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Anonymous wrote:I have an 11 year old that cannot wear GAP kids XXL clothes because they are too small and XS, size 2 women's clothes are too big for her. GAP clothes run small. Old Navy run big. She is 5 ft tall and under 100 pounds. She is not a skinny kid, but she is not fat.

What makes me crazy about this thread is comparing it to the thread over in diet and exercise forum excoriating WW for creating an app to help kids as young at 8 learn how to eat healthy using an app and rules.

Parents cannot win. If their child is overwieght (and I am not opining on OP's child) they are at fault and should do something but that something better not be teaching your child how to eat healthy as that will give them lifelong weight problems.

What? Are you trying hand me downs that have shrunk a lot for the kids clothes? That I'd believe. But I am 5'6" / 120 and can fit into GAP kids XXLs... but not women's size 2 (at least not comfortably; I can physically get into a 2 typically).

Yeah, Gap runs big, and the first post makes no sense. I have an 11yo who is also 5 feet tall. She weighs ~90 pounds and still wears a size L in Gap Kids. An XL would drown her, as would an XXL. Even if she gained 10 pounds. She is an XXS/XS or a 00 in women’s sizes. There is no way a Gap Kids XXL is too small and a 2 is too big.

I will never understand why women are so mean to each other and to children. I wish people would wake up and see how absolutely damaging their mindsets are.

Anonymous wrote:Good lord people. A girl in my daughter's 3rd grade class last year is about 5ft. 5, with a size 9.5 foot. She is not overweight in the least but has been handing down her 12-14 size clothing to DD.

Stop trying to label this kid and just help her mom buy some clothes.

Just FYI, 60 inches is 99.9 percentile.

Anonymous wrote:My 6 foot 4 inch 175 pound 18 year old son accidentally put on his younger brother's gym type shorts the other day because they have shorts that look so similar. Yes, by the end of the day, before figuring it out, he was complaining that they were a little snug, but they fit him! They were a size child XXL. There can't be that much difference in brands that an 8 year old wouldn't be able to fit into these shorts. I don't understand how it can be. Maybe the shorts were washed and shrunk a lot or something?

Sorry this is absolutely BS. I have a 15yo who is 6'3" as well as a 10yo sono who wears size kids L or XL. There is ZERO chance of mistaking a kids' XXL for clothes that a tall adult man could wear and there is ZERO chance that a 6'4" man walked around all day in kids' clothing. You're literally making something up to shame a stranger on the internet.

This thread is so sad and such a sad reflection on society. I had an eating disorder for 15 years because of the mentality all over this post.

This mom asked for suggestions on clothes. But most of the comments are about being "normal" or fat or whatever. I seriously hope none of you talk like that around your kids. The obsession with weight and image on this forum is sickening.

My 6 foot 4 inch 175 pound 18 year old son accidentally put on his younger brother's gym type shorts the other day because they have shorts that look so similar. Yes, by the end of the day, before figuring it out, he was complaining that they were a little snug, but they fit him! They were a size child XXL. There can't be that much difference in brands that an 8 year old wouldn't be able to fit into these shorts. I don't understand how it can be. Maybe the shorts were washed and shrunk a lot or something?

The clothing sizes for kids, juniors and adults are not standard from store to store, line to line. Even at one store you can different brands with very different cuts.

OP you need to try different stores, ordering online, trying juniors clothes, etc.
I had the hardest time when ds (who is big and tall - always over 99% percentile) was
a tween and too big for the regular sizes and way too thin for husky sizes. His body shape just did not fit the way that clothes were cut.
He is now 14 and I buy men's large for him. He is very thin and a bit taller than I am. He can fit his men's medium t-shirts still, but I just go ahead and buy large because they fit fine and he is growing so fast. He will most likely be taller than dh who used to be 6'1

The in between sizes (between kids and adults) are really, really hard, and it is hard to find things that fit correctly because their bodies are too big for kid stuff but adult stuff is cut wrong for them.

When I found something that worked, I bought multiples and built the wardrobe around those.

Good luck.

Anonymous wrote:I have an 11 year old that cannot wear GAP kids XXL clothes because they are too small and XS, size 2 women's clothes are too big for her. GAP clothes run small. Old Navy run big. She is 5 ft tall and under 100 pounds. She is not a skinny kid, but she is not fat.

