Hi,
I wondered if anybody might know what the more respectable equivalent of a hoodie and jogging trousers is for a 14 year old?
My son is home schooling with a council EOTAS package but we have to do lots of going out to get him practise at socialising again. I've noticed that when we meet men that we don't know at church teas, they tend to address him with a sort of talkin-to-the-lads street-style speech, which they are putting on to try and meet him half way. I think it might be because he has a hoodie on.
DS is not that sort of lad, and is a nervous intellectual type. He has no idea of what to say or do when the men address him like that.
I thought maybe I should get him some slightly more upmarket clothes so he looks as though he is naice middle class (which he is), but I'm not sure what that would be. He is ASD and likes very comfy clothes that don't itch or dig in, which is why he is wearing jersey fabric.
I wondered if he ought to wear a shirt like an office shirt, with maybe a jumper over it, when it's cold, or without, when it's warm? Or if something like a rugby shirt would be better?
I have no idea really because we only saw his friends in school uniform so I don't know what they wear outside of school.
I just wondered if you might have any ideas?
He's slim and about 5'8". We live in a south east university town which is heaving with posh public school kids.
Thanks!