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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whenever I see a consistently well dressed elementary school aged child I think that that he/she must have a mother with misplaced priorities who is squashing their kid's creativity and independence.

I really think it is better if kids choose their own clothes each morning no matter how wacky.  It really doesn't matter what they wear and it is a good area to let them have some control over their lives.[/quote]

So sanctimonious! There's a happy medium, you know - it's not either/or. You don't have to let your kid look like a mess OR be a narcissistic control freak.

So for example...I pick my toddler's clothes. I also let her choose the dress of the day. Or if it's separates day, I choose the bottom and let her pick which top (prescreened by me for basic coordination). She's happy because she got to choose, I'm happy because she basically matches, and we had fun dressing her together. Otherwise she'd be walking out the door in her favorite bathing suit, last fall's Halloween costume, her baby brother's bib plus a tutu, or my shoes and my husband's visor and nothing else. Super cute, but...! [/quote]

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