Comments on: Wish I’d hit save http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/ montessori at school, autonomous at home, all learning together Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:09:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jax http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-109108 Jax Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:04:35 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-109108 Apologies to those whose comments were languishing in moderation, I've been away for a couple of nights. Good thread. Apologies to those whose comments were languishing in moderation, I’ve been away for a couple of nights.

Good thread.

]]> By: Merry http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-109098 Merry Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:41:54 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-109098 Ah yes, Josie wears that quitea bit, thoguh with the smell coming out of her ears currently, she is an unprincessy as you get really! None of my lot go a bundle on anything too nasty thankfully, but then i don't let them choose their clothes in shops very often! :oops: Ah yes, Josie wears that quitea bit, thoguh with the smell coming out of her ears currently, she is an unprincessy as you get really!

None of my lot go a bundle on anything too nasty thankfully, but then i don’t let them choose their clothes in shops very often! :oops:

]]> By: Elder Fairy http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-109053 Elder Fairy Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:35:00 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-109053 I don't know what it is like in Blighty right now, but girls from 10 years old here go around with make up on and the whale tail thingy with their faces all sullen and posey (eek!)...it's an epidemic. It is true that a lot of mothers nowadays don't seem to think about what messages clothes send out. Also, there's this whole fashion thing about girls wanting a certain sort of attention..it's totally naive and foolhardy, mothers should be stepping in. I reckon that kids need to spend more time around animals (in nature) and watching normal physical stuff going on (I don't QUITE know what I mean..but you get the gist). They get far too many of their cues from fashion and mtv *spit*. Trashy sexuality looks just as crap on a woman as on a girl. (And all this coming from a woman whose skirts used to be so short they were belts..but HEy! I've been there so I know what I am talkin about;) Scuze the protracted comment Jax..I am attending Commentators Anonymous...but it doesn't seem to be helping.. I don’t know what it is like in Blighty right now, but girls from 10 years old here go around with make up on and the whale tail thingy with their faces all sullen and posey (eek!)…it’s an epidemic. It is true that a lot of mothers nowadays don’t seem to think about what messages clothes send out. Also, there’s this whole fashion thing about girls wanting a certain sort of attention..it’s totally naive and foolhardy, mothers should be stepping in. I reckon that kids need to spend more time around animals (in nature) and watching normal physical stuff going on (I don’t QUITE know what I mean..but you get the gist). They get far too many of their cues from fashion and mtv *spit*. Trashy sexuality looks just as crap on a woman as on a girl. (And all this coming from a woman whose skirts used to be so short they were belts..but HEy! I’ve been there so I know what I am talkin about;) Scuze the protracted comment Jax..I am attending Commentators Anonymous…but it doesn’t seem to be helping..

]]> By: Roslyn http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-108854 Roslyn Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:16:20 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-108854 Well you learn somehting new every day LOL! Hate them also :-) Well you learn somehting new every day LOL!

Hate them also :-)

]]> By: Tim http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-108679 Tim Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:36:30 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-108679 A thong/g-string riding up the back, usually while wearing low-rise jeans. Derived from a whale's tail sticking out of the water. A thong/g-string riding up the back, usually while wearing low-rise jeans. Derived from a whale’s tail sticking out of the water.

]]> By: Allie http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-108600 Allie Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:27:29 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-108600 Many of the slogans are mega gender propaganda imo - e.g. girls are princesses or in training for sexual availability, and boys are anti-social! No offense to anyone who has kids with such stuff, just an observation. That said, I don't mind something witty. A shop here was recently visited by the police who asked the staff to remove the 'offensive' baby t-shirts from the window. I thought they were quite funny actually: "Winner of the egg and sperm race" I also think that most children's clothes these days are mini adult clothes - way too much fuss in style and ridiculous fastenings etc. Our kids want things that are comfy and bright and that don't inhibit their play. It seems that a girl of nine is not meant to play - just stand around posing with a mobile phone... Many of the slogans are mega gender propaganda imo - e.g. girls are princesses or in training for sexual availability, and boys are anti-social! No offense to anyone who has kids with such stuff, just an observation.

That said, I don’t mind something witty. A shop here was recently visited by the police who asked the staff to remove the ‘offensive’ baby t-shirts from the window. I thought they were quite funny actually:
“Winner of the egg and sperm race”

I also think that most children’s clothes these days are mini adult clothes - way too much fuss in style and ridiculous fastenings etc. Our kids want things that are comfy and bright and that don’t inhibit their play. It seems that a girl of nine is not meant to play - just stand around posing with a mobile phone…

]]> By: Roslyn http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-108599 Roslyn Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:26:42 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-108599 What pray tell is a whale tail? What pray tell is a whale tail?

]]> By: Tim http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-108598 Tim Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:42:15 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-108598 I don't thing there is anything wrong with bright or cheeky slogans on t-shirts and it would be sad if people couldn't have fun and express themselves, but that is a bit different from hooker wear. The thing I hate most about current fashion is whale tails. I don’t thing there is anything wrong with bright or cheeky slogans on t-shirts and it would be sad if people couldn’t have fun and express themselves, but that is a bit different from hooker wear. The thing I hate most about current fashion is whale tails.

]]> By: SallyM http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-108595 SallyM Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:01:54 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-108595 DS2 takes after me (around half my t-shirts that aren't music ones are slogans!) in that he loves slogan tee's. Amarillo being one of his favourite songs so I got him printed up a tee for Christmas which said "Follow Me" on the front and "I know the way to Amarillo" on the back. He also has ones like "It wasn't me, it was him" and they are fine, as long as they are not sexually suggestive on small children (which I think is far more obvious in girl clothes, not really a problem with boys!) then its fine as long as the wearer is happy. DS1 isn't so keen on slogans, he prefers skates and skull and crossbones and DS3 doesn't really have an opinion but he does have one that says "Bet you're glad I'm not your child" which can be very appropriate :D Although his "I have autism, what's your excuse?" gets quite a bit of wear when we go to soft play type places. I am *so* glad I don't have to get into the skirts issue, jeans is jeans is jeans as far as boys are concerned LOL! DS2 takes after me (around half my t-shirts that aren’t music ones are slogans!) in that he loves slogan tee’s. Amarillo being one of his favourite songs so I got him printed up a tee for Christmas which said “Follow Me” on the front and “I know the way to Amarillo” on the back. He also has ones like “It wasn’t me, it was him” and they are fine, as long as they are not sexually suggestive on small children (which I think is far more obvious in girl clothes, not really a problem with boys!) then its fine as long as the wearer is happy. DS1 isn’t so keen on slogans, he prefers skates and skull and crossbones and DS3 doesn’t really have an opinion but he does have one that says “Bet you’re glad I’m not your child” which can be very appropriate :D Although his “I have autism, what’s your excuse?” gets quite a bit of wear when we go to soft play type places. I am *so* glad I don’t have to get into the skirts issue, jeans is jeans is jeans as far as boys are concerned LOL!

]]> By: Amanda http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-108468 Amanda Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:39:54 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/04/22/wish-id-hit-save/#comment-108468 I have this problem too with clothes, although Z tends to wear jeans and quite plain tops but its getting harder to find things for her, shes 9 and quite tall. I have this problem too with clothes, although Z tends to wear jeans and quite plain tops but its getting harder to find things for her, shes 9 and quite tall.

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