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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If this were the reverse, you'd never ask your son to wear his older sister's clothes.  As soon as she has an opinion, and assuming you can afford new clothes, go buy her some.[/quote]

False in our house. My DD, 8, hates girl shorts. She wants athletic shorts, whatever brand, but won’t wear the girl ones that are cut so short and mostly seem to come with pink stripes. Her typical outfit is a t shirt and athletic shorts in the spring/summer/early fall. I pass down all the shorts and many of the shirts to DS, 4. DD has also always chosen pjs from the boy section because again, the girl ones tend to have ballet slippers and crowns and say princess. She likes the space, dinosaur, crab, fish, whatever themes from the boy section. 4 year old is in a pair of orange pjs with blue crabs as I type that were once DD’s. Cleats, snowsuits, snow boots, I pass all that down to the little one. He was, in fact, delighted this past winter as the boots happened to have purple trim and purple is his favorite color. [/quote]

This is so weird. No wonder teenagers these days are confused. [/quote]

My daughter will be a confused teenager because she doesn’t like pink princess themed stuff and is uncomfortable wearing short shorts? Or because she prefers dinosaurs and space to ballet? Or my son will be confused because at 3 and 4 he really likes purple and wore black snow boots with purple trim the two times it snowed last winter? Or is it the passing down of t shirts? Because as far as I can tell, a Pokémon t shirt or a t shirt from their elementary school is pretty much the same regardless of whether you are a boy or a girl.[/quote]

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