Anonymous
Post 01/15/2013 20:34     Subject: ripped tights
Yikes! My dd is tight obsessed. Tights aren't some delicate and special clothing item. She can wear them to play because she is allowed to play always. Plus, for the amount of wear they get, they don't rip that much.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2013 18:30     Subject: ripped tights
No tights because I'm not spending the money to replace them. Dresses with tights aren't play clothes, plain and simple. Jeans/leggings/bare legs are play clothes. You don't play in dress clothing.

They can play all they want. I'm old enough to have HAD to wear dresses/tights to school. We had to keep them clean and changed into jeans to play in after school. Not a big deal.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2013 16:45     Subject: ripped tights
Jeez, some of you are really mean. NO tights because they get holes in them? As though your DD's are intentionally ripping the knees? You know kids bend knees, crawl on knees, hang from knees, and play, right? But they can't have tights unless they keep them pristine or until they can drive to buy tights themselves with their own earned money? Glad you're not my mom.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2013 12:35     Subject: ripped tights
Anonymous wrote:My DDs, ages 3 and 4, wears dresses and tights every day. I have tried to encourage leggings, but its not worth the fight.

A couple have holes but unless its really terrible, I dont care and still let them wear them. DD says she likes the hole bc sometimes her leg gets itchy.


That's cute!
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2013 10:18     Subject: ripped tights
Anonymous wrote:Stop buying tights, have her wear jeans.


You dont have to go this extreme. Try leggings - I find that these wear longer - maybe its because they are not as close to the skin.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2013 10:15     Subject: ripped tights
I toss them. No time or skills to mend.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2013 10:11     Subject: ripped tights
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My daughter preferred dresses. I couldn't afford to keep replacing tights: told her dresses weren't for playing and she had to wear pants. Lo and behold, problem solved! Did she pitch a fit? Of course. However, I have a back one, so that was that.....

If you don't like replacing tights, the kids wear leggings or pants. Simple.


OP here: i've never quite understood why parents feel the need to be so hard-lined in their approach - i feel this happens a lot on dcum - a parent asks a question, at least one follow up is a strict non-nonsense reply "don't let your kid play in the sand/go to swimming class/eat messy foods. problem solved" and then later, if a parent posts that they never let their kid eat messy food/play in the sandbox/touch mud, they get called out for being a helicopter. such a weird dynamic on here.

but seriously, i really think kids benefit from making small choices in their lives and from being a little independent. my daughter has a wide selection of clothes to chose from for school and play - and she may pick anything in any combination from those selections. i would never ban her from dresses to save myself $7 in tights.


I totally agree with you.


I do not agree. She can be independent when she is the one who will "bear" the "cost" or consequences of her actions. To wit; when she can drive to the store and buy new tights, and when she has the $$ to buy the new tights, then she can make her own decisions about this. In the time being, I am the one who will be doing this. I do not have time to do it. (See other threads on how to reduce the madness, make life easier for working moms, etc etc etc) So this is one thing we have streamlined and the parent (I) has made the decision: no tights. Leggings or pants. She can choose from those options and still be "independent."
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2013 10:08     Subject: ripped tights
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My daughter preferred dresses. I couldn't afford to keep replacing tights: told her dresses weren't for playing and she had to wear pants. Lo and behold, problem solved! Did she pitch a fit? Of course. However, I have a back one, so that was that.....

If you don't like replacing tights, the kids wear leggings or pants. Simple.


OP here: i've never quite understood why parents feel the need to be so hard-lined in their approach - i feel this happens a lot on dcum - a parent asks a question, at least one follow up is a strict non-nonsense reply "don't let your kid play in the sand/go to swimming class/eat messy foods. problem solved" and then later, if a parent posts that they never let their kid eat messy food/play in the sandbox/touch mud, they get called out for being a helicopter. such a weird dynamic on here.

but seriously, i really think kids benefit from making small choices in their lives and from being a little independent. my daughter has a wide selection of clothes to chose from for school and play - and she may pick anything in any combination from those selections. i would never ban her from dresses to save myself $7 in tights.


I totally agree with you.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2013 10:01     Subject: ripped tights
Anonymous wrote:My daughter preferred dresses. I couldn't afford to keep replacing tights: told her dresses weren't for playing and she had to wear pants. Lo and behold, problem solved! Did she pitch a fit? Of course. However, I have a back one, so that was that.....

If you don't like replacing tights, the kids wear leggings or pants. Simple.


OP here: i've never quite understood why parents feel the need to be so hard-lined in their approach - i feel this happens a lot on dcum - a parent asks a question, at least one follow up is a strict non-nonsense reply "don't let your kid play in the sand/go to swimming class/eat messy foods. problem solved" and then later, if a parent posts that they never let their kid eat messy food/play in the sandbox/touch mud, they get called out for being a helicopter. such a weird dynamic on here.

but seriously, i really think kids benefit from making small choices in their lives and from being a little independent. my daughter has a wide selection of clothes to chose from for school and play - and she may pick anything in any combination from those selections. i would never ban her from dresses to save myself $7 in tights.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2013 09:53     Subject: ripped tights
My daughter preferred dresses. I couldn't afford to keep replacing tights: told her dresses weren't for playing and she had to wear pants. Lo and behold, problem solved! Did she pitch a fit? Of course. However, I have a back one, so that was that.....

If you don't like replacing tights, the kids wear leggings or pants. Simple.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2013 09:49     Subject: ripped tights
Anonymous wrote:Another vote for the Hanna Andersson knit tights. Bought on sale they are reasonably priced and most have held up for more than two seasons in our house.


My daughters rip right through those too.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2013 09:39     Subject: ripped tights
My DDs, ages 3 and 4, wears dresses and tights every day. I have tried to encourage leggings, but its not worth the fight.

A couple have holes but unless its really terrible, I dont care and still let them wear them. DD says she likes the hole bc sometimes her leg gets itchy.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2013 09:39     Subject: ripped tights
Anonymous wrote:Another vote for the Hanna Andersson knit tights. Bought on sale they are reasonably priced and most have held up for more than two seasons in our house.



OP here: i actually just bought a pair for $8 on the half-yearly clearance sale. hope they last!
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2013 09:31     Subject: ripped tights
Another vote for the Hanna Andersson knit tights. Bought on sale they are reasonably priced and most have held up for more than two seasons in our house.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2013 09:20     Subject: ripped tights
OP here: i'm a FT wohm and i want a sewing machine, but i don't have time to really use it (my mom taught me simple sewing on a machine in high school)... i'm sure i could darn the tights decently well by hand, but i can see how it might make them feel uncomfortable or rip more easily - so off to the trash they went.

and my DD refuses to wear pants or jeans - she likes the comfort of a cotton dress and wooly tights - i can't say i blame her - it looks super cute and cozy. wish i could go out like that. and from what i've seen, almost all the girls in her class dress exactly the same.