Like my title, Kat? Hee hee.
Here's my personally-historic moment.
My daughter asked to wear a dress to school yesterday. She said: "_________ wears dresses all the time. I want to wear a dress."
Uh-oh. The magic threshhold. Once we cross it, we never go back.
This is why I have never encouraged her to be interested in clothing. I knew she would eventually take an interest, but I wanted her to spend as many years as possible in her innocent, careless state.
But there are some consolations. I have to admit that it's fun to buy cute little-girl dresses.
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It's good that your daughter has taken so long to develop the interest, given the media blitz on women's style (I'm annoyed at my husband for teaching Lola the word "fashionista.") Luckily, 3 year-old Lola doesn't care about what she wears from day to day--we still pick her clothes. She cares only for dress-up costumes. I need to make an effort to find her some costumes that are less girly (in addition to her skunk costume, that is).
We have to face the fact that our girls want to wear/do/be what all the other girls are wearing/doing/being. Just because we're all grown up now, are we really any different?
See?
You needed that mighty word for an historic event in your family's life.
It's so funny how girls will reach this point at different ages.
My seven-year-old hit this mark a long time ago. But 'm still waiting for my 13-year-old to get to this day. She's happy wearing mismatched sweatpants and t-shirts to school, and she really doesn't care when someone points it out.
She tells me that's a perk of being beautiful. (I think she might have self-esteem issues. What do you think?) :-)
Kat, I indentify with your daughter! I only pretend to care because my husband likes me to look presentable. My friends were a little dubious about him when we started dating because I started paying attention to what I wore!
I personlly hope my daughter will like wearing dresses - so much easier to do just a dress and some sandles than tops and bottoms and socks to match. ;)
I remember that tenderness of heart. I hit it in first grade. I lied to a pressure-placing schoolchum about being "forced" to wear a favorite dress my mother made- I felt guilty, I finally confessed it to my mom when I couldn't fall asleep that night.
That age is very vulnerable to say the least. Thankfully my daughter is only 18 months and all we have to concern ourselves with is keeping her from smearing bananas in her hair and picking her nose in public :)
I wanted to wear/do/be like the other girls when I was in early high school, but I'm thankful that when I switched to a better high school, the counterculture there emphasized nonconformism.
Kathryn - I'm glad Lola doesn't care yet. :-)
Kat - That is *so* cool that your daughter is confident. I'm sure it will be a great help to her in navigating those treacherous teen years.
And Kristi, I also have trouble caring too much about how I look. I go through phases of being more and less careful about my appearance.
Rachel - That's a sweet story!
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