Xander has strong faith in layering. He always wears one short-sleeved shirt with a long-sleeved shirt on top of it, so when he gets hot halfway through the day, he can take off his long-sleeved shirt and go play.
Ari, on the other hand, is developing his sense of color. "Orange sock, orange sock," he said today. "You want orange socks?" said Jonathan, green socks in hand. "Yes!" said Ari. "Match shirt." And then Jonathan realized his shirt was orange too.
One son wants comfort, and the other color-coordination. Hooray for independent decisions and fashionable boys!
Oh boy. Are you in trouble now?!
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DeleteAnd while my first comment was joking, this one will be serious. I so admire how both you and Jonathan encourage your children to think for themselves and make their own decisions. While other parents dictate, what you do is set boundaries while at the same time leaving lots of room for those independent choices. Kol ha-kavod!
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Aww, thanks! I figure, as long as they're dressed appropriately for the weather, who really cares what they look like? I wrote this partially in response to this Kveller article, where the parent thinks the opposite of myself and Jonathan:
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I read that article and really didn't like it. You were picking what you wanted to wear by the time you were 18 months old. You made it very clear that whatever I had picked for you to wear that day didn't suit you so I would just pick you up, hold you in front of the closet, and you'd point to what you wanted to wear. The step mother in that article is WAY to concerned with what other people think. I like the fact that you let your boys be themselves and express themselves through what they choose to wear.
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