MIL bought coronation outfits for my dc

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...WIBU not to dress them in them?

I’m not a monarchist and won’t be celebrating the coronation.

Treat them like any other clothes or any gift you may not like, wait a few weeks and then put in charity bag, you could just do this after the event. At least it's not an ornament that should be on show.

Also I hate these kind of single celebration/use clothes. So the wasteful aspect would irriate me as well.

(Yes I know, in theory you could wear a coronation tshirt again later but... would you really?)

It's no different really to any other crap that relatives gift.

Aw come on its a bit of history

I can't think why my kids would NEED to wear coronation themed clothes. If my kids school had some kind of dress up day I'd probably just get them to wear something they already had that would fit the brief.

My point was it seemed very petty to say your child wouldn't wear them if you'd been given them as the OP had. Presumably they will have a coronation day at school and if a relative had brought them a t-shirt then why wouldn't they wear it. You might not like the monarchy but your child might like the t-shirt and want to wear it to school on the day.

Like PP I hate these sort of clothes because it's wasteful and hell would freeze over before I kitted my DC out in pro-monarchy t shirts.
I'd probably let them wear them underneath another jumper or use it for garden clothes, but not attach any specialness to it.

Why should one appreciate to have her MIL (or mother etc…) ideas showed down the throat of their children?

Im not a royalist. I wouldn’t appreciate anyone buying that sort if outfits for my dcs.
Just like you wouldn’t appreciate a tshirt saying ‘i am a republicans’ if you love the monarchy

Are you likely to see her that weekend, if not there is no problem.

I didn't like any relatives giving me anything for us, DS or the house.

Yeah I agree that it might seem petty, but when you are against something (like the monarchy) you don't want a tshirt to "celebrate" it. So if I were given the tshirts personally, I'd take them straight to a charity shop or back to the shop they were purchased from and swap them for something else.

If it were some kind of Cornation dress up day at DCs school I would just send them in with an outfit that fir the general brief but was made up of clothes from their existing wardrobe. Maybe other schools are stricter than my DCs though so I'm misunderstanding what you mean, my Dcs school usually just say "wear something red, white or blue" or something like that, as it's a fairly deprived area so thered be a lot of backlash if people were expected to buy new clothes for a day.

What, ever?

Good on you OP to not let your children be indoctrinated!

I doubt they will be indoctrinated by a t shirt but relatives usually want to gift crap to children, it's part of life that you just have to put up with.

One photo for her.....then turn inside out and use for PJs or messy painting clothes......oops wrecked 😚

@MuffinToSeeHere nit petty to refuse to have your dc wear something that is against your beliefs/ideals.

Im sure that no monarchist would appreciate a t-shirt with ‘I am a republican’.
Nor would they be happy to dress their dc up with that sort if merchandise.

Why should you put up with it?
it’s just a tshirt. It can go in the bin.

Not put up with the t shirt, put up with having to keep putting useless gifts in the bin and obviously OP has had to waste time making a thread about it. I don't think I have ever kept any relatives gifts, not that I have had that many

Definitely sounds like the sort of clothes to be worn once for a photo and forever after be painting/mud kitchen gear...

Agree with pp, stick the outfits on them, take a pic for MIL, then change them out of them and get on with your life.

Whether you celebrate it or not, it's a very big event that will have taken place during DC lifetime, so perhaps save a copy of the photo for them to have when they are older.

Just make sure you don't see her that weekend or more gifts might be forthcoming and she might expect the children wearing them

There's a top in Sainsbury's with little corgis on and they are all wearing little crowns - it's in the ladies section.
I like it and am tempted to buy it. Not because I am a royalist. I just think it's cute.
The money won't go to the King. It will go to Sainsbury's.

My DC got jubilee T-shirts last summer, they wore them for the school dress up day, on Jubilee day and then regularly throughout the summer, it's just a T-shirt you can wear it more than once.

To be fair whether you approve or not, it's a national event. The wider community I likely to want to celebrate in some way.

It's also history. I made my camera shy kids have a family jubilee pic, because it's a hugely unusual historic moment.

My dad remembered the last coronation as a big deal- one of his earliest memories. It would be a shame to deny them that moment of connection.

I was born the year of the moon landing. No interest in space whatsoever, but it's a momentous event that places me on the timeline.

I’m kind of with OP on this one. If I’d made my view on the monarchy known and someone bought my kids clothes to celebrate the coronation I’d be pretty pissed off. In the same way I would be if someone bought them a Golly-Wog doll. The primary school children here were given a book about the Queens life. DD was adamant she didn’t want it and told her teacher as much, not because we drum our views into her at home but because it was of no interest to her.
The idea that it’s still a “big deal” whether you support the monarchy is simply not the case for many people. It’s a total non event for a lot of people.

I don't know

I have a lovely treasured photo of my mum on the queen's coronation

She hated the royal family with a passion but somehow all these years later it marks a historic occasion