Halloween is less than two weeks away and the costume crunch is on, but this year, some parents are noticing an unsettling trend on the store shelves. Children's costumes seem to be trending more sexy these days, and the tween section - for kids 13 and under - is where the sexy is stored. Short skirts and skin are popular and selling.

“Sexualizing a child or youth is inappropriate. And Halloween shouldn’t be an excuse to be able to sexualize children or youth further,” said Sowden, executive director of the Children of the Street Society.

Sowden is especially concerned about any costumes that glamorizes the sex trade, having seen the disturbing trend of teens dressed in a so-called “pimp-and-ho” couples costume.

A walk through a costume store shows the wide range of sexy-costume choices for adults. Many of the women’s outfits are sexualized in some way, and even the girls’ choices in the children’s section show this trend. There’s a revealing low-cut top on a superhero costume, a lacy nurse’s uniform and a short, frilly skirt on a policewoman outfit.

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