Topic : 01/28 The Baggy Pants Debate

Dear Dr. Phil hi I love what you do , i am studying to become a psychologist , you had a great show today, a lot of views that i agree with, and some that i do not. Dr. phil my suggestion here is that you need to invite kids on your show with different age groups  and different ethnicities and different sex's and ask them the questions that parents and people are concerened with and we will give you the right awnser and you guys go about fixing it from there!

Okay.  Why are we as a concerned society considering making a new law banning  baggy pants?

Because I do not believe we need it.  Because do we not in all cities and municipalities have laws governing lewd dressing and/or behavior?

In other words, people who wear baggy pants are already subject to being cited and fined for wearing lewd clothing.  All that we need to do is encourage law enforcement, school officials, etc. to cite the people wearing baggy pants. 

I think this is preferable to the government telling me and everybody else exactly what clothiing we can wear.  And in case you are wondering, I think baggy pants are disgusting.  So fine them, fine the wearers, give them community service, whatever it takes. 

Besides think about it, it's a form of saying, "I'm gonna do what I want to do,  being different," etc.  So if you ban baggy pants, I don't even want to think what the baggy pants wearers will think of next.

I myself don't like the baggy pants.  I find them disgusting.  BUT if they make baggy pants illegal, then they need to do the same with short shorts, or short skirts.  I find them just as disgusting.

Please explain how saggy pants are comfortable which is one of the claims of a person on the show? A belt around your genitals can't be comfortable!!! I like the comment if they spent as much time looking for a job as they spend pulling up or adjusting their sags.

Dr. Phil:

Why is every topic about race.  This baggy pants debate does not only affect the "African-Americans"  I see it in Caucasian, Hispanic and Asian cultures as well.  Yes, it affects the African-Americans but this race debate of black, white, Hispanic, etc., is becoming the norm in every topic.  It is a shame that topic cannot be addressed for what it is and that is disrespect.  It is disrespect for others.  I don't want to see your boxers, I could care less what they look like.  I surely do not want my 80 year old mother or my eight year old granddaughter to see your butt.  They need to ask themselves, would I want my grandmother or my son/daughter to see my butt hanging out ?  If they answer this question yes, then they do not even have respect for themselves much less anyone else.

I believe that parents today have lost so many of the fundamental rights to punish their children's behavior.  Parents fear being called an abuser if they spank their child.  When I was raising my stepson, I told him, while you live in my house you will abide by my rules.  When you move out and live on your own you can do whatever you want.  If he disobeyed, he was spanked, grounded, or had his possessions taken away until such time that he earned the right to have them again.  He was expected to help around the house with the chores.  He was also given an allowance for extras that he did.  I expected him to dress and act like a young man when we were in public places and to respect not only myself and his dad, but other adults as well.  When he didn't, he was reprimanded.

I don't believe that the children of today have the morals that were instilled in us when our parents raised us.  There are so many more single parents today and it is very difficult to balance everything.  Parents today want their children to see them as a friend and not an authoritative figure.  Sometimes that works but it cannot be that way in every situation.  Someone has to say no and I think that parents today are afraid to say NO.