9yr old DS only wears joggers/tracksuit bottoms!?

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Just as the title says….i know it’s not a big deal but someone please tell me he’ll start branching out! He loves being comfy, not ND in any way really. COULD Have ADHD but that’s a whole other thread.
He’ll wear his school trousers but they are soft too…the two/three times he’s been required to look smart I’ve managed to bribe him to wear chinos, but the minute it was no longer a requirement he changes back into his joggers. I literally have to stick with the same colours of navy and black because they’re the only colours that look somewhat smart. Tell me he’ll grow out of this PLEASE 😅

At least you’re upfront about how judgemental and unpleasant you are.

“challenges” indeed 🤨

M17 year old DS will only wear joggers because he has sensory issues due to his autism. It’s up to him

Eh? In your case, I would wonder if you had challenges and I'd be right, yes? How is that being judgmental? I'm aware that ND people have difficulty with textures sometimes. Not sure how that knowledge that makes me unpleasant and judgemental. I'm saying that I would consider that the person might be ND, so I wouldn't necessarily judge someone for wearing a grey tracksuit.

But you're determined to fight because you don't like my opinion of grey tracksuits, which isn't very non-judgemental of you, is it? All things being equal, I like nicer clothes, but you're the one who's carried out a total character assassination for my tracksuit opinions. You're so live and let live!

Have a nice day!

I'll be honest and just say I don't care about "objective standards". It's my life, I don't have to please anybody, nor do I need to spend my time judging everyone else. Life is a lot brighter that way.

You keep digging 🤣

DD wore joggers and hoodies almost exclusively until she became a teenager, then she started branching out and experimenting with different styles (baggy jeans, long flowy skirts, American jock style letter jacket, things like that) though she still wears joggers and hoodies about half the time but will wear a dress for special occasions.
Give him time and space to develop his own style op because at this age you can no longer influence what they wear!

DS has been dressed in a suit roughly once a week since he was a toddler so at 7 dressing smartly is second nature to him but he is still comfortable - last Sunday he was playing football very happily in a suit and tie!

I'm not pretending that ugly clothes are lovely either. I'm stating what I find lovely. That's the thing - 'objectivity' doesn't factor into personal styles and tastes.

No, for endometriosis
I can’t wear anything around my stomach because of the massive swelling

Jeans and a white teeshirt is hardly HIGH effort 🤣

It makes them look very generic. Same as a tracksuit

Because an expensive tracksuit is nice clothes?

My DS (7) generally lives in joggers or shorts, says he hates jeans. However he also likes to dress smart when the occasion calls for it and recently wanted to wear a waistcoat and bow tie to the school’s Easter disco. I told him that he might be a tad overdressed. He settled for a shirt (he chose the Reiss blue one! I swapped it for Next 😁) and… jeans! 😂

Saying an autistic person has "challenges" seems pretty offensive to me...

He's nine! It's perfectly OK for a parent to suggest and guide their nine year olds to try new things! She's only asking him to try a new pair of trousers!!

Not sure what you mean by generic? I hardly see anybody like this any more! The genre has vanished. We are left with the default sportswear. (Some of which I gather is horribly expensive, which makes it all even sadder . . . .)
I'd kill to see somebody (male) in nice jeans and white shirt and (gulp) a tweed jacket but my university days are decades away . . . . .

Mine too but he has ASD so think this is why. I am happier with both DC in comfy clothes that they can play in easily. Mostly hand downs from family anyway and sometimes I think should make more effort with how they dress and how they look but they are happy and comfy so I am not that bothered

If someone with autism gets upset and/or uncomfortabe due to certain textures, how you woud describe that, then? The word is fu of textures, so that's a chaenge, no? Happy to be given the correct anguage.

As you might have guessed, a specific etter on my computer is bust.

What a strange post. I’ve had 3 boys and all live in joggers/shorts and a t shirt. They are all very sporty and naturally active when playing so why on earth wouldn’t they want to be comfy?

My son was like this but grew out of it and now only wears jeans. I tried to pursuance him to wear joggers the other week and he dismissed it as too casual!

Just let him wear them, can't see a problem

I found a tweed suit second hand for DS. Think it must have been from the 70s because the trousers were flared

Sounds like my boys. They are nearly 10 and 11. They will wear school trousers but otherwise joggers. They were bribed to wear chinos at a recent wedding but were pretty unhappy about it.

Most secondary schools insist on smart trousers.
I expect he’ll conform. He kind of has to.