AIBU to think kids' clothes sizes are generous?

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Lots of discussion recently about kids' diets, healthy eating etc. (on here and in the news/with my own friends). AIBU to think that a lot (not all) kids' clothes seem to be cut fairly generously in sizing? Do you think this is deliberate as is common in womens' vanity sizing?! My DD is 8 (just) and is by no means skinny. She's a healthy weight according to the nhs BMI thing but she's in the last quarter of the healthy range if that makes sense.

Yet, when I buy her clothes, they are really quite big for her, especially in certain shops. H&M size 7-8 stuff is actually loose on her. Asda, ditto.

I don't know, DC3 aged 6 is tall and slim. I've had to buy him a couple of 9-10 sized tops recently because his usual size 7-8 seemed so small.
I do find it varies and also girls clothes seem to be cut smaller, DC4 and DN are almost exactly the same height and weight, DS 5 is mostly in 4-5 year old clothes and DN 4 is mostly in 5-6.

My DD is 10 and average size. Anything sized 9-10 is too short but 10-11 or 11-12 is really wide. She's got room for someone else with her in her new leggings

Perhaps the average child has short legs?

Yes, unless things have an adjustable waist they are a nightmare. Dd2 (4.5) is very tall and skinny. She either has to wear leggings that fit round the waist but are much too short, or that fit in the length but sag around her bum and fall down. Builder's bum is a permanent issue in this house. DD1 is petite but in proportion, slim but not skinny. I have a skirt from Sainsbury's that I bought for her a year ago. It has a stretchy but not elasticated waist. Even now, when she is a year older than the age marked on the skirt, it just falls straight down to the floor if she puts it on! I buy most of their clothes online and have to send several things back.

No not at all. My daughter is 6 but quite 'sturdy' and tall. She has 11-12 clothes and they don't fit half the time. There is no flab on her. My 12 year old is slim but tall and she needs ladies clothes already.

I think 'vanity sizing' is a bit sensational. I've always thought of it as growing room.

A six year old in 11-12 clothes? That is really big. 11-12 would absolutely hang off my ten year old (who is admittedly pretty skinny, but still).

I think shops really vary, H&M has always been big for my DDs so they would wear a size smaller. Now at 15 my DD wears anything from an extra small to medium from there. From the age of about 12 nether DD has had a dress from M&S as they were so wide in that age size.

YANBU.

DS cannot wear anything that doesn't have an adjustable waist, and it has to be pulled in to the smallest it will go. Trying to buy him fitted trunks (underwear) and it's ridiculous as they are always baggy so have to go down a couple of sizes. He's 9 and only just starting to stop wearing his age 6-7 trunks, he's quite tall as well so not on the smaller end of the spectrum.

DD is 6 and usually in smaller size leggings but then length becomes an issue.

Next are always big. Same with adults. I am a size 10 but find their 10 is loose on me.

What gets me though is my friends who complain that clothes sizes are far too small to their normal sized DC's. Um no, your DC is not that slim and that is the problem. An 8 year old wearing age 12-13 clothes , it''s not the clothes. They won't see it though and 1 is a medical professional.

Oh and I've also found that anything labelled as slim fit just looks normal on my DCs. I'm trying to get DS skinny jeans but they don't actually look that skinny at all.

Varies wildly by shop.
Have a skinny 9yo (with the tiniest bum in the world!)
H&M tend to be skinny fit and are fab for him
M&S - no point in buying from them they are huge
Next - can vary from item to item (I think the same applies to their adult stuff)
Asda George/Nutmeg/TU - only tend to buy tops from them but they are not too bad and tend to be about right.
John Lewis - good sizing but trousers can be a little generous on waist.

I have to buy my nine yr old dd age 5-6 shorts. Clothes just aren't made for those with that no hips/bum/thighs shape most pre prepubescent girls have. Stuff just falls down on her. She's a bit broader across her shoulders but not much. I see a lot of chunkier kids who get described as "stocky" but in reality they just eat like adults when they shouldn't be

I'm not convinced it's really 'growing room' if your children never get close to growing into the waist before the legs are too short.

Nope. I find that clothes are too small for my 10 year old. He is not fat and at the top of his height range, but I just had to buy him age 13/14 school shorts from asda. Sainsbos boys clothes stop at age 12 so nothing there fits him now ( well t-shirt s do but theres no baggy to them)

There's a huge variation but always too huge on the waist.

DS1 is 11 and wears age 15-16 boys clothes but they're always huge around his waist; he needs the length though as he's so tall and slim. Most clothes have far too generous a waist for him.

DS2 is 6 and wears age 8 boys clothes and although he's tall and slim, he's broader across the shoulders than DS1 and has a proper curvy bottom so clothes fit much better.

Boys clothes vary enormously depending on where I shop; Gap jeans are very good for skinny children. Next are more generously cut so their skinny range helps. Joules t-shirts and jeans are pretty small too. La Redoute clothes are often cut quite well for slimmer children, but their sizes can vary depending on the brand.

I bought some new vests and pants from Asda for dd6.5
I usually get the next size up so got 7-8 (she is very tall for her age) and they are mahoosive on her. The knickers fall down lol! She isn't particularly skinny, just a healthy weight. Yanbu

I think sizes vary a lot too. OP, please don't use the phrase 'if that makes sense' when describing something so blindingly uncomplicated - it implies we are all idiots here on MN!

DD 10 has tried a few tops from river island and they are massively wide, i could fit in them. Fitted tops too, not baggy ones.