It's only a matter of time before my daughter stops wanting to be seen with us. I can see it coming. 
My first-grader has always wanted to wear things belonging to the Big Kids, or things that look just like the Big Kids' clothes. (Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, after all). When he was four, he wanted to wear his big brother's track jersey. I couldn't let him wear that to play in, since it was needed for sports, so I dug up his sister's old basketball jersey--the one from two seasons before where the numbers were already starting to peel off--and popped it over his sweatshirt. He was thrilled. He wore it everywhere, even to the supermarket. Of course, I didn't let him wear it to church, or where nicer-dress clothes were required--but for our regular errands, I didn't see the harm in it.
Then, a couple of weeks after I first gave him the jersey to wear, I was getting ready to take the kids to one of those "upscale" supermarkets. How upscale? When it opened in the winter, I was practically the only shopper who didn't have a fur coat. I go there weekly to get their fantastic produce and take advantage of their low price on milk. Anyway, the little guy ran to get his jersey, so I helped him put it on.
My daughter was horrified. "Mom, you're not going to let him go to the store in that!"
Do you think that was why she kept volunteering to go get some other item from some other aisle, for me? It was an extraordinary level of helpfulness, for sure.
Clearly she doesn't remember the time she went to the supermarket wearing a bathing suit, ballerina tutu skirt, party hat and magic wand, with snow boots on her feet. (No, I didn't get a picture. Wish I had, though!)
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3 Responses to “Fashion Sense”
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wow very nice article! well kids will be kids..no doubt about that!
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