My 8 year old daughter is not a miniature teen and I don’t want to dress her as one. I don’t even think I want her to dress like a teen when she becomes a teen! She is not trying to impress the boys in her class. She likes to look cute, but not in *that* way. She wants pretty clothes that are durable enough for the playground. She would like an outfit that is stylish yet allows for spontaneous cartwheels. Low-rise jeans do not fit this bill.
I was a 3rd grader in 1973. My teenage cousins wore hip-hugging bell bottom jeans which I would have loved to have worn if they were available in my size. (Lucky for Mom they were not. She did not have to have deal with the frustration of looking for age appropriate clothing and Lordy! What would she have said if she knew my cousins wore no underwear under those skin-tight pants?!) When I got dressed in the morning I did not worry that my panties would be higher on my hips than the waist line of my Toughskin jeans. No one would see that I was wearing ”Tuesday” underwear on Friday. When I sat on the floor in class, my pants did not slide down my hips to expose my entire backside.
I would like to take my daughter shopping and have it be a pleasant experience. I would like to outfit her in modest and stylish attire. She is at the age where I cannot fool her with the higher waisted boy’s jeans any longer. She would like to try on clothes and hear me tell her she looks great. Is this too much to ask?
Signed,
Frustrated Mom
