Do you let your kids wear character shirts?

[Anonymous]

No,, I'm a snob about clothing. No characters, no logos across the chest.

I allow one character pajama per year though.

[Anonymous]

I had no idea this was a “low class” thing. My kids have loved many characters over the years. My youngest now (2) loves Spider-Man, paw patrol and trucks... that’s all he wants to wear and it’s so cute that he is so excited about it. THAT is all I care about. Does it not caring whether other people think I am “low class” makes me low class? I doubt it

[Anonymous]

I have this conversation with my mother all the time. All my 5 year old wants to wear are 1. a Lightning McQueen sweater and 2. t-shirts with sharks on them. My mother is appalled and thinks we should be dressing him in more elegant clothes (which she keeps shipping and I keep washing and folding and then donating as he outgrows them, barely worn).

I honestly can't yell or discipline my child for wearing character clothing. It makes him so happy. When he is older, I'll explain how unfair the world is and how he is being judged for not wearing Brooks Brothers on the weekends and Hugo Boss during the week. but I'm letting him be a carefree kid for now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have this conversation with my mother all the time. All my 5 year old wants to wear are 1. a Lightning McQueen sweater and 2. t-shirts with sharks on them. My mother is appalled and thinks we should be dressing him in more elegant clothes (which she keeps shipping and I keep washing and folding and then donating as he outgrows them, barely worn).

I honestly can't yell or discipline my child for wearing character clothing. It makes him so happy. When he is older, I'll explain how unfair the world is and how he is being judged for not wearing Brooks Brothers on the weekends and Hugo Boss during the week. but I'm letting him be a carefree kid for now.

PS We haven't event watched the move Cars, or rather, we started it one night and everyone (including the kid) absolutely hated it. He still loves that red car on his sweater.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, of course. How else does one truly BECOME Elsa except by wearing a dress with her picture on it?

<3

[Anonymous]

My 10 yo son still wears character t shirts and doesn't care what others think of it. He still has a Lion Guard and a Sonic shirt as well as a few superhero ones he still wears quite often and he still wears his favorite Sonic PJs almost every night.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes, but never to his (Waldorf) preschool, where it's not allowed.

[Anonymous]

My sister didn't like the kids to have character clothing, I think she was concerned they would change their mind about liking it and not wear them before she got full use out of it. My DD is always in characters clothes, but I'm a big nerd and often wear character clothing myself. Once I (unintentionally) found myself with a Captain marvel purse, shirt, and mask all at once.

[Anonymous]

I don't like words, characters, and am very selective about graphics of any kind of clothes meant to be worn out of the house. But DS' pajama collection is an assault to my eyeballs that he thoroughly enjoys nightly.

[Anonymous]

It would be hypocritical of me not to allow it. My favorite t-shirt in 1983 had a picture of Princess Leia from Return of the Jedi on it. I wore it to pieces.

[Anonymous]

I hold off until they specifically ask for it. I don't really like them, but enjoy my daughter's smile zipping through the house on a rescue mission in her Paw Patrol dress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, of course. Only someone who is deeply insecure would deny their child the harmless joy of a Paw Patrol shirt because they are scared other people will think they are "low class."

This. Let your kid have a say about things like this that truly don't matter.

[Anonymous]

Yes, the kids love them and they get them dirty and wear them out.

I'm not usually sending them to school in the shirts, but they are fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sister didn't like the kids to have character clothing, I think she was concerned they would change their mind about liking it and not wear them before she got full use out of it. My DD is always in characters clothes, but I'm a big nerd and often wear character clothing myself. Once I (unintentionally) found myself with a Captain marvel purse, shirt, and mask all at once.

You are awesome pp.

[Anonymous]

Op, the fact that you have worried about this question and asked about it means (i) you are in fact low class and (ii) everyone already knows it. Might as well lean in.