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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She's 8? How big of a power struggle would it cause for you to just say, OK for normal everyday clothes you can pick pretty much anything you feel comfortable in but for formal events people just have to suck it up and wear what's appropriate. Pick between one of these 3. Then show her a few of the tops you said she "wouldn't" wear. Formal outfits aren't exactly a choice in our home, so that's what I would lean towards doing.[/quote]

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Since when has it become politically correct to let a child pick out their formal wear?  Back in the 80's, I would have picked what Madonna wore to the VMA's if given free range.  Should my parents have let me done that?  My oldest DD hates dresses - hates them.  But I certainly wasn't going to let her wear jeans to her uncles wedding.  We found a simple black dress and ballet flats to compromise on.  We tried a few black dress pants and tops but she realized the dress was actually much more comfortable.   Do you think my son wanted to wear a suit?  No.  He begged for khakis and a shirt but it was a formal wedding so suit and tie it is.

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What does "political correctness" have to do with this?

What I was actually going to say is that an 8-year-old's clothing at a wedding is not the hill I want to die on. Tell the child what people will be wearing; offer some choices; if she doesn't want them, she can go in what she wants to go in and be inappropriately dressed. There are many, many, many worse things in the world than an 8-year-old dressed inappropriately for a wedding.[/quote]

I personally wouldn't allow inappropriately dressed because I feel it is disrespectful and we don't allow disrespect. So we would try to find something my kid didn't mind wearing that I considered appropriate and appropriately priced, but if we couldn't find anything on time I would give a few options and insist she pick one.[/quote]

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