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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is something to keep in mind, your kids are going to get older.  I taught my kids early about what was appropriate and what wasn't appropriate, tried pretty hard not to give in to tantrums over ugly character clothes and iron on Disney/videogame/tv show themed crap.

They are now in middle school and my daughter [b]happily turns her nose up at half the shill they sell in Forever 21.[/b]

Here's the message, and here is why I was a "snob" about clothes when they were young: it's fine to have a few fun pieces that make you happy, but don't build your entire wardrobe on messaged/logoed/branded trash. Buy nice things that last and won't fill up the landfill.  I'm happy your daughter chose a "save the earth" tee-shirt, but junk fashion is one of the reasons our planet is dying and humans are currently enslaved for their production.

Buy nice things that can be worn a long time.

Yes, I'm a kid's clothes snob.
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Lol. But not the other half?

It’s fine to have clothes that make your kid happy. I have little kids, and they’re very active, and they play outside constantly in grass and dirt and streams. Their clothes get messed up, stained, and quickly outgrown. I don’t want to invest in expensive clothes that “can be worn a long time”, because they will not be worn a long time. So if Target has a bunch of relatively good quality shirts that are $10 and they have a Batman symbol on them...who cares?

[b]My kids aren’t little dolls for me to accessorize in the exact way that I want because I’m anxious about what someone will think of me if they aren’t curated “just so”. [/b]They’re kids. They like what they like. And I think it’s unhealthy to prevent them from having at least some level of autonomy in how they dress.[/quote]

I never saw the point in "investing" in high-quality children's clothing.  My kid plays outside and gets dirty.  She draws and paints and does crafts and cooks and gets stains on her clothing.  (She also gets bloody noses once a month or so.)  I'm not going to buy high-end stuff to get mud and paint and bloodstains on.  It's not like I stock her drawers with the most garish TV character-embellished clothes I can find, but an inexpensive Wonder Woman or Snoopy shirt?  Not going to bother me.  If the older kids I know are any indication, this phase will pass soon enough, but in the meantime, why shouldn't her clothes be fun?  She likes colorful, happy, cheerful clothing, which, frankly, I think is delightful.

And my kid is not a doll or a status symbol.  [/quote]

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