Too cool for (pre) school
My daughter and I got into a fight disagreement yesterday over the outfit I had chosen for her.
“It’s doesn’t look good mum. It doesn’t look cool!” she said.
She is three-and-a-half years old.
Once I got over the shock that she didn’t like something I had picked out for her to wear, I was disturbed by the fact that she had an opinion on what her clothes looked like…and used the words “not cool”.
Does this mean I have failed to shield her from media images of women that promote the s-xualisation of girls and makes them grow up far too quickly?
She certainly doesn’t get any fashion sense from me. I am no yummy mummy who looks put-together when I leave the house.В I’m not one of those mums profiled in magazines who slip into their Citizens of Humanity jeans, French Sole ballet flats and organic designer cotton tee and zip out the door.
If I am lucky I put some mascara and blush on, have remembered to wipe off baby spew from my top, put on deodorant and clean my teeth.
A particularly stylish day for me is when I have jeans on with a tee that is long enough to cover the sight of the open zipper. (I am still wearing my maternity cargo pants and my baby is now five months old.) My shoes are from Target (on sale) and tees from Kmart.
I am no fashionista.
So I am perplexed as to where my daughter gets this concept of “cool” from. Is it from daycare? TV? I am already freaking out that she’ll grow up too quickly, despite our best efforts to keep everything age appropriate. (My husband thinks most little girls’ clothing is too grown up!)
I’m also wondering how old she will be when I become embarrassing or “uncool”.
Probably next year.
November 27, 2009
Posted in: Lifestyle, Parenting
4 Responses
Loving it em, keep them coming! Remember to thank me in your book as the one who encouraged you and you COULDN’T have done it without me……..
Cheers S
The journey from cool to uncool is swift! I was the cool aunt for many years and then one day just wasn’t. And I never saw it coming.
Hi! Stopping by from the SITS Sharefest!
Kids grow up WAY too fast, don’t they? My daughter, who is 3, is already dictating what she will and what she won’t wear. Fortunately, as of yet, it has nothing to do with what’s “cool”…she just likes pockets and the color pink.
Enjoy your weekend!
My little sister wore a rainbow colored belt with a cabbage patch head buckle pretty much every day for a year when she was 4. It’s funny how early munchkins get into clothes. I was mad when I was 3 because I had to wear my corrective saddle shoes with my princess costume. The nerve of my Mom! Ah ha ha
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