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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s good for him to learn how to identify what he needs, source and buy his own clothes at this point. Don’t do it for him. Think of all the useless husbands complained about on this website. Have him do it himself. [/quote]

There’s a difference between helping and “doing it for him.”  Some kids are interested in clothes and would be happy to be given a credit card and sent shopping and some are not. My rising Junior is finally expressing some opinions about clothes (hooray!) but, as a freshman,  after 13 years of wearing school uniforms, he had zero idea about what kinds of clothes he’d want or need for college (and didn’t care). I had to almost physically drag him to stores. He will shop himself now, but it took some work to get there. Even so, some parental guidance was required when shopping for dress clothes for his summer internship. Very few kids would know what’s appropriate and why wouldn’t we share that knowledge with him when first impressions are so important in the job world?[/quote]

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