Worlds pickiest kid

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Marjorie, I do have a daughter, and yes, she is more fashion conscious
than my sons - but I regard at least some of that as "teachable
moments" where we can discuss values - like, is your self worth
dependent on the value of your clothing? Do real friends shun you
because of labels? Is someone really worth knowing going to bully you
because of your pants or your shoes?


Was I the only one who got the post about the daughter
being uncomfortable in other clothing -- that is, it's
a comfort thing for her to want the...hmm.. was it Juicy
Couture? -- clothes and that Marjorie is looking for
other possibilities? How did this morph into Marjorie
only shopping for designer labels?

The BH and her sister like yoga pants from Lands End.
You might try there -- I'm not sure if they have kids
sizes. DD used to wear only LE 'cause the BH worked
there and the employee discount is to die for. But
alas DD's tastes are veering away from LE

I'm not sure where the prostitute comment came from - not me. I didn't
assume anything about specific styles.

Your comment "I'm SOOO not into allowing my DD (or DS for that matter)
to become a
geek outcast because I'm too cheap to buy what the other kids are
wearing." I suspect this is more about you than them. Your 12 year old
daughter has a clothing allowance several times what I have to spend
per child (unless I'm reading it wrong, its $1500 US per year for
routine stuff - and party clothes on top of that - right?). Phew.

This is probably a very YMMV thing. I'm sure you spend
$$ on things that Marjorie would say Phew about. I
wear clothes 'til they fall apart on me. DD is a real
clothes horse and spends ridiculous amounts of money
(read: $0) on cheap clothes. It drives me crazy.
But it's not worth fighting over. She's a great kid
and if this is all I ever have to worry about... Plus
she grows out of anything in about 2 months at this point.
Might as well grow out of cheap stuff


Scott DD almost 12 and DS 9