The upside of a bad economy?

Let’s hear it for a bad economy!

Evidently, the tight economy has meant fewer jobs for teens, which obviously leaves more of them with empty wallets and at the mercy of the worst of all fates: Mom and Dad.

The Wall Street Journal reports that even stores that specialize in clothes for younger consumers are following the money to its source. Aeropostale’s employee handbook states:

Because parents make the final decision, they want to feel valued, and they want to feel good about what they purchase.”

Retailers have had decades to care less what morals or values a family might be trying to instill in their children.  But even retailers bow to the almighty dollar and in their desire to destroy all things virtuous, they have actually had to slow the destructive slide down.   Read more here.