Homecoming Photos Reveal Which Parents Have Given Up

If you’re on social media, you’ve likely seen photos of your friends’ daughters this week that left little to the imagination. You’ve probably thought, “I didn’t need to see that.” And yet, your friends have posted these photos of their daughters, their girls, for their entire social networks to see.

Over the last decade, homecoming dresses have transformed. They are no longer the gowns that prior generations wore, with a corsage on your wrist or pinned to the dress. They now resemble the swimsuits of the 1940s and 1950s: strapless or spaghetti-strapped, skin-tight, with the hem falling just below where the thigh meets the buttocks.