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just goes to show that boys will be boys, er I mean girls... who can tell these days
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4/19/2006 2:30 am |
Being part of other forums, I've heard this being discussed before...mainly used as a derogatory statement (calling someone EM . I've only seen a few people in the forums that have fessed up to doing this.
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you could probably catch a glimpse of what an EMO really looks like at Skep's site
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4/19/2006 4:07 am |
Yikes.. takes me back.. shaved head... pierced nose (all done by my own fair hand) x Love Cath
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4/19/2006 5:45 am |
I primarily deal with the youth, so I guess I should prepare to see this in the future. Thanks for the heads up.
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4/19/2006 10:48 am |
Hadn't here of it Paul but hey everybody needs...oops has to make a fashion statement. I was watching the Tara Banks "Top Model" show the other night and she was talking about a new dance called 'crunch'. She demonstrated it. I thought Lord it is just somebody shaking all around like some lunatic....that's dancing????;? pleasssssssse!!!! Call me old fashion but I got to have some rhythm to get my grove on....if you know what I mean....lol Blessings Israel
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4/19/2006 12:17 pm |
Hi supabubba, No I haven't seen them. But if it is a local colorado thang I should be seeing here in England in a year or two! Humph! Tuck yer shirt in, take the earring out and GET A HAIRCUT!!! .. .. to them, not you
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4/19/2006 3:56 pm |
oh great. my boy is 15 and he listens to emo music. it is just a matter of time til this starts. he just finally let his hair be cut out of his "modified mohecan." if it weren't purple (as opposed to green last year) it would look almost normal. my girls (18 & 19) allready wear (little) boy's t-shirts and the midriff showing jeans. my oldest got her belly button pierced and i fought that one and won. otherwise i mostly try to stay out of my kids' fashion statements. there are too many other more important battles that i have to fight with them every day. not to say that the way that they look doesn't sometimes embarrass me to death.
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Well, I dressed weird when I was a teen, and now I see the confounded stuff being sold in stores again!
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4/20/2006 10:41 am |
Pfft. Emo's been around since forever. No dafter than the many, many fads I've seen drift in and out of Christian circles (actually, it's a lot less daft than some of those...).
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Paul, You and all others visiting this post, may find it interesting that although I have never heard of it myself that I decided to ask my soon to be 16 year old son about "EMO". To my surprise, he thought about it as though he did not know; but then replied, "Oh,yeah! It is short for emotional". Very non-chalantly I must say. He never mentioned this, but he did explain to me that it is basically the same as the "gothic" kids that I knew of when I was in high school. Most of those kids are very respected business and artistic people today! I can only hope it is a fad maybe similar to the cool girls and guys from the 50's, the Beatle fans of the 60's, the 70's disco chicks and dudes, the 80's gothic, the 90's grunge-look, and now we have emo's. It looks to me all decades seek out a sense of their own identity. Different from their parents and their grand parents. I have to say I have never been pulled into such groups, and I am happy to say neither has my son! Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I like being able to communicate with my son in such matters. He also likes the fact that I don't know everything! GBY, Maria
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4/21/2006 9:08 pm |
"Sigh" My son wears girl pants, huge gauges in his ear. Does, his dress embarrass me sometimes? Yes, but his intentions are to look cool.
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4/22/2006 10:22 pm |
you cant stop kids from being kids. just be lucky you only got the EMO thing going on down there. it could be worse. i can send you the new fads that are around here, if you want? let me know. STAND UP FOR  MO !
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4/23/2006 9:11 pm |
Ok. I'll offer a perspective that seems to not be represented here. I'm very very secular and live in Southern California so I have definitely seen this. I've probably even technically been emo. I think that it's a fad but not persay. Possibly not a generational fad in the way that disco was but a fad in the sense that "hip hop" was thought to be a fad... I find that the only people who are emo are so because today's society encourages personal expression in a degree that hasn't been seen before. All teens have hyperbolized emotional states as they are still becoming accustomed to their hormones. While the underpinnings of EMO run through all teens, there are definitely some characterstics of "emo's" that they seem to share in common, which is why not everyone is emo. It has a lot to do with maturity level and a sense of belonging. The most common things i've seen among emo crowds is that they have a general sense of apathy and a dismal outlook on the world and the future of it. Their modus operandi seems to be that of hoplessness and arbitrary activities with no regard for themselves or others, stemming from their sense of hopelessness. Another thing to look into if you're curious is "scene" or "scenesters". or "scene kids". I know plenty of people like this and frankly they're all so egotistical and self-centered I don't bother knowing them. For a lot of people it's a fad but of course someone could stay emo forever, just look at guys who are now 38, live in their parents basements and wear white and black makeup... they were goth in the 80's or 90's and never grew out of it. I think someone who is emo needs genuine love,attention and understanding more than anything else. I think it's also part of a growing trend of passive parenting. All this having been said I think that if any of these kids seem like or epress that they want or need emotional councelling... I'd listen. The world would be better off if everyone had access to such things... i mean when you boil it down.. it's just someone who is non-biased and listens unconditionally and helps you improve yourself... that might remove some stigma for those who are against such councelling. Anyway that's my two cents. Hope it helps shed some light. Probably could add more so if you're curious feel free to ask.
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