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Skriven 2005-01-18 23:32:00 av DAVE COBLE (1:123/140)
Ärende: These poor teenagers
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I just spent several hours observing teenagers who were hanging out at our
local mall.

I came to the conclusion that many teenagers in America are living in
poverty.

Most of the young men I observed didn't even own a belt; there was not one
among the whole group.

But that wasn't the sad part.

Many of them were wearing their daddy's jeans.

Some of these jeans were so big and baggy and hung low on their hips,
exposing their underwear.

I know some of them must have been ashamed their daddy was short, because
his jeans hardly went below their knees.

They weren't even their daddies' good jeans.

It grieved me that in a modern, affluent society like America, there are
people who can't afford a decent pair of jeans.

I have been thinking about asking my church to start a jeans drive for the
"poor kids at the mall."

Then on Christmas Eve, I could go Christmas caroling and distribute jeans
to these poor teenagers.

But that wasn't the saddest part.

It was the girls they were hanging out with that disturbed me the most.

I have never in all of my life seen such "poor" girls.

These girls had the opposite problem of the guys.

They all had to wear their little sisters' clothes.

Their jeans were about five sizes too small.

I don't know how they could even put them on, let alone button them up.

Their jeans barely went over their hipbones.

Most of them also had on their little sister's top; it hardly covered their
midsection.

Oh, they were trying to hold their heads up with pride, but it was a sad
light to see these almost grown women wearing children's clothes.

However, it was their underwear that bothered me the most.

They, like the boys, because of the improper fitting of their clothes, also
had their underwear exposed.

I have never seen anything like it.

It looked like their underwear was only held together by a single piece of
string.

I know it also saddens your heart to receive this report on the condition
of our American teenagers.

While I go to bed every night with a closet full of clothes nearby, there
are millions of "mall girls" who barely have enough material to keep it
together.

I think their "poorness" is why these two groups gather at the mall, the
boys with their short daddies' ripped jeans, and the girls wearing their
younger sisters' clothes.

The mall is one place where they can find acceptance.

So, the 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 that the guys' pants won't fall down, and
the girls' strings won't break?
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