AIBU to think this child's t-shirt is inappropriate

[westcountrywoman]

Saw this in Sainsbury's tonight . It's age 3. Seriously? Is a 'selfie queen' a desirable label for a toddler?

WTF is wrong with a Peppa Pig t-shirt for this age group?

YANBU

Seems innocent enough, if a little naff but actually it clearly demonstrates what's wrong with how our societies view and treat females #DoNotGetMeStarted - I'll be ranting till the middle of next week!

I wouldn't say inappropriate, but the t-shirt definitely is not age ranged accurately.

I don't know about inappropriate (I'm dithering on that), but certainly tasteless, tacky and pretty bloody depressing.

Totally agree OP. You may find the Facebook group Let Clothes be clothes a useful place to join.

Thumb that's awful, the 'buy our product because you're thick" ad.

Harumph. I don't have periods any more (yay!) and I'm pretty good at maths, thank you.

What Italian said at the start of this thread.

It gives a very sexist idea of what a girl/woman is, aka one that exists only for appearances and photos.

When my two dcs, both boys, were little, I was as annoyed by the boys clothes that were all 'army' type of stuff (or guns or whatever).
The sexism works both ways and gives totally the wrong message to both gender TBH.

That is tacky with a capital T , this should go in the blackhole of children clothes along with Disney emblazoned clothes, little girl faux fur coats and cheap crappy naff plastic shoes.

It's a bit naff but I absolutely despise Peppa Pig so if I had to choose between those two, I'd pick this one if it were a situation of going naked or this.
DD is 6 and she loves admiring herself in front of a mirror. She'd be talking, twirling her hair while keeping an eye on her reflection to see how she looks. It's hilarious, tbh.

I was hoping this thread would veerinto competitive baby grow discussions. They are my fave threads. Mine wore plain white baby grows until they started school, of course.

My ds has a "worlds best son " which he wears most days he has his 15th birthday tomorrow

Hate it. Though I hate any slogan t-shirts and refuse to buy them!

I'll put leopard print kids clothes in the same bracket of awfulness if I may

I was hoping this thread would veerinto competitive baby grow discussions. They are my fave threads. Mine wore plain white baby grows until they started school, of course.

I hope they were handed down babygros worn by at least 5 previous children either bought from John Lewis or Lidl.

I don't find it as inappropriate as the bikinis you get for girls as young as 3-they are extremely inappropriate and unnecessary 😡😡

I sometimes deliberately buy appropriate but non-sanctimum clothing (eg Peppa Pig, slightly jarring bright prints, slogan tshirts albeit nothing dodgy) just to confound and protect myself from a certain type of competitive parent.
I find it very effective.
Sometimes they patronising ask where they know me from and I reel off the terribly middle class, social justice warrior stuff they've seen me at and watch them reel.
Peppa is a precocious little brat but my dd likes her (well George and Dinosaur mainly) so what the heck? It is all from NCT nearly new sales though. Ones I've volunteered at.

Elh crop top/vest and big pants bikinis (as opposed to boob shape ones which are completely wtf) are very useful indeed for kids still in nappies or training pants...

Someone asked about 'age 3 to 12' ranges. DH and I are short and 2 of our kids are very short (think

It would be better (I think Next might do this) to have the younger girls stuff go up to an older age, so up to 8 perhaps. I've stopped shopping in Sainsbo's now that DD is out of the young girls stuff, as most of it seem more suitable for a 12 yo than a 6 yo. Also, none of them do capture the heights - DD is slim but long legs (so age 5 waist but 7 leg) and they're all hopeless!

Totally inappropriate but then we see hell bent on turning our young girls into "sassy"" preteens from an early age. I am not a bra burner but we as a society seem to push the idea of women as vain pouting heavily made up fashion followers with no more brain cells than is required to decide upon the right accessories. A t shirt is harmless in itself but it's one of the millions of subtle messages we are giving our kids.

I'm a Teacher in a school with no uniform and these slogan T shirts are a right PITA. 'I break the rules', 'I don't do homework', 'I'd rather play x box' type slogans are sending the wrong messages to our kids.

I have had an 8 year old in my class come to school with a T shirt that said "I'm too sexy for this T shirt!" I was shocked! Genuinely inappropriate for an 8 year old. When I spoke to Mum at pick up, she told me to mind my own effing business. So obviously, it's OK for your little girl to have a T shirt saying she is 'sexy'....

I've also had a 6 year old come to school in a 'Future Porn Star' T shirt. Again, mum thought I was an interfering middle class do gooder when I said it was not appropriate for school.

I once mounted a one woman campaign asking individual Ebay traders to stop describing children’s clothing as “sexy” (we were talking toddlers' swimsuits). Limited success. Ebay not interested. Sigh.

So ..... " Selfie Pig ?"

What's wrong with faux fur coats. I had one when I was little AND it was leopard print

I also had the matching hat and muff.

'Future porn star' now THAT'S fucking inappropriate!!