To think no one should be buying new clothes for young kids?

Vinted isn't available in every Country.

Charity shops don't always have what you need.

It's a 15 minutes drive to my nearest charity shop and the prices are extremely high.

People always insist second hand childrens clothes are "like new". I've always found that unless I pay a lot, they are noticeably faded and quite clearly rather worn. Often stretched/shrunk/misshapen or have stains.

Of course you can get some bargains. I use a lot of family hand me downs. But to be honest I find once its been through 2 nephews then my two, i find its fit for the bin! Clothes don't last forever.

The exception is things like party dresses that might only be worn an odd time.

My mother buys a lot of clothes for my two daughters. If the clothes are still in good shape by the time they’ve both outgrown them, we donate them to homeless shelters.

I’ve been reading a lot about textile waste in the last year, but banning buying new children’s clothes is ridiculous.

Do you judge the people who bought new clothes as gifts ? Have you ever given new clothes as gifts?

You don’t generally get skids on a jumper do you? 🤣

That's exactly what I'm saying.

It doesn't make sense that the OP is happy to buy her DS secondhand jumpers that would've had snot washed off the sleeves and secondhand trousers that a kid may well have had an accident in, but she's refuses to buy him secondhand underwear because 'sweaty arse crack' 😳

So, what's the difference between your brother's bum and another child's bum?

At least half of the cloth nappies I used were second hand, and I sold them on after we’d finished. That was a great second hand experience.

With children’s clothes in the past 15 years, it was very much different than around 25 years ago. The fabrics used are so much thinner and more flimsy. They don’t retain their shape and colour nearly so well. They get holes where they meat the buttons and studs of jeans.
This means they are poor quality hand me downs or second hand purchases.

I have a nightdress made from T shirt material from the early 90s that is in better nick than the T shirt I bought last spring.

Same Well, I used to when ds was small. Clothes around 6 years up for boys are rubbish, so boring!

The quality isn't there anymore I had a babygrow that's 25 years old and been through three children I could put it on a baby tomorrow and it would look used but not dramatically so I have a couple that still look brand new (they are on bears in case anyone is wondering) but the clothes bought for ds3 (12) and ds2 (17) did not last as long as clothing bought for dd (25) infant the boys clothes often didn't get handed down they wore out but dd had some "boy" clothes they were good enough for all three and then the charity shop because they were still in good condition

Yes but... Presumably you wash all the clothes (new or otherwise) before wearing anyway, so they all come out the same anyway?

so how would this actually work in practice?, have you thought any of this through?

I went to Next yesterday and stocked up on shorts and t-shirts for my 3 children. Then got a few more bits in TU / Sainsburys. All brand new obviously.

Buying things from Vinted which comes scrunched up through the letter Box in a tatty old taped up carrier bag just isn’t the same.

AIBU to think new clothes for children under a certain age should be banned?

Banned?? This is so mental. 🤣

Yes, as the youngest of 5 kids, I had all the cloth nappies hand me downs.

By the time DS outgrows his clothes they are totally unwearable, stained, darned in multiple places and with holes over the holes. If nobody bought new clothes eventually the hand me downs would all wear out
and meanwhile all the companies that make children's clothes would have gone bust or stopped making them.

DD has a mix of new and vinted purchases in her wardrobe (I’m very picky with vinted though and always go very good / BNWT or BNWOT). I sell on things she outgrows to offset her next size up. Never buy shoes / underwear / socks pre loved.

I don't think I've ever bought second hand clothes for my kids, but they do get all the hand-me-downs. Very occasionally they get some old clothes from their cousins, but on the whole I prefer to shop for clothes.

I also buy things that are big so they get a couple of years' wear out of them.

It's just lazy consumerism that's all.

You're right. MY DAD has had second hand cloth nappies and underwear. After all, of your washing machine can clean poo off a dirty pair of pants of your own child enough for them to wear again, it can do the same for others.
99% of her clothes are donated back again/passed in (unless tatty etc)
However, I'll never donate DDs underwear, it is always cut up into strips and recycled... I don't want any dirty pervert getting hold of it.

When mine were little, I could afford to buy quality new clothes (frugli, John Lewis, wheat, etc) and I did. Then kept them for the second child and later passed them on to friends. I’ve never bought from vinted or similar and never plan to - can’t be bothered with the faff of searching for cheap stuff. I’d rather pay more for things that last. Is there something wrong with that?

Never been on Vinted, but most of my son’s clothes are hand-me-downs from his cousin / friends kids. I also pick up things in the charity shop. We buy pants, vests, shoes new.

I’ll sometimes pick up bits on sale, but we’re mostly pre-loved.

You know what, as much as I don’t do second hand, I was willing to pass on. I was top of the chain for a LONG time…I used to pass on all the lovely clothes to my cousins for their dc…literally everything. And then one day I noticed I was barely getting a thanks, and I was saving them an absolute fucking fortune, no one ever once thought to pay me back in some way shape or form. Like any little token gift would have been lovely. ( and I know not everything should be transactional) but this went on for years!! It’s like it was a given for them every time we met up I would pass on this lovely bundle of washed, pressed clothes…So I stopped and started putting the clothes into the clothes bank. Couldn’t be arsed with that.

You do you OP, but I would never have put my DC in second hand clothes when they were young. Maybe if they were new with tags, but unlikely.