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From: benson@dcdwest.UUCP (Peter Benson)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Precocious Brand Loyalty
Message-ID: <205@dcdwest.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 30-Aug-85 18:11:47 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 30 18:11:47 1985
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Organization: ITT Defense Communications (San Diego)
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Summary: 

Scott's 4-year old demands Wrangler's and he's worried about
Calvin Klein's and Jordache.  My solution, when my daughters
became teen-agers, was to give them an allowance and let them
buy what they want.  This worked and ended what seemed to be
the beginning of a lot of acrimony.  The allowance was
extended to shoes after a tussle over high heels.  Four years
old may be too young to let your son decide what to wear, but:

	1. as long as the kids are warm and dry and decent,

	2. it's their body to display.

	3. you, of course, retain the right to decide how much money you
	are willing to lay out, but not on a purchase-by-purchase
	basis.

It may not work for you, but it did for us.
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