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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Although it is a ridiculous discussion if you keep in mind the child is 10 months old, it has to be noted that young girls rely on their mother's guidance on how to be a girl. It really doesn't hurt to teach your child to dress well from a relatively early age. It doesn't mean you have to force things or make her be what she doesn't want to be. Take it from someone who lacked that type of guidance--it messes up a woman's life in more ways than one.[/quote]

No it does not "mess up a woman's life" if she doesn't "dress well" - I have zero fashion sense and interest, but I still manage to be a competent professional, well-adjusted member of society, that can provide for myself and my family....[/quote]

I'm not talking about fashion. But you wouldn't know that.[/quote]

Then what the hell are you talking about?  If you dress your baby girl in pants sometimes she'll be messed up as an adult?  [/quote]

No, PP. She won't. Calm down. There is no point in responding if you don't care to read the message first.[/quote]

DP. I don't get it either. If PP's comment about dressing well doesn't mean fashion, but also doesn't mean dressing in pants, what does it mean?

Anyway, whatever. Many girls in the 70s and 80s wore their brothers' jeans. Most of them survived and turned out to be fine women. If you think clothes are going to give a kid a complex, focus on the ridiculously tight leggings and short shorts that are sold even in the toddler girls' section. I have a 4 year old boy and a 6 month old girl and I saved the boy's shorts and pants for this reason. I can't get jeggings on my baby, even if I wanted her to look like a fat stuffed sausage, but my son's old pants fit her just fine. Plain jeans plus a pretty top and she looks cute enough. The times people have mistaken her for a boy, she was wearing pink, so go figure.

Also, as long as we're talking personal anecdotes, my mom has zero sense of style and dressed us pretty horribly. A truly awful plaid vest comes to mind -- well past the era of plaid (1995 and I was 15). My sister and I both managed to turn into decently dressed, well-adjusted, successful, happy women, once we were allowed to choose our own clothes![/quote]

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