Do you let your kids wear character shirts?

[Anonymous]

I just got my dd a pair of shirts with the Beatles on them-my mom was so excited LOL. I don't care if someone thinks it's tacky. I got them at Walmart believe it or not, is that extra tacky points?

[Anonymous]

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

I allow one character pajama per year though.

I too am a complete snob about kids clothes. I’m also incredibly cheap. So, while I had strict rules about logos and “word” on kids clothes, I also had no problem digging through bins at consignment sales for said clothes. I found a goldmine of Hanna Andersson stuff at Unique once. My daughter wore those $20 of clothes until they wore out.
I’m unapologetic about this. My best friend’s fourth grader wore a black tank dress with a high low hemline and wedge heeled boots to her brother’s bar mitzvah, she looked like a drunk sorority girl walking up the steps of the synagogue. I love her mom and I love that kid, and I know that she threw an incredible tantrum to wear that outfit, but that stuff doesn’t fly in my house.

No characters, no words (exceptions are colleges that my husband or I attended) or “cute” sayings (messy hair, don’t care!) and nothing black. Little kids wearing black is just hipster nonsense. No spaghetti straps tank tops worn as shirts.

Don’t bring Ferris into this, he had GREAT taste in clothes.

So, this afternoon, I saw a grey haired middle aged “mama” woman walking to pick up her kids from the school bus, the was barefoot, in pajama bottoms, without a bra and a some logo tee, and mister Rodgers cardigan. I can only assume that you are this woman. And I can only assume that your kid is the one who popped off the bus in a paw patrol tee shirt and biker shorts, with a cheapie character backpack from target.

Ferris would not approve of you. He had style, he had taste. You, went to pick up your kid from the bus stop barefoot and in your pajamas at 3:30 in the afternoon.

[Anonymous]

My kids are past this stage, but yes, not only did I "let" my kids wear them, i bought them for them. This stage lasts such a short time.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No,, I'm a snob about clothing. No characters, no logos across the chest.

I allow one character pajama per year though. [/quote]

I too am a complete snob about kids clothes. I’m also incredibly cheap. So, while I had strict rules about logos and “word” on kids clothes, I also had no problem digging through bins at consignment sales for said clothes. I found a goldmine of Hanna Andersson stuff at Unique once. My daughter wore those $20 of clothes until they wore out.
I’m unapologetic about this. My best friend’s fourth grader wore a black tank dress with a high low hemline and wedge heeled boots to her brother’s bar mitzvah, she looked like a drunk sorority girl walking up the steps of the synagogue. I love her mom and I love that kid, and I know that she threw an incredible tantrum to wear that outfit, but that stuff doesn’t fly in my house.

No characters, no words (exceptions are colleges that my husband or I attended) or “cute” sayings (messy hair, don’t care!) and nothing black. Little kids wearing black is just hipster nonsense. No spaghetti straps tank tops worn as shirts. [/quote]

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Don’t bring Ferris into this, he had GREAT taste in clothes.

So, this afternoon, I saw a grey haired middle aged “mama” woman walking to pick up her kids from the school bus, the was barefoot, in pajama bottoms, without a bra and a some logo tee, and mister Rodgers cardigan. I can only assume that you are this woman. And I can only assume that your kid is the one who popped off the bus in a paw patrol tee shirt and biker shorts, with a cheapie character backpack from target.

Ferris would not approve of you. He had style, he had taste. You, went to pick up your kid from the bus stop barefoot and in your pajamas at 3:30 in the afternoon. [/quote]

If you dislike people like that so much, why do you live around them? Maybe you should stop being such a poor and move to a place that has better dressed people.

[Anonymous]

I will let my kids wear them if they are gifts but I won’t buy them because I don’t like them. When my kids have their own money they can buy what they want. Same reason I don’t buy character toys.

[Anonymous]

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

I allow one character pajama per year though.

I hope you hold yourself to the same standard. No fancy purses, cars, jewelry, dresses shoes for you!

I hold myself to the exact same standard - that I don't wear clothes or use accessories that splay their logo all over it. My sweatshirt doesn't say GAP across the chest. You won't know what brand my purse is unless you look inside to see the label.

[Anonymous]

There is a big daycare that constantly uses a park near us and it almost seems like character shirts are the required, or at leas de facto, uniform to attend to the daycare. Maybe it's just a different mindset between parents who choose daycare and other forms of childcare, but I certainly don't want my kid looking like that.

[Anonymous]

My 11 (almost 12) yo son mostly wears plain colored shirts now. But he still has a couple of his character shirts. He has an alien, a dinosaur, a sonic and a minecraft shirt that he still wears regularly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a big daycare that constantly uses a park near us and it almost seems like character shirts are the required, or at leas de facto, uniform to attend to the daycare. Maybe it's just a different mindset between parents who choose daycare and other forms of childcare, but I certainly don't want my kid looking like that.

Damn, this is some quality trolling. Well done!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

I allow one character pajama per year though.

I too am a complete snob about kids clothes. I’m also incredibly cheap. So, while I had strict rules about logos and “word” on kids clothes, I also had no problem digging through bins at consignment sales for said clothes. I found a goldmine of Hanna Andersson stuff at Unique once. My daughter wore those $20 of clothes until they wore out.
I’m unapologetic about this. My best friend’s fourth grader wore a black tank dress with a high low hemline and wedge heeled boots to her brother’s bar mitzvah, she looked like a drunk sorority girl walking up the steps of the synagogue. I love her mom and I love that kid, and I know that she threw an incredible tantrum to wear that outfit, but that stuff doesn’t fly in my house.

No characters, no words (exceptions are colleges that my husband or I attended) or “cute” sayings (messy hair, don’t care!) and nothing black. Little kids wearing black is just hipster nonsense. No spaghetti straps tank tops worn as shirts.

wait, no black? most of the wool long underwear comes in black and I love my 4 year old in a black wool turtleneck.

The college logo shirts bragging about wherever YOU went is way, way tackier than letting a 4yo wear a character that she loves, in my opinion.

It's not tacky, notice it's college she or her husband attended, it's narcissistic. PP and those who think like her are displaying narcisstic characteristics and some of them are likely narcissits.

[Anonymous]

What a weird thing to obsess over.
The only thing I draw the line at is sayings or characters that promote misogyny or other things inconsistent with our values. But a paw patrol or Lego shirt? Who has the mental energy to care about that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What a weird thing to obsess over.
The only thing I draw the line at is sayings or characters that promote misogyny or other things inconsistent with our values. But a paw patrol or Lego shirt? Who has the mental energy to care about that?

Oh, you’d be surprised at the amount of mental energy that insecure people have to waste on dumb stuff like this.

[Anonymous]

I like character shirt, but not shirt with words. I hate girl rules, I am right something like that. I am fine with I love pizza, video games if my child like it’s.

[Anonymous]

At home for playtime, yes. Rarely to school (as a treat/occasional thing), and almost never to go anywhere else unless it's a child-oriented outing. While they're still young is my chance to guide & influence their sense of style, so I'm not going to intentionally encourage habits I find tacky over a more classic fashion sense that I feel will serve them well in life overall, but neither do I want to be so restrictive that their clothing becomes an unnecessary major battle.

[Anonymous]

Wow, I am shocked at the amount of thought and conjecture some people engage in just to forbid a child a few minutes of unbridled joy while getting dressed.

I grew up in a "developing" (make that poor) country and ended up with a Harvard PhD.

Let me assure you that your four or five year old wearing any particular t-shirt will have no bearing on her or his future. Take some anti-anxiety pills and enjoy life. It's short as it is.