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What would you NEVER let your kids wear in public?

375 replies

JoeyBartonHanson · 19/04/2019 16:15

Can be anything

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SleepingStandingUp · 20/04/2019 18:01

@queenscot oh so away from the people you know so they don't think your son is a sexist jerk?
There's so many funny t-shirts out there that would actually relate to your son, why not buy him some of those? Or let him pick his own.

If you're so proud of how funny and edgy you think he is (he isn't) then what's to fear from your neighbours knowing how awesome you are?

queenscot · 20/04/2019 18:02

@NerrSnerr and they're sporting Canterbury rugby wear? It's not typical council estate wear. What next they're wearing Barbour jackets and dubarry boots? Not "hood" wear, not buying this.

SleepingStandingUp · 20/04/2019 18:03

Alas not

What would you NEVER let your kids wear in public?
Applesbananaspears · 20/04/2019 18:04

Independent prep for mine. They frequently brought home other children’s primark PE joggers. Few of the parents were stupid enough to pay more than £3 for a joggers which would inevitably live in the lost property box or come home with another child

ErrmWTAF · 20/04/2019 18:09

A MAGA hat.

That said, I'd probably ground him for life even for wearing it in private...

queenscot · 20/04/2019 18:09

@SleepingStandingUp They might judgement. My son likes me choosing his clothes. He sometimes refuses some items such as pink coloured shirts or patterns that he considers gay, so I avoid buying them. He has never physically gone clothes shopping I do everything clothes wise. He doesn't like shopping.

NerrSnerr · 20/04/2019 18:10

@queenscot I have no idea what they're wearing but I assume that's how pp knows that they're doing community service.

Just because some private schools use Canterbury for their uniform doesn't make it exclusive. I used to play hockey for a team in East Hull in a really deprived area where most of the team were working class. Our kit was Canterbury Shock

SofaSurfer20 · 20/04/2019 18:11

Bikinis for children.

SleepingStandingUp · 20/04/2019 18:12

Meh, Canterbury joggers are £15-£25 online, hardly inaccessible to the council estate kids you're trying to elevate your oh so funny, edgy cool son from

bk00 · 20/04/2019 18:13

I'm I wouldn't let my daughter wear a bikini or revealing clothing

formerbabe · 20/04/2019 18:14

Totally horrified that people with these thoughts walk amongst us...I must be considered a total chav on the basis of this thread.

queenscot · 20/04/2019 18:15

@SleepingStandingUp yes but look better than primark and better made, that's all the matters quality!

SarahTancredi · 20/04/2019 18:16

Meh, Canterbury joggers are £15-£25 online, hardly inaccessible to the council estate kids you're trying to elevate your oh so funny, edgy cool son from

Better switch brands so he doesn't accidently get dragged to the probation officer Grin

Either that or stay away from open fields, hedges and ditches

queenscot · 20/04/2019 18:17

@NerrSnerr yes they choose quality not primark because it lasts! I'm not suggesting it is Chanel!

formerbabe · 20/04/2019 18:19

@queenscot

Are you actually winding us all up?!

JacquesHammer · 20/04/2019 18:22

He sometimes refuses some items such as pink coloured shirts or patterns that he considers gay, so I avoid buying them

You’re either a parody or you’ve got a homophobic son.

Either way, how sad you are.

formerbabe · 20/04/2019 18:28

He sometimes refuses some items such as pink coloured shirts or patterns that he considers gay

Take a wander through the square mile and you'll see plenty of men in pink shirts. The mind boggles as to what patterns can be considered gay? Confused

SleepingStandingUp · 20/04/2019 18:29

@queenscot but you don't pick his clothes based on durability according to you, but on how to pretend he's edgy and cool

@formerbabe better that than someone who think sexism and homophobia are edgy and cool and uses her teenage son for dress up.

Also what age do I have to wait for DS to demand to go out in wellies, tutu and something else totally clashing, the I dressed myself look if infinetly adorable on small children

Debenhamshandtowel · 20/04/2019 18:30

No child of mine will ever be seen wearing red trousers. I’d have to cut them out of my will.

mastertomsmum · 20/04/2019 18:32

Football shirts are fine on kids who are an app age to know about teams etc. but a 2 year old in a premiership team shirt is too much for me

Re very short hair - good for nit control but many styles look a bit aggressive, so trim with care lol

mathanxiety · 20/04/2019 18:42

I always found bikinis or tankinis much easier for my DDs to put on and more practical for going to the loo if they went swimming.

I didn't mind what they wore after they started earning their own money and spending it on tank tops of shorts, jeans, etc (from about 13 on).

YY to MAGA hats. Not that they would. But even at Halloween, this is a 'Please NO' from me.

I am uncomfortable about wearing clothing with the brand emblazoned on it. I don't think the consumer should pay for the privilege of providing advertising. This includes big Michael Kors/MK stuff as well as Gap, etc. I think crested school uniform plays into this culture. Very tacky imo.

Anything with writing or any symbol across the rear end.

Anything with a slogan really. My DCs are aged 17 to 28 now and I cringe at the onesies with 'Daddy's Princess', etc that I see now. Thank goodness none of that was worn way back when my DCs were babies. Maybe it was but I have just blocked it from my mind.

LOL @ 'I like quality' and 'that's all the matters quality!' from the same poster whose son wears a top with the slogan 'Cool Story babe now go make me a sandwich'.
This is about as far from 'quality' as it gets, queenscot

'It's fun, trendy and edgy and makes people smile!'
Oh dear.
Maybe you don't understand what different smiles mean. Sometimes people can't quite put into words what they are really feeling when faced with a piece of shit like this on a 12 year old. So they smile.

Babyroobs · 20/04/2019 18:47

I really don't like my daughters pony tail ( Vicky Pollard style). She doesn't listen to me though. I am constantly asking her to lower her pony tail but it falls on deaf ears.

queenscot · 20/04/2019 18:54

It's not ME that has the problem with what son considers "gay". I like pink shirts on guys and patterns but if he point blank refuses so what can you do? He also refuses to wear purple vests or aprons for school sports or home economics.

SarahTancredi · 20/04/2019 19:11

Well I hope you tell him it's just a colour and to stop being ridiculous?

mathanxiety · 20/04/2019 19:13

You could try to find out what he thinks is so wrong about 'gay' for starters.

Just a guess here, but if he competes in chess competitions and has been labeled a nerd even by his own mother, he is growing up in a milieu where traditional definitions of masculinity prevail. That is, 'real men don't read/play chess/listen to classical music/and more ad nauseum.

Is someone in his school teasing him about the chess?

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