Via Bryan Vartabedian's Parenting Solved, I learned that Club Libby Lu has closed and that Bratz dolls will be taken off the market.
Club Libby Lu was founded by Mary Drolet and sold to Saks.
Saks booked an after-tax charge of $10.6 million in the quarter primarily to shut down Club Libby Lu, a chain that caters to pre-teen girls.
The company said Nov. 5 that it will probably incur $18 million to $27 million of expenses related to the closures in the fourth quarter. It plans to finish closing its 78 free-standing Club Libby Lu stores and 20 more within department stores by May 2.
Backstory:
Dressing Your Child Like a Slut (March 29, 2006)
More Backstory:
See Age Compression.
See A Call for Parental Firmness
See Entitlement Culture and Unspeakable Rudeness
See Consumerism and Parenting
See Humility and Privilege
See Creating Entitled Children
See
(previous posts on children with entitlement issues,
Feministe's KEIs: a book on entitled kids,
I'm not a lousy parent, you are a too-needy kid;
the enduring lure of Gunny Therapy and why it doesn't work;
pushing kids into adult behavior in the pre-teen years;
What I've Written on OverIndulgent/Progressive Parents
Pandering to Children I
Pandering To Children II
Typology of Annoying Mommies (Laughing so's I don't KILL you)
Summary: How to Raise a Thug
British Thug In Training
Anti-Brat Prescription
Gotta Be Cool Mothering
Competitive Parenting
The Epidemic
Loss of Latency: Premature Adolescence
WellMeaning: How We Mess Up Our Kids
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