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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love him and buy him nice stylish teen boy clothes (things I notice his friends are into). He goes to a great school. His friends are stylish in that carefree cool preppy way. He persistently reaches for the worst items. When I take him shopping he has truly awful taste. He was just showing my pictures from last night and he looks like the oddball in a group of clean cut handsome boys. [b]Is awful taste in clothes and poor personal style related to genetics?[/b] Full disclosure: His bio father is a deadbeat bum with appearance to match. But bio dad hasn't really been in the picture for 10 years. It's hard for me to wrap my head around because I'm not sure if he doesn't know he has awful taste or he doesn't care? Executive function issue?[/quote]

I guess you need to define "awful?" Is it possible that you are buying him clothing to fit in, and he likes to stand out? Is he a plaid and stripes kid? Is he sloppy and unkempt? How does he behave otherwise? You said "friends"- so I assume he has genuine friends? How does he do in school and life in general?

Having terrible clothing taste could be symptomatic of a larger problem (e.g. inattention to basic hygiene would indicate an EF problem after a certain age), or a relational problem (you think he should look one way, he wants to look another), he's into other things and doesn't care what he wears, or he really likes those bold/flashy colors (fine, plenty of high functioning women dress a little bold for my taste).  [/quote]

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