Age appropriate girls clothes (and blazing rows!)

Rachie_B

i am sooooo glad we have 2 boys!

seeing the girls at the local junior school and what they wear on a daily basis ! ( chubby girls in denim hot pants,f@ck me boots ,little tops etc ?!!) why on why would a parent allow it ?!!!

you can look "trendy" at that age without being [EMAIL="t@rty"]t@rty[/EMAIL] etc

I was / am a young mum ( had my eldest son @ just 17) and when he had his end of junior school disco i was soooo shocked to see the girls,who at age 11 looked more like 18! scary

so i am not an old fuddy duddy lol ,but i just thiknk there is no need for it

thongs and "bras" made for 5 yr olds etc whats that all about?!

gremlin

well done to the sane mothers :T

I've got two boys too and am grateful for that when it comes to clothes. When I look at young girls its frightening. What parent in their right mind would dress their daughter in the 'hooker look'.

girls do look much older now (god that makes me sound ancient) and some of the girls in my DS1's class when he was in year 7 were regularly going clubbing - in year 7 :eek: !!!!!!?

misty_blue_2

oh the joys of having girls
i went through this years ago with mine,at the time we lived in a very rough inner city, and their friends dressed like working girls at times, my girls knew in no uncertain terms they dressed appropriately like it or not,my rule was when they left home and earned their own money then they had a say, they screamed and shouted, they got grounded, but i never let up or give in, now many years later they have thanked me many times for being mum and making them do as they were told, and to this day they know the rules and i must say i have never had to pull them up over there dress codes
your daughter will thank you one day for laying rules and caring like you do, you should be proud of the way you are bringing her up

Milford_Cubicle

I have a 7 year old (nearly 7 and a half, the half is important you know!) and fortunately she isn't showing any interest in wanting to wear 'skimpy' clothes at the moment. She's quite content with dresses and leggings/t-shirts and trousers.
The only thing concerning me at the moment is that she may have the beginnings of breasts, which scares the absolute poo out of me! I'm kind of hoping it's just a little bit of puppy fat, I am keeping an exceptionally close eye on her to see if anything occurs. I didn't think I'd be buying starter bras at this age!

She's very tall for her age with size 2 feet and keeps growing (seems like daily...). I'm having to spend on cheap Asda school uniforms and Matalan clothes almost monthly at this rate to keep up with her growth spurts. I do give her the option of what she'd like to wear each day/what she'd like us (includes her grandparents) to buy but I do find I have to intervene sometimes as she seems to have forgotten that it's no longer summer and extra layers are required now! I am not going to allow her to choose clothes I believe are inappropriate because I pay for them (or her grandparents do but they have the same mindset I do, fortunately) and I don't want her looking 'cheap'. I do raise my eyebrows at what young kids are wearing these days and would like to issue a firm slapping to the manufacturers who make them and the parents who buy them!!!

Notsosharp

I know what the Other posters mean, its all gotten a bit too much when you can buy wellington boots with high heels on! I mean whats the point of them? And don't get me started on a certain make of doll, my Daughter is banned from owning them and anything to do with them.:mad:

I am quite lucky too, atm my little girl is showing no inclination and is quite happy in the dresses and stuff I pick up from charity shops but I dread the day she does start showing an interest, she is very very strong willed:eek:

I see t-shirts aimed at kids with stuff like "babe" emblazoned on them, makes my blood boil. Kids are being sexualised and made to grow up far far earlier than they are meant to and its going to cause all sorts of problems.

Baybee1984

Aw theres nice 'trendy' clothing out there for her age, without resorting to heeled boots, hotpants and 'clothes that make her look like a hooker' lol.

Maybe agree to take her into town for some new clothes, have a look around. Be open to her opinions [after all shes the one thats got to wear them ] and try shops you've never been in before, but also make the boundaries clear. Itll be nice for you to both go shopping together and get to know her tastes, and you'll prob find many things you both agree are suitable and both come home happy

milliebear00001

Well mine is only 5 and I make the most of her still not minding smocking and frills! If you want trendy but not chavvy, then try H&M's children's range which has some great stuff. Also, Vertbaudet has gorgeous stuff that's a bit different. Zara is good too.

On the flipside, I remember hating what my mum bought for me too, but compromise is out there!

Lunar_Eclipse

I have found that girls clothes in cheaper shops are more prone to being tarty, whereas boys clothes tend just to be very samey. Woolworths is thus dreadful for this, along with Peacocks, Next & Primark. My girls' staples come from GAP, Fat Face, Boden & Monsoon if that helps. M&S have some nice trendy items which are more hippy/boho than tarty and thus age appropriate IMO. But I lean more towards arty boho than sexy tarty myself; and this plays a key role too, along with peer group. Mothers who wear skimpy tops massively flaunting their cleavages need to be aware that daughters will naturally want to follow suit. One of my daughter's friend's mother dresses like a hooker herself sometimes.

I don't have an issue with a small heel on boots, not that my girls have had them. But skimpy clothes particularly on chubby young girls are so unflattering.

Mrs_Weasley

PHEW! thought i was on my own not wanting DD to wear skimpy clothes when shes older!!! My brother eally shocked me last year, he sent me some hand me downs of his daughters and i threw half of them away they were soooooooo tarty, and really didn't think he would dress his daughter in clothes like that! Personally i would rather my DD came home with her nose/eyebrow and dressed from head to toe in black than wear some of the stuff young girls are wearing these days!!!!! (and yes a few people have been shocked when i've told them that!!)

bathgatebuyer

I'm 32 and wore heels once in my life and never again. Frightening how sexualised young girls are. Give me a pair of Campers or Converse anyday. We're soon getting to the stage where childhood stops when the kids reach five.