Here's a another deeply serious parenting issue for y'all to consider: to what extent do you let toddlers dress themselves?
I hate to crush her creativity or stymie the development of autonomy but I also don't want her to look back on her childhood photos and accuse me neglect by allowing her to traipse about dressed like an escaped bi-polar circus midget.
So far my only real limits have been insisting that she have pants on when we leave the house. After all, we may be known in the 'hood as the freaky hippies that insist on composting, voting Green and only mowing their lawn once a month but dammit, we will wear pants in public.
On that note, if you ever want to pop over for a visit, please call in advance to ensure that our family pants-status is set to "On".
I'm all for letting toddlers dress themselves. If she complains about it years later, don't worry. You've got someone to blame! You can just say: 'It was your Dad who insisted that you dress yourself...' Perfect.
ReplyDeleteI do get a kick out of the outfits. I wish I had a pic of last evening's apparel: dark purple fleece sweater, dark pink t-shirt, cropped jeans, orange socks, light purple sneakers, topped-off with a brown/rainbow striped sunhat (that she refused to wear all summer). It was cute in a "The Pride Parade Threw Up on My Kid" kinda way...
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