Where do you purchase your elementary school boy clothing? (teenager, child, family)
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As I said previously, the fact you are fortunate doesn't make others foolish.
If your children haven't broken their feet, clearly their foot problems aren't as severe as those in my family.
There is more than one type of flat feet. Guess you didn't know that.
I have perfectly fat feet. I have insoles from the foot doctor for even my best quality tennis shoes which are designed for flat feet. I can't wear strappy sandals because my foot spreads so much.
I have perfectly fat feet. I have insoles from the foot doctor for even my best quality tennis shoes which are designed for flat feet. I can't wear strappy sandals because my foot spreads so much.
I have never broken my foot.
There are three types of flat feet. My children needed to have surgery on their feet once they were old enough. Even after surgery, they always need to wear insoles too---the expensive ones made by the doctor like you have, not the cheap ones at the drug store. And the better quality shoes offer them much better support with their insoles. Like you, sandals are an impossibility for them. With this latest break, my son needed to a second surgery to have pins put in his foot. I just take issue with someone telling me that I'm preaching to the choir, when CLEARLY they aren't dealing with as severe of a foot problem as we have in our household.
LMAO! I can't help but wonder what type of person would have that type of underwear conversation in the real world!
Oh my other mom friends and I have. In fact, that's how I learned about Jockey underwear. lol It was school clothes shopping time many years ago and we were at the playground making the most of the final few days of Summer, all watching the kids dig in the sand.
Well... they dug up some dirty underwear. Totally gross, I know! We all gagged and hollered. After we were done getting the kids to "Put that down! Put that down!" and using a (very long) stick to pick them up and toss them in the garbage (while dry-heaving) our conversation naturally turned to underwear.
At the time our youngest son was going through a big-time Spiderman phase (he would wear a homemade Spiderman costume we made for him to the grocery store... it was that intense), and while at the store one day he saw Spiderman underwear, and he did need underwear, so we bought some. He was in boy heaven for about 10 minutes, until he realized how uncomfortable they were. They were so cheap, itchy, and uncomfortable that he only wore them for about a day, then he said they hurt him so he couldn't wear them anymore.
Can you take underwear back to the store? I didn't know, and I never have, so I was going to just toss them... but my kid had a different idea.
He decided to cut-out the Spiderman graphics out of the cheap underwear and he would actually play with the Spierman graphics using magnets on a whiteboard.
OK. So my kids are creative and I let them use their imaginations! Sue me!
Anyway... so I told this story to the moms when we were talking about underwear. Everybody was cracking up laughing, and naturally the conversation turned to good-quality, comfortable underwear. I told them we had found really good stuff at the Polo Outlet stores, and another mom said she always sought out Jockey. So the next time I saw Jockey underwear I grabbed some - and she was right! It's good stuff.
Long story, sorry, but those conversations do happen with normal people sometimes.
As far as feet go - There are different kinds of feet. My kids have to wear good quality shoes with extra arch support because they have a tendency towards plantar fasciitis. If they wear cheap shoes, the tissue in the bottom of their feet becomes swollen and very painful and they cannot walk until the swelling goes down. We have found that with Brooks or New Balance running shoes, or good quality leather shoes with good support, this does not happen. I'm not saying those brands are best for everybody, but it's why we spend more on quality shoes. We can't wear crocs or cheap sneakers in this family, it makes our feet hurt.
Long story, sorry, but those conversations do happen with normal people sometimes.
Funny story! Your funny conversation came up out of the blue due to comical circumstances.
You weren't BRAGGING about the quality of underwear your children have to impress the other parents.
My strange underwear purchase is based on comfortable cloth waistbands for men's briefs. I bought them for my son when he had epididymitis because the doctor recommended tighter fitting underwear. (He already wore briefs, but apparently normal briefs weren't tight enough.) I found a fitted style that had a fabic waistband. After my son recovered from his illness, he never wanted to wear any other type of underwear. Apparently they're THAT comfortable!
My sons are 8 and 6. Gymboree seems to be a bit on the 'baby' side of my 8 year old, but he prefers preppy clothes compared to skater-type clothes.
Where do you shop for school aged boys? I think we're slowly growing out of Gymboree but Dillard's is too 'rough' for him (browns, blacks, 'boring' in his words). He likes bright colors, collared shirts, plaids, etc. Preppy, for sure.
Gone are the days I could just bring home a bag of clothes that he'd be happy with. And he hates shopping.
Any ideas?
My son's school requires uniforms, but we buy the pants and shirts from Children's Place and have them embroidered at a local store. But for regular clothes, we also buy a lot of my 8 year old's clothes at Children's Place, along with Old Navy and Kohl's.
There are three types of flat feet. My children needed to have surgery on their feet once they were old enough. Even after surgery, they always need to wear insoles too---the expensive ones made by the doctor like you have, not the cheap ones at the drug store. And the better quality shoes offer them much better support with their insoles. Like you, sandals are an impossibility for them. With this latest break, my son needed to a second surgery to have pins put in his foot. I just take issue with someone telling me that I'm preaching to the choir, when CLEARLY they aren't dealing with as severe of a foot problem as we have in our household.
Are you guys seriously arguing over whose feet are the flattest. Ugh.
Actually, I think people are idiots that buy crap for cheap because they are too good to buy name brand. LOL
Buy it once and buy it well!
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