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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's OK to like/want popular things. It is developmentally appropriate. It is also OK to not care about what's popular. Thinking you (or your kid or their "affluent Bethesda peers" :eyeroll:) are better/cooler/etc. due to not liking popular things is where the "I'm Not Like Other Girls" mantra comes from.

Some people just think it's cool and edgy to hate on mainstream, trendy things. The more popular it is, the trendier it is to hate. That's unfortunate.[/quote]

Middle school especially is a time when fitting in is a matter of survival. If your kid wants a certain shoe to fit in, and you can afford it, it is literally not a problem to do that for them. I still remember being so mad my mom would not just buy me a pair of Nikes. All I wanted was one name brand thing to fit in. They were affordable. She just wouldn’t do it. I have one middle school kid who is very much a quirky march to the beat of her own drum kid. She wears stuff that probably does get her made fun of but she doesn’t care. She doesn’t want name brand or trendy stuff so I don’t push it. But if she asked for it, I would get it for her. Don’t make their lives harder than they have to be to prove a point; individuality and personal style comes later. Conformity is what’s safe at this age. At the same time, don’t shove trendy stuff on them in some attempt to make them popular.[/quote]

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