To really not like kids' tops with writing on them?

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I was in the Moorgate branch of Next today and was having a nose through the kids' tops. At least half had some slogan or other form of writing on them, which tends to make them completely undesirable to me.

This sort of thing

and this

and this

and this

It might just be that this particular store finds it more profitable to stock tops with mottos on. However, if this is the case then I find it surprising. Once you've removed all the stuff with mottos on, there isn't all that much left to choose from. AIBU?

Hate them with a passion. Also on adults too.

Children should wear only plain white sleep suits until age two. Thereafter, they should be in gender neutral plain, yellow t-shirts & jeans (although to be perfect it should be leggings). Both boys & girls should have bobbed hair. Henceforth, autopia of mn androgynous children will ensue.....

Surely letting "clothes be clothes" means allowing everyone to choose what they want to wear. God forbid it be chavvy or pink etc. There's loads of stuff I don't like, but plenty that I do. Really couldn't care less what other people kids wear. I also think letting clothes be clothes means allowing people to express themselves through what they wear, it's part of who we are. As long as its inoffensive we don't all need to dress the same. I don't buy slogan clothes as a rule, but obviously some people prefer them to your plain old boring attire.

YANBU. It seems really hard to find plain tops these days.

It doesn't get any better as they get older, and some of the messages are ridiculous.

It's hard to find plain tops anywhere sometimes.
I was looking for some that weren't too bold, so people didn't automatically recognise the t shirt every time dd wore it. It can be difficult

My favourite t shirt of DS2's when he was 3ish said "That's it! I'm moving in with GRANDMA!"

But I have slogan t shirts myself and i am a grown up :)

I also cant stand clothes with stuff written on them or character pictures on them like Thomas the Tank and the likes. Give me plain/stripes any day. And I'm certainly not a snob.

I don't like them either. DD however is almost 2, going on 12 and is very opinionated about what she will wear. (I really didn't expect this so soon- I'm in my 30s and barely care what I wear!). And her absolute favourite item currently is a pink peppa pig dress that her grandmother bought her. So I give in at least once a week! Otherwise I prefer slogans/cartoon characters to be worn as pjs- encourages her to get dressed for bed!

Not overly keen on the mummy/daddy stuff but anything else as long as it's age appropriate then I'm not bothered. My 8yo loves things with emojis on at the moment so she leaps on anything like that she sees.

It is snobbery though. As the vast majority of the high street shops are overrun with slogans and characters (because quelle surprise, kids like character clothes) it's a chance to show yourself a bit of a cut above. Not that I give a toss about that either really. Do what you like, that's kind of the point.

My 'All men must die' t shirt disagrees with you all.

Lilac, I am also a bit confused by the cheese on toast thing. Anyone enlighten me?

if you don't like them - don't buy them. There are plenty of others to choose from.

My DS wants this - Not sure about it:

www.teevogue.com/collections/skiing-snowboarding/products/you-cant-buy-happiness-but-you-can-buy-a-lift-pass

Thankfully I can't find it in a small enough size!

If I don't like something I don't buy it. Simple really. I don't expect to control what other people buy as I have enough going on in my own life.

I wouldn't buy clothes with slogans on for DD (2) as I don't like them (just find them a bit cheesey and trying to hard to be cute I suppose) but couldn't care less about how others choose to dress their child. Also, DD is starting to show a preference for certain items (mostly anything purple or anything that has cats or rabbits on it) and as she can't read yet, slogans don't interest her.

I find that character clothes (peppa pig etc) tend to he overpriced and not great quality but I have bought some character pyjamas as it encourages her to get ready for bed without a battle.

I don't agree that not liking something automatically equates to snobbery though. Its just personal preference surely?

trying too hard, not to..I'm going to blame the toddler induced sleep deprivation

I had a t shirt when I was 10 (in 1982) showing a map of the Falklands and the slogan "Keep Them BRITISH!!" 😂😂😂

Funnily enough my parents wouldn't let me take it on holiday to Spain that year. Haters ;-)

I don't agree that not liking something automatically equates to snobbery though. Its just personal preference surely?

Whilst I agree with this as it stands, in general (on here) that's not how it comes across a lot. There is a significant element on here that implies that dressing your child in anything other than a plain white babygro or gender neutral clothing purchased from a high end store and passed down through 5 sets of children, is common and lower class. It's not nice.

Dress your child on what you like and keep your nose out of others choices doesn't seem to be too difficult.

There are loads of clothes types that I don't wear myself or would not choose to dress my children in, luckily there are other clothes that I and they like so it's not an issue.

I personally don't like adult tops with writing on either.

Sometimes they are amusing, but very rarely, and even then I don't want to wear them.

That's just my personal taste though.

If an adult is particularly into a band, or a child is particularly into a game or character, it doesn't hurt anyone for them to wear a t-shirt with pictures or logos on.

A dinosaur saying "rar" does sound quite cute.

My dd (8) has one from next that says 'rebel' in blue sequins. She is though, so fair enough imo.
I don't like slogans which impose the parent's personality on the child, so band t shirts or political stuff for kids too small to have an opinion on it.
The stuff you linked to isn't my taste but I think it is inoffensive.

I don't mind them apart from the monster/ princess ones. Boring as well as everything else

I don't like jeggings. Or rap music. Or grapefruit.
Guess what? I don't buy them.
YANBU not to buy something you don't like.

It's mainly in boys clothes and they are often negative, whereas girls are much more positive. Just reinforces the boys are a consolation prize

I don't like adult tops with bows on. No more or less unreasonable than not liking kids' tops with writing on.

Well I've just looked through the next website you linked to, and there are FAR more plain tshirts than slogans ones?!?
these
I quite like these ones
more multipacks

They seem to do several multipacks of 4 with both short/long sleeves in various different colours, so YABU as it looks like the shop you're moaning about you can get a plain tshirt in literally any colour?!?

I agree Timri. I think some of those sloganned ones were specifically being sold for Mothers and Fathers day too.