Tween dress
(The Baltimore Sun)
Liz Atwood discusses proper school attire in this week's Tween Tuesday:
The first day of school, my fourth grader was up early and ready to go. I had gone to the gym to exercise and when I came back, I found out he had picked out his clothes for the day—a T-shirt two sizes too small and a pair of red shorts he had worn most of the summer.
I immediately vetoed his selection. I stressed the importance of “dressing for success” and explained the difference between play clothes, church clothes and work clothes. School was his work and he needed to dress like it.
He resisted at first, arguing that he wasn't going to look like a geek. But I guess he saw I wasn’t going to give in on this one and he agreed to change.
I know that mothers of girls sometimes worry that their daughters are dressing too provocatively. As a mother of boys, I might not have to worry about that, but boys also need to recognize what is appropriate and inappropriate dress.
How is the school year going so far in your house? Have you had to override any of your tween's sartorial decisions?
Comments
I try to buy my daughter clothes that are comfy and look proper. I try to listen to her within reasonable boundaries, but I have certain rules: not tight, too short or too sparkly and shimmery. Usually we are ok, but now that she is growing up she is becoming more and more concerned about the "coolness" factor (especially if somebody at school makes a derogatory comment about a certain item) and things she used to wear are now not in use anymore. It's hard, because they are quite fragile in these formative years and their confidence can be shaken very easely.
Posted by: Barbe | September 2, 2010 1:00 PM