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[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. [/quote] This is just amazing. Some of you are on such a control-freak and power trip with your children. I grew up with kids who had parents like you. Most of them are either in therapy or chose to move far away from their parents and don't visit with them. At a certain point, your children will rebel not from the clothing that you forced on them or the expectations you taught them, but from the control-freak parent that you are. You are the type of parent that children are dying to get away from. Children want to have some control in their lives and want to be able to have some self-expression. When you saddle your child with so many expectations and such rigid control, you are molding them into miniature versions of yourself and not letting them be themselves. You're stifling your children. When they finally get away from you, they will not want to get back under that iron thumb of yours. You may be the type of parent that your adult children will not want to visit. Hopefully that won't happen to you, but I've seen it happen many times to parents just like you.[/quote]
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