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Tween hygiene

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Frostybee · 26/04/2025 17:49

My DD is 11. I’m really concerned about her personal hygiene. She will shower regularly but doesn’t think anything about wearing dirty clothes. She’ll wear clothes for days on end. Dirty socks, food on her clothes etc. She appears to have issues with how clothes feel and becomes attached to certain clothes. I take her to the shops and buy her new clothes, let her choose, she’ll wear it once and revert back to an old scraggy piece of clothing. I have to bin the clothes when she’s not looking. She got dressed for school the other day and when I asked to see her top there was toothpaste all down it. I know she’s still a kid but it’s constant and I’m worried other kids will notice and judge. She’s starting secondary school this year so feel she should understand by now. She’s dyslexic and struggles at school so she has enough going on already. Maybe I’m overreacting but would like to hear others thoughts please. Thanks!

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Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
whatsausername · 26/04/2025 17:51

I would think at 11 you should still be in charge of her clothes? So making sure after she’s wore something for one day you’re putting it right in the wash so she has to wear something different the next day.

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