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Anonymous wrote:My kids clothes all got trashed in Kindergarten. I would not be sending a K boy in mini Boden or other expensive brands.

I agree. I teach those ages and the boys end up with grass/dirt/food stains on their clothes. I only sent my son in nice clothes on the first day of school and picture day. Why are parents against clothes with characters on them?

Because they're nuts.

Right and no judgment, but I would not allow my child to wear a Redskins t-shirt.

Mine is going into into 2nd and never asked for character shirts. During kindergarten and 1st he got very into the Redskins and athletic wear. We are not a football family but he picked it up at school. I have no problem with athletic clothes. Let them be comfortable! They are still so young.

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Anonymous wrote:Dress him however you want if he doesn't care...but, when he does start caring, hopefully you won't die on a hill trying to prevent him from wearing a minecraft shirt.

FWIW my son is 7 and we are in an affluent area and most of the boys wear atheletic tshirts and sweatpants...even on picture day.

OP here, and I totally won't. At this age, I'm not against it--I was just explaining how he dresses and why--essentially, I buy clothes with his input that I like and he happily selects his own clothes and dresses himself every day. I just haven't really offered the character stuff but nor has he asked.

Once he starts K he will start asking. As long as the shirt is not offensive, I would not make it a big issue. You also don't have to buy every character he asks for. You could treat him to a character shirt after he picks from what you want him to have to wear. If you are lucky your DS will still like and want to wear the things you also like.

What is wrong with th athletic stuff???

Huh. My kid wears character shirts because he loves them. Batman, Star Wars, Lego Movie. I drew the line at TMNT. I try to pick tasteful ones, if that's not an oxymoron.

But my kid is rough-and-tumble, sometimes going through 2 shirts a day. Last thing I want is for him to be wearing a button-down shirt running around the playground. He has the rest of his life to be wearing "business casual."

If he isn't expressing any specific interests in clothes - I wouldn't worry about it. There was Burberry to Tea/Boden to sports/athletic to characters in DS's k-class. Wouldn't put him a character shirt he didn't care about for sure - if he's wearing Batman, he should be interested in 'playing' super heros or talking about them - it's like an advertisement for attracting similar interest kids in a way.

Oh my gosh, my boys have a lot of character shirts. I had no idea some people wouldn't like them. Never crossed my mind. I should branch out for old navy!

depends on the kid and the mom. I'd suggest exposing him more to mini-clips of shows on you tube to be aware of the characters vs. worrying about clothes. my K age twins watched the minion trailer - they wouldn't 'get' the movie yet & one of them would freak over the suspense and/or scary parts. (They didn't want to watch frozen but they saw the clips of the songs on youtube and know the general story from a short book) This way they get some reference to what other kids are talking about (or even teachers) - and then they can decide if they like it or not. DS is character crazy and about 1/3 of his clothes are some sort of character - and other twin is more so-so about having any characters on clothes. There's a range of what kids wear in their class - some kids wearing sports stuff, some VERY dressed up (not just brands but highly fashion interested, etc).

If eel the same, but my son hit K and it suddenly became a topic at school. All the boys noticed each other's clothing and planned their shirts to coordinate (!). Suddenly my son felt left out.

I'm not going to make a big deal out if such a small thing. We compromise, he can pick a few character shirts but no characters on more permanent items like shoes, backpacks, etc. that way he's not covered head to toe in characters and I don't have to see them everyday!

Anonymous wrote:I am also not a fan of athletic clothing or character clothing.
We have a minion shirt, a captain america shirt and a ninja turtles shirt. That is it. Everything else is from Land's End.

On picture day a mother said something along the lines of "I see you also got your son to wear a button down shirt". It made me chuckle b/c my son wears a collard shirt about 4 days a week. Sometimes 5. He is going into first grade. I let him pick some of his own clothes but for the most part he doesn't care and will wear whatever I ask him to (typically I will give him 2 choices from his closet).
It is great but I know it will not last. I know the athletic wear only phase is creeping up on us.

So OP dress him in whatever he is comfortable in and keep him in Tea and Mini Boden as long as he is happy.

My son has not issues b/c he is wearing a polo and someone else is wearing a UA T-shirt.

"We"? Don't you mean "he"?

Or do you two have matching shirts?

Anonymous wrote:My son just finished K and was VERY specific about what clothes he wanted me to buy for him. It wasn't character stuff. It was athletic wear. Under Armor and Nike. He became friends with a group of boys who all dressed this way (probably because they all had older brothers who dressed this way) and refused to wear anything else.

My son too. We have. Few character shirts but before not care. He likes these and Adidas. I usually send the cheaper clothing to school. His art teacher somehow keeps the kids reasonably clean even with messy projects. None of his clothing was ruined at school. We have a range of cheap to ok.

My son just finished K and was VERY specific about what clothes he wanted me to buy for him. It wasn't character stuff. It was athletic wear. Under Armor and Nike. He became friends with a group of boys who all dressed this way (probably because they all had older brothers who dressed this way) and refused to wear anything else.

Anonymous wrote:Dress him however you want if he doesn't care...but, when he does start caring, hopefully you won't die on a hill trying to prevent him from wearing a minecraft shirt.

FWIW my son is 7 and we are in an affluent area and most of the boys wear atheletic tshirts and sweatpants...even on picture day.

I am LOL because I was going to post and say my son doesn't like to wear any characters on his shirts, never has, and has survived...but....I totally forgot about minecraft. He loves his minecraft shirts.

But, OP, my son doesn't know all the superheroes, doesn't really know characters well, and it did lead to some awkward moments. He asked for a star wars book in K, because he wanted to be able to know the characters. So we got him a book, and then he was fine. It's less about what they wear, and more about them not feeling awkward.

Anonymous wrote:Dress him however you want if he doesn't care...but, when he does start caring, hopefully you won't die on a hill trying to prevent him from wearing a minecraft shirt.

FWIW my son is 7 and we are in an affluent area and most of the boys wear atheletic tshirts and sweatpants...even on picture day.

OP here, and I totally won't. At this age, I'm not against it--I was just explaining how he dresses and why--essentially, I buy clothes with his input that I like and he happily selects his own clothes and dresses himself every day. I just haven't really offered the character stuff but nor has he asked.