I’ve been criticised in the past for saying that I let my children choose their own clothes and I’m curious to see if I’m the only one who does that because I genuinely can’t understand why someone would make their children wear clothes that they don’t feel happy in.
Miss Frugal is 11 and she has very individual taste in clothes – she has one pair of skinny jeans and one pair of track suit bottoms in her wardrobe which are rarely worn but everything else is less mainstream for an 11 year old. In the Summer, she spent most of her time in maxi dresses and shortsuits and now it’s winter she’s all about trousers, vest tops and fitted jackets or dresses with leggings on under them and one of her pairs of Converse.
Even her school uniform has been slightly modified to be more individual as she wears a skater style school skirt with a pair of leggings underneath. She’s tried to get away with wearing her Converse to school but I’ve put my foot down there as I always will when I think something is inappropriate.
You should have seen the top she came downstairs wearing the other week! It was a Summer top that’s now slightly too small on her so it looked like a crop top – Mr Frugal took one look at her and told her that she wasn’t allowed out of the house wearing it! Something I’m sure we’re going to be saying lots more in the next few years 😉
Don’t get me wrong though, she isn’t vain and she certainly isn’t all about her clothes but she does know the clothes that she likes and doesn’t like and they allow her to express her personality so why would I not allow that?
She’s really good at putting outfits together and likes to shop at places that not many of her friends go to – eBay is her favourite at the minute which I don’t mind at all as we’ve found some brilliant bargains on there recently.
I would never buy something for her to wear unless she was with me – I’ve made that mistake before and she hated what I’d bought and wouldn’t wear it. Yes, I could have made her wear it but I wouldn’t do that.
Would you?
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I used to be a bit of a control freak about what Sausage wore but I've been trying to give her a lot more free reign recently and she seems to really appreciate the freedom. I think, as she gets older, it will be even more important for me to let her have control over her own appearance, to allow her personality to flourish.
My son is 4 and I do buy all his clothes for him without any inout 🙂 But, he does choose which of those clothes he wears each day and dresses himself. We went through a 'only wearing superhero t-shirt' stage but thankfully have now nipped that in the bud
I'm still in the "my kids are too young to care" camp, although my eldest at four years old, now insists on having to wear odd socks and his pants on inside out. O.O
Ha, I pretend that I choose the clothes.. but it is the kids really!
i think you are a great Mum for allowing her to choose what she wants to wear – wish my mum had let me when i was the same age x
She looks great and I agree that she has a good eye for putting things together. Having had three boys, having a girl to dress has been a real shock, but A may only be three but she certainly knows what she will and won't wear already!
I buy Kittys clothes – but I don;t know how long I'll get away with doing that – and she insists of matching them together in crazy ways – which I leave her to!
I have twins, I have got into the habit of choosing everything for them – I Can't Wait for them to take the initiative to start dressing themselves! Bring it on!
My little one is little but he already has strong opinions on what he wears. I don't always let him choose what I buy but when he gets dressed I offer him two options so he gets to feel involved in the decision-making. I think it is important to allow your children an element of choice, where possible, as you are trying to help them become strong and independently-minded.
My boys are still too young to care. Except for shoes, mu eldest likes to choose his shoes. I think you have the right attitude to be honest. As long as the clothes are age/occasion (e.g. school) appropriate then let kids wear what they want. It’s a goodway to teach them about budgets too when they start talking about the “must have” fashion.