Does anyone else have a complete ban on character clothing and accessories?

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Or would you buy items like umbrellas, bags, towels, hats, sunglasses, gloves, scarves, pants, vests, socks, pjs, dressing gown, swimwear, raincoats, puddlesuits, wellies, slippers etc with tv characters on?

Children love clothes with characters on them, wheres the problem

I hate clothes with characters on where's the problem? It's personal choice and OK not to like something, my DC never had any when they were younger and never asked for any, it's not something anyone in my family would buy either so a non issue really.

I love those Biden Harry Potter pyjamas someone posted. My van would not extend to them.

Ds's favourite items are his black panther t-shirts and Mario pants. Dd1 and 2 wear Marvel t-shirts and stuff from Adventure Time along with t-shirts they've made, Emily Strange and band t-shirts.

I love a lot of comic book, cartoon and film stuff so think it is great.

Pointless blanket "ban"

It’s a bit mean to ban character clothing if it’s something that would make your child happy just because you don’t like it. Not buying it because you don’t like it and your child doesn’t care or is too young to care is fine.

My particular dislike is very young children in band T-shirts. No toddler is into Nivarna or The Ramones or David Bowie.

I don’t buy them but I get sent a lot by family and the dc, esp in the 2-6 age range, loved character stuff - it’s another kind of dressing up.

I’ve just been looking at the boden Harry Potter - some of it is nice but can’t help thinking it’s all too much, takes a little bit of the magic away. I was tempted to get myself the black velvet cloak though!

DS has a batman vest (DH...) but that's it. I don't like overt branding, whether that's a character or a brand name emblazoned across the front.

You would hate me but in my defence a lot of it is hand me downs. Do not encourage buying new new characters stuff but if your DC like something and the same price as plain? They have years of wearing uniform and conforming I don't like it but have passed on all my character clothing.
Now they wear football kits that's another story......

I don't like character clothing except pyjamas.

@BarkandCheese my niece genuinely loves the cure and asks for lovecats when she gets into our car, she doesn't have a t shirt though.

I began with high ideals but ended up with an autistic child obsessed with Thomas the Tank

I ran a loose “characters on PJs only” rule for both me and the DC and give or take the odd Slytherin scarf or socks I’ve pretty much stuck to that. If DCs had particularly wanted something I wouldn’t have vetoed it though.

True but there are some nice things in the Harry Potter stuff (I like the plum Hogwarts jumper.)

I was quite determined not to allow th3m. I never bought them for my babies but, as they've got older, they spot something and like it and I've got over myself! They are kids. Time enough for serious clothes!

I don’t dictate to my child what they wear. They pick their own clothes just like I do for myself.

It never bothered me to be honest. DD had various character clothing over the years. She’s almost 10 now so that phase has passed but she does have a pair of bugs bunny pjs she got as a gift for Easter. She likes them so why not. Similarly she has a NASA T-shirt because they are one of the coolest things ever (apparently) and would like a red coke-a-cola T-shirt because they are also a thing in her peer group. If I see one in her size then I will probably buy it for her because I know she will love it.

I would much rather see a small child charging around the park in full character gear than sitting on the sidelines because they aren’t allowed to get their expensive clothes dirty or dressed in a fancy frock that restricts playing.

One thing I do really hate seeing is small children in impractical footwear (flip flops and open toe sandals on toddlers or young children is just asking for trouble). How on earth are you supposed to climb up three climbing frame with your toes sticking out and risking getting caught on stuff, or going a scooter or bike? I cringe just thinking about all the poor little skint toes. Fine at the beach but not for the majority of what kids get up to. Older children it’s different as they can decide what they like and learn the hard way about making poor choices, for example DD wore her trainers the other day even though she was told it was going to be heavy rain in the afternoon. She got wet feet and was uncomfortable so next time she will wear her boots. She also now loves her flip flops but mainly as slippers or pottering around on holiday but again it’s only now she’s older that I let her wear them.

We have had underwear, nightclothes, sun hats and wellies.

I'm not a big fan, but it's not me wearing it, so I wouldn't say no just because it was a character.

I do reserve the right to refuse to buy anything I think is particularly poor quality, or has a stupid slogan or unnecessarily large brand name emblazoned on it - i'm much more against slogans than characters.

Ds (3) has a few bits with paw patrol and thomas on, but he's not massively bothered with them. He does have loads of stuff with trains/cars/buses etc because he loves them in general, but he doesn't seem particularly interested in what he wears, I get the same reaction out of him wearing a plain red top compared to what I would get it he wore one with a TV character etc on. I just grab whatever out the draw and he's never shown any interest in what he wants on.

I do question the point of letting a 3 year old wear something they clearly don't understand. I saw band t-shirts for toddlers the other day, stuff like rolling stones, guns n roses and kiss?. Literally why?

My dd is 3.5. So far I’ve managed an implicit ban on it, mainly because I find the commoditisation and franchise of childhood a bit shit and if we can swerve it, all good. I don’t expect it to last forever but I like that she’s not a walking advertisement for tv programs etc.

@ThanksForAllTheFish yeah i’d rather see kids dressed practically for the weather/activity they’re doing. So a child in the park on a rainy day in a George pig puddle-suit and Gruffallo wellies, or a toddler on the beach in a Thomas the tank engine full uv swimsuit and hat set isn’t going to make me think ‘ugh character clothes! What unclassy cheapo parents!’ I just see a cute child dressed practically and appropriately 🤷‍♀️

Pants is as far as I’d go.

We generally don’t because of poor quality/ polyester etc but we do have that odd thing. I don’t usually take the kids shopping though so perhaps we’d have more if they went anywhere where they saw things to ask for them.

My kids love the character clothes they have. They are at an age now where they like to choose their own T shirts, jumpers etc. Why would I impose such a strange rule on my children.
I might not choose to wear character clothes myself but I don't intend to dictate style choices to my children.

My youngest loved her Dora the Explorer stuff & Charlie & Lola. Older dd loved High School Musical & I let them wear the clothing & they looked good &felt happy.
They soon grow out of it & the teen choices cost a lot more so I look back fondly.
However I don't really like to see children in slogan tee shirts where they obviously don't have a clue what it means or heavy metal tees when they usually haven't heard of the band or music.