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Post by cnu5000 on Dec 8, 2011 7:07:21 GMT -5
I was just listening to all the expensive presents people feel they have to give their children for the holidays(i.e $100 dollar doll houses and expensive clothes so their children fit in).
While to an extentI can see why parents feel pressured(children get picked on if they don't have certain things), glad I don't have the expense.
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Post by preraph on Dec 9, 2011 20:56:29 GMT -5
I just can't believe how much parents spend on kids. They spend $300 on game systems and it's a new one every year. I just think it's insane. Expensive clothes for kids under 12 is certainly nothing but a waste of money. I guess everyone should have a special outfit for a couple of different occasions, but it just makes me cringe to see struggling people go spend $36 for an effin onesey or toddler outfit at the department store. They don't know anything at that age, jeez. And the ones who let their kids pick out everything themselves are creating someone with bad taste. You have to TEACH good taste to most people. You do that by saying, No you're not wearing that, it doesn't match; you're wearing this, it looks cute.
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Post by happy2bchildfree on Dec 10, 2011 1:21:13 GMT -5
And the ones who let their kids pick out everything themselves are creating someone with bad taste. You have to TEACH good taste to most people. You do that by saying, No you're not wearing that, it doesn't match; you're wearing this, it looks cute. I am forever grateful that my mother never forced her taste in clothing on me. Sure, she'd point it out if something didn't match or something, but I always pretty much picked out my own clothes. Bad taste or good taste is very much a subjective thing. One person's idea of style is another person's idea of bad taste. |
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Post by preraph on Dec 10, 2011 18:29:17 GMT -5
I'm talking blatant mismatched clashing clothes -- like most kids would wear without any guidance, plaids and polka dots together.
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Post by happy2bchildfree on Dec 10, 2011 19:49:01 GMT -5
Oh, OK. Yeah, I can see the need for that.
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Post by cnu5000 on Dec 13, 2011 7:03:40 GMT -5
Everyone here complains about the little girls that are dressed like sluts.
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Post by preraph on Dec 13, 2011 8:58:39 GMT -5
Yeah, I can understand wanting to dress like a tramp, but I wish these mothers would just dress like one themselves and go hang with the girls instead of projecting it onto their kids instead. It's sick.
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Post by happy2bchildfree on Dec 13, 2011 18:30:06 GMT -5
I can't say that I see many little girls dressed in clothing that is overly sexualized or age-inappropriate. I do see a few, but they are few and far between. I hear a lot of people complain about it, though. Whatever it is they're complaining about, I'm not seeing.
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Post by preraph on Dec 13, 2011 18:47:06 GMT -5
I agree. I see it mostly on tv. You know, unlike many people, skimpy clothes don't bother me much on teenagers. I mean, yes, if it's too low cut, that does, but short skirts never bother me because the very conservative generation of early sixties I was in junior high and then late sixties in high school, we ALL wore minidresses shorter than anyone much wears them today, and we didn't wear tights with them either. I don't see anything wrong with showing leg. My feeling is teen years are about the only time you can show off your body, so go for it.
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Post by cnu5000 on Dec 15, 2011 16:40:21 GMT -5
I was of a slightly later generation and we all wore pants. It doesn't bother me on teenagers-I feel they are old enough to know when they are being suggestive. On children it does.
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Post by preraph on Dec 15, 2011 23:16:00 GMT -5
Yes, right, because on children, one knows it is the parent who is foisting it on them, which is sick.
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