I posed today!

In starting this blog today I reflect on when I was a little girl and the influence my mom had on me growing up, my mom was not your "typical" mom. Me being born in the 70's she was still very much a hippie and never really outgrew that stage of her life. She would always wear cut off jean shorts, tanks, jumpers and sandals. she never really changed with the times, she has always, and still to this day has had very long hair, I always admired her looks, as different as she was than most of my friends mom's I was happy that she had her own style really wore it well. Being influenced by her style I too maintain my very own, but I do it on a modest basis now for the sake of my children.  So getting to the point of all this, I went shopping yesterday with my kids to get school supplies. So were in the store and this woman comes walking toward us wearing a tight little tee shirt with a playboy bunny on it and under the bunny it says "I posed today" hmmm.. then behind her is what looks to be a 14 maybe 15 year old girl. I assume she was her daughter.  So naturally I checked mom out, thinking she looks to be in her mid to late 30's and even though she had  giant fake boobs that filled in her P/B Tee, the rest of her was very real and caused me to have my doubts that she really posed yesterday. I thought to myself "ok jenn don't be rude" but really she should think about what kind of example she is setting for her daughter.Then I sort of started to feel sorry for her, I mean  I can relate to the fear of losing the body and the looks I had when I was in my 20's but the facts are I am a mom, I have had 3 kids and my body (no matter how much I try to alter it) will never be the same as it was before I had my babies. Not because I can't be thin and healthy, but why would I want it to be? My children are beautiful and I am proud that they came from this body. So who's to blame for us women having this fear of looking well... Like mom's. Afterall, were put down for being mom's and called fat, lazy and other not so nice names, I think the media is starting to come around a little,as long as your kids go to daycare and you wear power suits and heels to work everyday. So here is my question, What is a mom supposed to look like? At what point should us girls stop trying to dress super s*xy? What sort of influence did your own mom have on you? When you imagine what a mom should look like do you imagine your own mom? Or Pamela Anderson?   I would love to hear your thoughts on this. Even if your not a mom I would still love to hear your thoughts too.