Why don't you let you daughter wear skirts or dresses?

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I don't get this - there's a mum in the playground that seems to boast that she only buys boys clothes for her daughter - why???

I only put my DD (13 months) in leggings. She has only recently stopped crawling and has frequent falls so I want to protect her legs. Plus it is either too cold or it means I have to put more sun cream on her.

seems to boast Does she or does she not?

Buys clothes are massively more practical, hard wearing and you can get shorts that don't show their arse cheeks.

Luckily DD loves leggings so we have no issues. I buy her boys' board shorts though, because the girls' ones are fucking terrible.

What are boys clothes exactly? I don't make a point of not buying dresses but I like my daughter to be warm and comfortable and able to run around freely. As s result she is often in jeans, leggings or joggers. She also likes to play in the dirt and get messy. People buy her pastel colours which end up ruined so I quite often buy her darker colours. She's still very much a girl - it's not a political statement

I "let" mine, she just chooses not to.

We often buy from the boys section as she's a jeans and hoody kid, and nearly all girls clothes have some sort of "girly" tag- so heart shaped buttons, or ribbon, or pink embroidery, something to stamp "girl" on it. Which she doesn't like.

Dd2 used to like dresses but now finds them impractical for playing, riding a bike, scootering etc. So she chooses trousers and t shirt too.

DD (5) doesn't like dresses and skirts they are too impractical for riding her bike and climbing over fences. She'd live in shorts if she could, but likes them knee length rather than Daisy Duke length, which means "boys". She hates sparkles but will tolerate a bit of pink, but not as the main colour of a garment. Her favourite clothes are DS's old jeans, as they are softer than new.

I'd het her wear dresses, and she has several as hand me downs/ presents - but she's not bothered.

I buy my children a range so that they have choice. They have trousers, skirts, dresses, leggings and shorts for school. I personally like skirts and dresses more for myself, but (as an adult) I think this has quite a bit to do with body shape too - because I'm reasonably tall and reasonably slim, I find it hard to buy trousers which fit well (most shops don't design for me), when I do the fabric wears faster on my bottom so they don't last as long as my skirts till they no longer look appropriately fitted, and my thighs don't rub so I reckon that helps my skirt/dress choice.

I wish mine would wear leggings and trousers more often but she insists on skirts and dresses. Shorts and trousers are so much more practical for running about and climbing, sitting on the floor in nursery, protecting legs from scratches etc

For anyone looking for longer length girls clothes, this company specifically designs leg length and sleeve length to be longer without being voluminous like the boys' clothes

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I totally get the comfort/practicality thing and understand when it's a child's preference but I just don't understand why a girl would be automatically bought boys clothes rather than girls. There's loads of practical girls clothing.

My dd's wear what ever they want.
Like most people sometimes they want something comfy and casual. Sometime they want something pretty and dressy.
Think most school aged children are capable of choosing there own clothes.

My daughter wears quite a few 'boys' clothes. She's not especially 'girly' and her favourite colours are red and blue so she tends to choose t-shirts and jumpers from the 'boys' section as the sea of pink glitter in the girl section doesn't appeal to her. I fail to see why it's an issue, she just prefers some of the designs and colours that are marketed at boys. Boy tshirts are generally longer in the torso as well which is where she tends to grow out of stuff first (she's got my build of short legs and long body) so they last her longer.

My DD is a right twirly girly and loves pink and dresses etc. I'd rather she were in trousers and leggings more but they're never her first choice. But I came on to agree with a PP re girls' shorts. Why are they so very short?

Mountain warehouse has some good practical stuff for girls if anyone interested. DD has nice shorts that are a good length from there.

I have bought stuff from the boy's section because it has stuff that she likes on it too. For example you will rarely see a girl's jumper with a storm trooper on it, or a dinosaur or batman. My daughter likes all of these things. She also likes pink and sparkly things and gets them too. Who cares?

My dd doesn't like skirts or dresses so I've stopped buying them. I have no desire to argue with her every morning. She's allowed to wear what she wants (weather appropriate and age appropriate). She generally chooses he clothes from the "boys'" section.

To look at me I'm all pink and flowery with girly shoes. I thought I'd love to have a girl and enjoy 'dressing' her.

I had 2 boys first. So by the time I put my girl in a dress I was horrified to see she couldn't run, climb and get up to the same things her brothers could. So we don't do dresses. We do shorts, t shirts and trainers and my DD loves it. She even wants the same navy blue sport shorts her brothers wear. I love it because it was sad to see her restricted.

If a family has boys first, little sisters will often choose to wear older brothers cast off trousers, shorts, t shirts etc. As others have said, they can be more hard wearing and more interesting designs. I hate the fact that girls clothes all seem to be pink or sparkly or hearts and flowers. Girls can like bold colours and designs too.

In what way does she boast?

What does she say?

First, who decides that trousers are "boys' clothes"? I wear trousers to work every day, does that mean I am dressing in men's clothes?

Secondly, surely there is a difference between "only buys boys' clothes" and "don't let your dd wear girl's clothes". The second implies that the dd really wants to and isn't allowed, the first suggests nothing of the kind.

Until about 100 years ago, small boys would also be wearing what you think of as "girls" clothes2. And today plenty of women wear what you think of as "boys' clothes". Just goes to show these things are not set in stone.