du u think its sad to dress your children in the same outfits

[missymoo2411]

i was going to my mums on boxing day when a mother who has 9 kids had all the boys the same and the girls the eldest boy is 14 yrs youngest3 girl is 9 youngest 1 yrs she was visiting her dad i just thought poor kids they r individuals i mean i have 4 kids and never put them in the same possibly simlar but make a ponit not to do it as it was done to me as a kid

i agree nooka i had hand me downs that didnt bother me at the time just hated same outfits i think thats y my ds 1,2,3 i try to make sure they have some new clothes as wellas hand downs ,but the duggers r another story i do feel soory for them but they dont know any different as they r all kept in there own world .

Or maybe the Duggars have better/more important things to think about than how they are dressed

Sorry, but I think it's really naff. I hate seeing children dressed the same. They have different personalities, likes and dislikes and should be able to express them. All children go through stages of wanting to be like friends or siblings, but you don't need to buy them the same clothes. I consider it lazy to be honest. (oooh, get me being all contraversion! )

I don't think you need to feel sorry for the Duggar's children. Have you seen any of the programs about them? They look like they lead great lives.

contraversial not contraversion

I think they live a very peculiar life, but that's not particularly related to them being dressed alike in such a large family, just the beliefs of their parents and particular community. They do seem happy though, although I think there is something very odd about choosing to bring your children up in a way that is quite isolated from the rest of the world, and then inviting the TV cameras in...

I dress my girls the same if we are going to a busy place, eg zoo, airport etc, handy if I loose them (hasn't happened yet thankfully!) Other than that they wear what the like, and yes they all have hand downs from friends and family! Alot of my baby clothes were used for me and my 7 siblings, such a waste not to!!

I personally find it cringe worthy/ twee

bought same xmassy t's for my girls in sales last year , bit different colours. sometimes matching xmas pjs too, but no, not generally. think it's a bit twee

yes i have seen both tv programms about the duggars and i think its very different how they r brought up and i thought that a lot was put on the older chilcdren but thats a different thread.i dress my kids in bright tops if we go to he park or somthing so can see them and they do have pj the same but i love to find out fits that r different when i go shopping for my ds 1,2,3, and dd especially bargins.

This definitely isn't my bag - almost all our clothes are hand-me-downs (although I'm dreading the day when they discover shops!!!) and I would never have the patience to ensure that the laundering timing is co-ordinated. I've got lots of other more interesting things to do!!! Why would I want to wear the big family badge that explicitly?... Although I do find that matching colour eg coats helps loads at theme parks.

like MamaBear76 suggests, when my dcs were smaller i used to dress them in matching outfits if we were going somewhere potentially busy (like the zoo or a theme park) because:
1)it made it easier for me to spot them all and
2) if one did manage to escape my beady eye, it was easier for other people to see that they all belonged to me!
also, when they were little they looked lovey for formal photos or as wedding guests in similar outfits.
never dressed them up to match me though...suggested last year that we all buy matching outfits (tongue was firmly in cheek! ) and they all looked at me like i was barking!

I actually accidently dressed us all alike for a wedding once, even DH was a close match, how I cringed and kept out of photo's

This is my pet hate. I never dress my DC the same - similar sometimes but never exactly. I amke an exception for pj's!

Theres a 16m age gap and not much size difference between my boys aged 2.7 and 4yo. I never intended to dress them in the same stuff but find that buying 2 of each t shirt saves a lot of fighting and squabbling.
One of them got a Spongebob Squarepants t shirt for xmas and it was nearly ripped in two this morning both of them wanting to wear it!
Everything else they have different, or somethimes different but similar like their different coloured same style winter coats.
If there was a bigger age gap I wouldn't dress them the same.

I occassionaly dressed my eldest two in similar outfits (both girls) but not very often. They had a few matching cardigans and dresses, and a few outfits in the same style but different colours, and I thought they looked rather lovely. When my son was born I sometimes dressed him in similar colours to the girls iykwim. Once my youngest (girl) was born my oldest two were too big to be dressed alike and very much had their own styles.

I think it's fine for littlies but once they reach around 6/7yrs they will probably have their own style and ideas.

We mix and match. Some identical clothing, especially for weddings and other Big Family Occasions, some which coordinate (same style, different fabric, or same fabric, different style), and they have some which are completely different. Youngest always wants to dress to match the oldest, oldest sometimes likes that and sometimes wants to do her own thing. No skin off my nose either way (except I like cute matchy matchy for the photos!)