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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter preferred dresses. I couldn't afford to keep replacing tights:  told her dresses weren't for playing and she had to wear pants. Lo and behold, problem solved!  Did she pitch a fit? Of course. However, I have a back one, so that was that.....

If you don't like replacing tights, the kids wear leggings or pants. Simple. [/quote]

OP here: i've never quite understood why parents feel the need to be so hard-lined in their approach - i feel this happens a lot on dcum - a parent asks a question, at least one follow up is a strict non-nonsense reply "don't let your kid play in the sand/go to swimming class/eat messy foods. problem solved" and then later, if a parent posts that they never let their kid eat messy food/play in the sandbox/touch mud, they get called out for being a helicopter. such a weird dynamic on here.

but seriously, i really think kids benefit from making small choices in their lives and from being a little independent. my daughter has a wide selection of clothes to chose from for school and play - and she may pick anything in any combination from those selections. i would never ban her from dresses to save myself $7 in tights. [/quote]

I totally agree with you.[/quote]

I do not agree.  She can be independent when she is the one who will "bear" the "cost" or consequences of her actions.  To wit;  when she can drive to the store and buy new tights, and when she has the $$ to buy the new tights, then she can make her own decisions about this.  In the time being, I am the one who will be doing this.  I do not have time to do it.  (See other threads on how to reduce the madness, make life easier for working moms, etc etc etc) So this is one thing we have streamlined and the parent (I) has made the decision: no tights.  Leggings or pants.  She can choose from those options and still be "independent."[/quote]

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