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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The parents are too self-involved and “busy” to care what their kids look like.  [/quote]

This. There are 2 categories of this and one annoys me and one doesn't.

1.) The parents and the kids EQUALLY aren't into appearances.  These types are usually "earthy", maybe professors kids, maybe super religious but in general the whole family doesn't care about clothes, haircuts, hairstyles, being trendy or put together.  Lots of times the kids share clothes regardless of gender or condition of clothes.  The girls hair always looks terrible.  The boys pants have holes. BUT they are well taken care of in the areas of education, hygiene, and general well being.

2.) The parents CLEARLY are obsessed with their own appearance and just could care less about the kids. The kids run around all day doing whatever the it shows. They forget to keep things like socks and new undies supplied and forget to go seasonally shoe shopping for the kids but have vast and expensive clothing and shoe collections themselves.  These types really piss me off. [/quote]

We are in category 1.  
I actually tried to buy a bunch of expensive clothes after they were recommended on DCUM.  I don’t think I take care of them properly or something, because my kids still looked like a mess.  Now, I dress them all mostly in underarmour (even my girls).  The first Sunday of every month, I take them for haircuts, buy new bows for my daughters and hair wax for the boys, then go to the mall and pick out 3-4 new outfits.  Their appearance has dramatically improved.  [/quote]

Haircuts and 3-4 new outfits per person per month? Wow. I'm definitely in category one by that measure. Haircuts when starting to look shaggy (anywhere from 4-10 weeks depending on cut) and enough clothes to make it through a typical week in matching, seasonally appropriate outfits.

I used to wonder about kids who looked messy when my kid was 1 and not able to do as much. Now he is almost 4, has strong opinions about clothes (no buttons on anything ever), and pretty good at getting mussed up shortly after being dressed.[/quote]

Yeah.  I don’t know.  I am aware that people are able to get their kids looking out together with much less effort, but I just can’t seem to manage it.  They actually still don’t look great.  They just look like all of the other kids now instead of the messiest ones.   [/quote]

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