Give me your perspective - Are people thinking or assuming DS is wearing the same clothes every single day?

[Anonymous]

If the clothes are clean and they are basics, nobody will even notice.

There are plenty of people, including adults and kids, that basically stick to basic "uniform" dressing even when they don't have to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If he doesn’t stink, no one notices his clothes.

Yes, it's the smell that people notice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is thinking about your kid or his clothing.

+1
Unless his clothes are dirty, they are not paying much attention.

+2
I liked wearing the same outfit everyday as a kid (mom wouldn’t let me), so I assume mom has just bought multiples. UNLESS it’s noticeably dirty in a way that couldn’t just be from breakfast

[Anonymous]

Normally no one pays attention to boys. Unless it is smelly and dirty, I assume that that kid must love that color wearing same clothing or sensory issue or having multiple to exchange.

My boy clothing are mostly all solid black, blue and gray from top to bottom.

[Anonymous]

Your child doesn’t want to wear stuff that looks the same every day of the week. You should listen to HIM. Good grief. This isn’t about what other people think. It is about your child feeling confident.

I would adjust my answer if he was asking for Luis Vuitton or Gucci. But he just wants to mix up his wardrobe. Why on earth wouldn’t you accommodate this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your child doesn’t want to wear stuff that looks the same every day of the week. You should listen to HIM. Good grief. This isn’t about what other people think. It is about your child feeling confident.

I would adjust my answer if he was asking for Luis Vuitton or Gucci. But he just wants to mix up his wardrobe. Why on earth wouldn’t you accommodate this?

DP. You misread OP's post. It is her DH, husband, not the son who cares.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I buy a lot of basics. So plain long sleeve tops in winter and plain joggers from Walmart and Target for DS7.

Examples of what I mean by basics - plain tops and plain bottoms :





There’s times where he has the same top and bottom style and color on two or three days in a row because I might have six blue tops and six gray pants. It’s never the same clothes as in it’s never dirty clothes but it’s clean duplicates of the outfit.

I pair the clothes after washing them and have them all in the closet and drawers so you may end up picking the exact same outfit everyday or you may get to top # 3 and it’s brown and a blue pair of pants are next in the stack and top # 4 is black and the pants are gray or it may be that tops 1-4 are all the same navy blue style and the pants 1-4 too.

DH feels strongly that the school is thinking he’s wearing the same clothes every single day if he ends up in the same color scheme multiple days in a row. In my mind, they aren’t because the clothes are clearly clean and not stained which is how he normally comes home at the end of the day. They are clean duplicates - same style tops and bottoms and a lot of the time certain colors go on sale before others so I end up picking up more of a certain color.

Are people thinking or assuming DS is wearing the same clothes every single day?

Stay away from Walmart. Child labor and the clothes are really cheap looking. For a few more dollars you can get better quality sweatpants at the Gap, Nike or H&M. Get different colors so he can switch it up.

[Anonymous]

Nobody is paying that much attention to your kid. Everyone is paying attention to themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a "uniform" of a rotation of the same looking outfits in middle school bc I read that's what Einstein and steve jobs did. And I got teased by this one girl. But in a rich technologist now so maybe that was a necessary part of my journey

Great for you! My kid is a "uniform" rotating set of similar clothing (same brand) kid too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your child doesn’t want to wear stuff that looks the same every day of the week. You should listen to HIM. Good grief. This isn’t about what other people think. It is about your child feeling confident.

I would adjust my answer if he was asking for Luis Vuitton or Gucci. But he just wants to mix up his wardrobe. Why on earth wouldn’t you accommodate this?

He's 7. He doesn't care what he's wearing.

[Anonymous]

No OP. If he's clean, if clothes are clean starting out the day and look fresh, no one is thinking what you're afraid of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one is thinking about your kid or his clothing.

It's natural for a child or teenager to think that everyone is paying obsessive attention to them, including what they wear. Part of a parent's job is to explain to the child that they are wrong, and that no one else is thinking about this even 1/100th as much as they are.

[Anonymous]

It never even occurred to me to care about this. And yes I have a child who wears a self-chosen uniform to school. He definitely has a few sensory issues surrounding clothes, but this makes it so much easier to get dressed in the mornings.

He does not smell, takes a shower every day, and is generally well groomed. He just wears similar looking black outfits every single day. IDGAF what other people think.

[Anonymous]

Since you are in control of purchasing his wardrobe and are buying new items (not hand me downs or a donation) why would you buy all the same color shirts and or pants? It is so easy at that age to buy 7 different outfits or mix/match but why would you want your kid in all gray and blue when you have a choice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I buy a lot of basics. So plain long sleeve tops in winter and plain joggers from Walmart and Target for DS7.

Examples of what I mean by basics - plain tops and plain bottoms :





There’s times where he has the same top and bottom style and color on two or three days in a row because I might have six blue tops and six gray pants. It’s never the same clothes as in it’s never dirty clothes but it’s clean duplicates of the outfit.

I pair the clothes after washing them and have them all in the closet and drawers so you may end up picking the exact same outfit everyday or you may get to top # 3 and it’s brown and a blue pair of pants are next in the stack and top # 4 is black and the pants are gray or it may be that tops 1-4 are all the same navy blue style and the pants 1-4 too.

DH feels strongly that the school is thinking he’s wearing the same clothes every single day if he ends up in the same color scheme multiple days in a row. In my mind, they aren’t because the clothes are clearly clean and not stained which is how he normally comes home at the end of the day. They are clean duplicates - same style tops and bottoms and a lot of the time certain colors go on sale before others so I end up picking up more of a certain color.

Are people thinking or assuming DS is wearing the same clothes every single day?

Stay away from Walmart. Child labor and the clothes are really cheap looking. For a few more dollars you can get better quality sweatpants at the Gap, Nike or H&M. Get different colors so he can switch it up.

H&M is one of the biggest users of child labor in countries like Myanmar.