"To Lead Off"

Today, there is a show that teens watch that deals with the celebration of the sixteenth birthday. However, the teens that are aired on the show throw outrageous parties that cost a fortune. The show only causes teenagers to also want lavish parties and want their parties to cost more than the previous party that was aired. The celebration of sweet sixteen's defeat the sole purpose of why it was first celebrated in 1748.

Sweet Sixteen's were first celebrated as a debutante, which is a French word which means to lead off. The parties would consist of girls that were to be presented to society at a marriageable age. At the end of the debutante, the families of the girls hoped that there was a man that found their daughter worth marrying.

Both sides of the spectrums to me are insane. However, I can see how people found it right to present their daughters into society as it was what they knew. I do not agree on how people celebrate sweet sixteen's now as I feel that the parties are thrown to show who is better and who has more money. These are not reasons to throw a party as they have nothing to do with why this type of celebration was first celebrated in the first place.