapes are out, bare windows are in. They let in light, and they make a room seem larger somehow. Also, undraped windows make it easier to decorate – you can change color schemes more easily since you don’t have to get new drapes every time you want to go from, say, predominant blue tones to predominant rust tones. Shutters can give you privacy and allow light in at the same time, and also allow you to control the amount of light and/or glare. Vinyl shutters are a great choice. They can have a natural look for a country style, or they can even be dressed up to have an elegant appearance. The wide slats of plantation shutters give your room a more rustic look. Either way, the control of light by adjusting the louvers is a big plus. Compared to heavy drapes, or even light curtains they make it easier to control light, give you privacy along with a nice clean look. Vinyl shutters can be purchased in white or in a selection of colors, but if you have chosen a color scheme from a fabric pattern, they can be painted to match the color you want to highlight. If you are attached to having a lot of light in the room, shutters can be purchased to cover only the lower half of the window, giving you privacy while still controlling the amount of light that comes in. Plantation shutters work well for this – they can be opened, letting all the light in, or closed, giving the room a cozy warmth. Even when closed these shutters let you adjust the louvers to let in as much or as little light as you want.

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An interesting use for shutters that seems to be getting popular is to take three or more shutter panels and hinge them together as a screen. The panels can be painted or left white as in the case of vinyl panels. The screen can be used as a backdrop for a large potted plant or to screen off a doorway or just to divide a room in an interesting way.

Shutters used to be only foroutside of a house. They were used to cover the windows to block light, to protect the glass, and to allow air to circulate when the windows were open. Wooden shutter on either side of a window conjures up feelings of simpler times, of a cozy, protective warmth. Nowadays they are still considered to be an addition to the most modern home, giving it a finished look even though their were not really functional. But indoors, they are a decorators gold mine – all sorts of interesting combinations offer themselves to the decorator, or to homeowners who want to add a distinctive atmosphere to the home. Wood, or wood appearing.

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