My K son wants to wear leggings

[Anonymous]

I live in Colorado- literally 80% of the elementary and middle school kids wear “leggings” (under armor type they’re almost like a thin base layer of long underwear, often in camo print or the like) with athletic shorts and answeatshirt.

Everyone. My boys do too, it’s just normal.

[Anonymous]

Sorry- by “everyone” I just meant the boys- this particular style anyway w the shorts over.

[Anonymous]

OP: Didn't read thread. I have a really thin kid who ended up wearing his sister's leggings a lot because they were soft and didn't fall down. It's fine. His ankles often show, but its fine and he's in 3rd.

Primary is great. They have think, fleece lined cozy leggings that are a little loose and come in dark blue and black among other colors...dark grey. I got some different sizes for my DD and one was way too big. DS put them on and they don't really look like leggings. They are a little loose in the backside but my kids have really little backsides.

https://www.primary.com/shop/kids/leggings/the-fleece-legging?ref=nav_pdp_4&color=navy&size=2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If he's slim, then the Primary.com leggings might be good. My DD is very skinny and the leggings look a little more pant-like on her than other leggings that she has, and she says they are some of the most comfortable pants she owns (she won't wear what she calls "hard pants" like jeans). The material is also thicker, so they don't have that skin-tight look that a lot of girls leggings have.

My DS won't wear hard pants either. He's covered in eczema quite often.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A quarter of the boys in K-2nd wear slim fitting pajama pants to school. I think it’s just a trend in this area because nobody else has seen this when I’ve asked. It’s wildly popular at our school (along with mismatched socks for girls).

I don't think the socks are mismatched for fashion. I think sock matching is simply a waste of time that could be spent doing anything other than matching socks.

[Anonymous]

A simple answer if that a boy wants to wear leggings then why not ? In fact for leisure wear very skinny track pants are very fashionable right now and many of these are more like leggings than traditional track pants. If you are talking about leggings for sport there are actually really good reasons why you should encourage it. A cousin of mine has been coaching soccer to kids for a long time. In the belief that warmer muscles lead to fewer injuries the club for many years has always encouraged the boys to wear tights or leggings under their shorts during matches as well as in training. Year after year the boys at the club suffered fewer injuries than those at other clubs and as a result were able to play more, train more, stay fitter, provide more stability for their team. In recent years other several other clubs have started adopting this idea although I havent heard that any have made the wearing of tights/leggings compulsory yet. Perhaps that should be the next logical step? Some parents may question whether its necessary to spend 40 or 60 dollars on a pair of the new style compression leggings. They may look great but do they do the job better than the woolly tights or leggings that may cost 5 or 10 dollars ? My cousin tells me its too early to answer this although as they are almost certainly more hard wearing and more resistant to tearing when being kicked, that alone may go someway to justifying their extraordinary price tag. Interested to hear from other parents who have experience on this.

[Anonymous]

The children's place has legging like sweatpants, also could try sporting goods stores with winter wear. My friends 6'4" masculine as heck husband was soooooo happy to put on his first pair of leggings (for under snow gear) because of how soft they were. Like long underwear but outerwear appropriate and not too hot.

[Anonymous]

I didn't read the thread, but lots of specifically boys' leggings here: https://www.lillegsbaby.com Sizes up to 5T. Leggings on boys are very trendy in some circles.

[Anonymous]

My 7yo wears girls clothes all the time and has since he was teeny. When people say something about it he says “no, these aren’t girls clothes, they’re mine. My mom bought them for me.” (No I didn’t tell him to say that). I did tell him that people have ideas about what boys should wear and what girls should wear. He has a pair of bright pink and purple capris that he saves for home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A quarter of the boys in K-2nd wear slim fitting pajama pants to school. I think it’s just a trend in this area because nobody else has seen this when I’ve asked. It’s wildly popular at our school (along with mismatched socks for girls).

Same! Leggings for boys was more preK but by kinder/1st the boys switched to pajama slim fitting pants. By 2nd joggers were the most popular.

[Anonymous]

Kindergarteners are not going to care what your kid is wearing. Look at Primary.com for gender-neutral clothing. Their leggings are not skin tight. Their yoga pants are straight leg, so they look more like slacks than yoga pants and would be acceptable for a boy. They also sell ponte pants that might be comfortable him, and some joggers.

[Anonymous]

June and January is GREAT for leggings for all kids OP https://www.juneandjanuary.com/products/the-basic-pant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 7yo wears girls clothes all the time and has since he was teeny. When people say something about it he says “no, these aren’t girls clothes, they’re mine. My mom bought them for me.” (No I didn’t tell him to say that). I did tell him that people have ideas about what boys should wear and what girls should wear. He has a pair of bright pink and purple capris that he saves for home.

Maybe you didn't tell him to say it, but you taught him to like what he likes and if he likes it, it is a boy thing because he is a boy. I love how he phrased it.

[Anonymous]

Np and Im not a fan of leggings on little kids as how do they stand up towards active play? My 7yo boy would tear them up after a couple of wears. Do they make a boy version with reinforced knees?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Np and Im not a fan of leggings on little kids as how do they stand up towards active play? My 7yo boy would tear them up after a couple of wears. Do they make a boy version with reinforced knees?

It depends on the brand, but the leggings that people have mentioned are all very thick, some of them have reinforced knees. My kids tear leggings from Old Navy and Children's Place (I stopped buying them), but never the ones from Primary.com or the reinforced knee ones from Target.