Motifs on children's clothing.

Tresco - 5 year olds and Barbie T Shirts speaks volumes! I dislike any T Shirts with lips or hearts plastered all over them, but slogans have to be the worst.

NanaandGrampy - yes, we have a choice not to buy the uniform dress with the Frozen motif, but I can see many a six year old pestering for it it when she sees it on a friend at school! And maybe an older child will be clever enough to slip into her friend's dress when changing after PE! Trouble!

My 4 DGC love Disney. we go every year and have since they were born. I see absolutely no harm in items with their favourite characters on.

They read Disney books, see Disney movies amongst a plethora of other TV, reading materials etc . The two oldest boys are just getting into Transformers and Avengers and again, I don't have a problem with buying them things depicting their favourite characters.

I think M & S are wrong to put this type of thing on school clothes though, school uniform is a great leveller across the economic groups and one gingham summer dress looks pretty much like another so whether your Mum shops at Primark or M & S it all looks the same. It means that labels and logos are not being used to be divisive.

At the end of the day I feel its a marketing ploy just like any other but we have a choice whether to buy or not .

Looking at what is currently on children's T shirts, I found this, with a mother saying her 5 year old loved it. What message is she sending?
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so do I!!

I hate them!

My 2 GS love picture T-shirts and anything with Marvel comics on from slippers to boxers.
The youngest who's just 4 has also developed a George Pig obsession thanks to other nannie buying everything with George on.
I agree some slogans are inappropriate but I see no harm in the character ones.

Personally, I have never bought (nor will buy) items of children's clothing with Disney or other commercial characters on them, whether the child likes them or not. Why should I pay for advertising the company?
Of concern to me are the often very inappropriate "fun" slogans on children's clothes. They often reinforce gender roles - girls are princesses, boys are "tough". If, as I have seen, your child has behaviour problems for which he attends a PRU, why put him in a T shirt that says "here comes trouble" as if you approved of his disruptive behaviour?

My children refused to wear anything with a logo or, worse still, with a silly motto on it. In non-English-speaking countries the words printed on tee- and sweatshirts, if in "English", are at best cringeworthy, and often spelt wrong.

I would condone these motifs only if I'm absolutely in favour of the image presented. Especially if they are quintessentially British, such as Wallace and Gromit. But not on school uniform. I hope M&S get rapped on the knuckles. (Would a 14-year-old really wear something with a Frozen design?)

Do children like motifs on clothes? I would say Yes, but wonder if we are to blame by buying the things in the first place. Or is it an attempt to make clothes and getting dressed more "fun"??
My DD now 34 used to be particularly fond of a red "Snoopy" fleece sweatshirt and I didn't give it a second thought at the time.