To put tights on my son?

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He is 4 and has been wearing tights during the winter since he was a baby because they dont to long johns in small ages and i was getting his older brother LJs and the tights were cheap in asda. They are plain black not pink and glittery.

A few weeks ago i was dressing him and asked him to grab himself some socks, he said "i want tights instead" so i started putting them on him when ds1 ( 8) shouted in "erm, X (their dad's partner) doesnt really like him wearing tights" i replied that if ds wanted to wear them then it wasnt really anyone's business and left it at that.

Dcs have come home from a weekend at their dad's and ds1 asks me "did you get ds2's tights in the girl aisle or the boy aisle?" I asked him if someone had been talking about ds2's tights and ds2 said that "daddy and X told me tights are for girlies"

Is this really an issue? AFAIC they're an extra layer to keep him warm til he is big enough for LJs and he likes wearing them. He will be big enough for his brothers now outgrown LJs next year and still fits in the tights at the minute so why would i not put them on him? I honestly cant believe two adults would tell a child this about his clothes and try and make him feel wrong for wearing them. He is 4 fgs.

Clothes for children should be practical above all else, and tights are so practical, be silly not to make use of them really.

Guarantee this'll end up on the wright stuff's fb page again. They've just started a post about left handed children, funnily enough there was a post on here about that very subject today. Do their researchers just sit on mumsnet all day then?
Tights on boys are fine and sensible. If other children tease their peers about it then they are obviously being raised by sexist twats which judging by the conversation i had with my son today about pink 'being for girls' (he came home from school with that one) is sadly quite common.
If an adult teases a child about it then they are just twats.

I'm a male human. I walk a lot in all weathers. I sometimes wear tights.

Of course they cant wear tights, they will catch the gay and become weaklings.

Think it was in the 79-80 winter, there was a man who was trapped in his car in a snowdrift. Wearing tights helped him to survive without developing hypothermia.

He was a rep, and was selling hosiery - he had packs of tights with him and put them on so keep warm. Saved his life.

All the Polish boys I teach wear tights under their trousers. Very sensible way of keeping warm. Lots of them are in their sisters hand me downs too, who cares!

Tights for boys!

www.slugsandsnails.ie/

We have loads of these. Necessary in winter. Trousers always ride up.

Asda do brilliant black cable knit pattern footless tights . In the girl aisle. I also buy the white roll neck jumpers from the girl aisle. Ds is 3, and snug.

There are whole websites devoted to tights for boys

tykestights.co.uk/

I have some tractor ones from here - DS loves them!

Lots of men wear tights- jockeys ,builders, anglers, gardeners - I have known all the above who wear tights.

I always dressed my son in tights in the cold weather. He is 14 now and still wearing tights when it's cold. I have to buy him adult womens tights because they don't sell boy's tights that fit him. What age should I stop buying tights for him? He does not like long johns.

If he's 14, I'd say it's his choice.

I have put tights on my DGS from him being tiny, he is 3 now and still has them under his clothes for cold days. It is a real shame that some of the children's' clothing companies don't pick up on this and actually create a line in tights/leggings for boys. It should be acceptable for them to wear them under their school trousers through winter, think about them being stuck outside playing in the cold. I wear them under my jeans/trousers when working outdoors, the girls wear them under their school trousers in winter, why should boys be cold?

I think it's bloody sensible but as a reception class TA I can add that if he wears then to school he will be teased.

Nooooo don't do it. He'll catch gay.

I'm married to a cross dresser who was raised in a military family by a dad who was adamant his kids would be men's men!! Even wearing a wig would be seen as "weird and girly" and god forbid face paint or Hallowe'en make up - it was a man's world! Doesn't matter what happens when kids, if they're gay, straight, cross dressing, trans, bi, whatever, a pair of tights (or lack of!!) will not stop them.

It might mean, however, they reach adolescent with all their toes cause it's bladdy freezing!!!! (softy southerner haha)

I can't think why you need to, I never wear them under trousers.
I would say they are a nightmare in the reception class for changing for PE and going to the toilet. It needs quite a lot of dexterity to get them pulled up properly under trousers.

It is an old thread, but if he is 14 you will be stopping buying for him soon anyway and it won't be your problem.

I took some skiing because, going in January, I thought it might be cold enough. I never needed them. I certainly haven't needed them this winter at home. If the temperature was regularly below -5, and there was no central heating, then they would be a sensible option-except that I would then opt for a base layer of thermal long johns.

Lots of military folk wear them, I would dare your ex and his gf to tell them they are wrong to. Yanbu op. I do remember.my nan saying something about men during ww1 or 2 being issued with very think tights against thecold as well. Her minds a bit fragmented now but I expect it's true especially as some military people still wear them.

Ask them about leggings, if they still say they are girlie (as if that's an insult) ex and gf are obviously not.up with fashion since according to my youngest sibling there are leggings for men along with skinny jeans.

Whatever way it says more about them that they would be bothered by it and feel the need to tease him. Poor parenting on the exes part.

Difference between UK and the rest of Europe.

We largely dress to be fashionable and wouldn't be caught dead in something 'uncool'. (Think how many people go for a night out without a coat because its inconvenient or unfashionable to wear one).

The rest of Europe dresses to be fashionable AND practical. They acknowledge that if you dress inappropriately for the conditions, there is a possibility that you will be caught dead in not enough clothing!

As a nation we are fucking idiots sometimes.

Nothing wrong with tights on a boy. You can get kids thermal tops and bottoms from Mountain Warehouse if anyone's interested. They start at 2-3 and come in various colours. They're at a great sale price at the moment too!

Mountain Warehouses don't do boys and girls sections either, they just have a Kids range :)

The rest of Europe is practical largely because they have to be. If you know it is going to snow every year you get the gear. You don't bother here-we have had no snow this winter and I doubt whether we will. I doubt whether any 3 yr old is going to be outdoors for hours everyday, so I fail to see why they need layers, unless your house is unheated. They would roast in the average primary school. I can see the point in a forest school. I couldn't even get mine to wear coats, so tights under trousers wasn't even worth a suggestion!

dress him in tights, they feel great! until he starts stealing your tights dont worry lol