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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Finally, a sliver of good news for those of us who can't afford to live in these neighborhoods.

Although even in my middle class Loudoun suburb, the pressure is still on to have the latest iphone/Stanley/lululemon/Nike shoe/whatever. It is intense and I hate what its done to my kids. [/quote]
I think that kind of thing is only important if your kid wants to be in the popular crowd.

My 15 DD yr old DD doesn't have the latest whatever (what is a Stanley?), and she's still a pretty happy kid, very involved with her interests.

The popular kids here are into all that name brand stuff. I had a talk with DD very early on about the rabbit hole of going down the name brand chasing.[/quote]

My kid at McLean doesn’t care about brand names at all. She does like to go thrift store shopping with friends.[/quote]
ok, but is she in the popular crowd who likes to shop at lululemon?

My kid also likes to shop at consignment stores, but she's not in the popular crowd and doesn't want to be. She said they are kind of mean.[/quote]

DP here and my kid is definitely not in the popular crowd (and she says they are mean too) but she still wants to dress like the majority of the girls dress, which is this type of look. And even most of the not popular kids still know what lululemon is. Unless you are part of the group TRYING to be different (which is totally fine, but not what my DD wants) this is how a lot of kids are dressing.[/quote]

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