There are a few ways of thinking about this. On one extreme, there is the Control Freak approach, where you have all of your child's clothes chosen ahead of time, and the kid has no say in the matter whatsoever. (Which, of course, can only cause the child to rebel hard, directly resulting in all manner of unsightly facial piercings, tattoos, and other unfortunate body modifications.)
Then, on the other end of the spectrum is the Anything Goes approach. This means allowing your child to wear the clothes that they want to wear, even if the outfit they pick out is hideously ugly, not sized properly, aggressively unfashionable, or not appropriate for the weather (like, for example, the long sleeve shirt Ben wanted to wear in the 98-degree heat yesterday.)
Linda and I try to find a balance between these two extremes, and the end result is generally tolerable to all parties involved.
As the picture below illustrates, we took the more lenient approach when Ben dressed himself for his preschool graduation ceremony.
(Yes, those are camouflage rain boots.)
1 comment:
I am waaaaaayyy more troubled by the little girls in heels on either side of Ben than by the camouflaged boots!
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