What makes me crazy about this thread is comparing it to the thread over in diet and exercise forum excoriating WW for creating an app to help kids as young at 8 learn how to eat healthy using an app and rules.

Parents cannot win. If their child is overwieght (and I am not opining on OP's child) they are at fault and should do something but that something better not be teaching your child how to eat healthy as that will give them lifelong weight problems.

What? Are you trying hand me downs that have shrunk a lot for the kids clothes? That I'd believe. But I am 5'6" / 120 and can fit into GAP kids XXLs... but not women's size 2 (at least not comfortably; I can physically get into a 2 typically).

Anonymous wrote:Good lord people. A girl in my daughter's 3rd grade class last year is about 5ft. 5, with a size 9.5 foot. She is not overweight in the least but has been handing down her 12-14 size clothing to DD.

Stop trying to label this kid and just help her mom buy some clothes.

Yes, but a 12-14 is still able to fit in an XXL. A size 12 is an XL. Sizes 14-18 are equivalent to an XXL according to GAP. I can easily fit in a GAP XXL and I am a 5'6" 120 lb woman. The fact the OP mentioned (out of nowhere) that the girl is not overweight makes me lean towards this being a troll.

Anonymous wrote:I suppose you could cut off her feet to make her shorter. Lose a few pounds, too.

I think PP might like this solution.

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Anonymous wrote:Good lord people. A girl in my daughter's 3rd grade class last year is about 5ft. 5, with a size 9.5 foot. She is not overweight in the least but has been handing down her 12-14 size clothing to DD.

Stop trying to label this kid and just help her mom buy some clothes.

Just because one girl is like this I want make it normal or healthy.

It certainly is for tall girls or for girls who grow and develop early. You need help.

Nope. An 8 yo that cannot fit in children’s clothes isn’t normal, no matter what you say!

Riiiiight.

I have an 11 year old that cannot wear GAP kids XXL clothes because they are too small and XS, size 2 women's clothes are too big for her. GAP clothes run small. Old Navy run big. She is 5 ft tall and under 100 pounds. She is not a skinny kid, but she is not fat.

What makes me crazy about this thread is comparing it to the thread over in diet and exercise forum excoriating WW for creating an app to help kids as young at 8 learn how to eat healthy using an app and rules.

Parents cannot win. If their child is overwieght (and I am not opining on OP's child) they are at fault and should do something but that something better not be teaching your child how to eat healthy as that will give them lifelong weight problems.

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Anonymous wrote:Please stop. I was the size of a "grown woman" at 9. You do know "grown women" come in different sizes, right? I'm now 6 feet tall as a "grown woman" and was 5'10' by the time I was 12. Now I understand why all these older women were so mean to me when I was younger, so many people hate taller bigger women, sigh. Please lay off OP, she just wants to know where to buy clothes!

I would buy her women's and juniors sizes at Old Navy, Target, Kohl's, etc... Just have to be selective about styles so she won't read as much older, but they all have standard t-shirts, pants, shorts.

How old are your kids?

Already out of high school. It will be hard to find "trendy" kid stuff in the women's or juniors department, but it's that or sewing it yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:Good lord people. A girl in my daughter's 3rd grade class last year is about 5ft. 5, with a size 9.5 foot. She is not overweight in the least but has been handing down her 12-14 size clothing to DD.

Stop trying to label this kid and just help her mom buy some clothes.

Just because one girl is like this I want make it normal or healthy.

It certainly is for tall girls or for girls who grow and develop early. You need help.

Nope. An 8 yo that cannot fit in children’s clothes isn’t normal, no matter what you say!

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Anonymous wrote:Gap's website says size XXL fits kids 94-115 lbs. For an 8 year old, that's off the charts as is the classmate of a PP's daughter.

If the height is "off the charts" as well, I'm not sure what you want these tall girls to do -- binge/purge until the numbers are acceptable to you?

PP wrote about a 5'5" 3rd grader. You were complaining about 94-115 lb range. If this child were 100 lbs at that height, her BMI would be underweight at 16.6.

Well, remember, the XXLs don't fit the 8 year old. So you have to put in a weight of over 115.

Information Entered

Age (at measurement): 8 years

Sex: girl

Height: 66 inches

Weight: 116 pounds
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Based on the height and weight entered, the BMI is 18.7, placing the BMI-for-age at the 88th percentile for girls aged 8 years. This child is overweight.