Dads: would you let your son wear skinny jeans?

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  • XxXWhitneyShereeXxX
    XxXWhitneyShereeXxX Posts: 160 Member
    Not a dad but i'm a mother to 2 sons, and hell to the no will they be wearing skinny jeans >.< I just don't think they look right on boys and what makes it worse is that now boys want to wear the skinny jeans while still showing their *kitten* (undies) they look stupid imo
  • stewartcarden
    stewartcarden Posts: 126
    heard a wee possible urban myth about letting your trousers sag showing underwear

    apparently in prison thats a signal that you wish to have sexual adventures with other inmates
  • Molly_Maguire
    Molly_Maguire Posts: 1,103 Member
    I'm not a dad, obvi, but while they live under my roof, as long as they aren't trashy or revealing, I'll let my kids wear whatever they want. I'll just take lots of pictures so I can display them at their weddings and embarrass the hell out of them ten years after the fact. :laugh:
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    I'm not a dad, obvi, but while they live under my roof, as long as they aren't trashy or revealing, I'll let my kids wear whatever they want. I'll just take lots of pictures so I can display them at their weddings and embarrass the hell out of them ten years after the fact. :laugh:

    I like this approach! lol
  • seansquared
    seansquared Posts: 328 Member
    No kids here, but I would be teaching them to dress for success at all times. "Skinny jeans" do not equate to that. Nice dark jeans with a crisp shirt, or some nice tailored clothes, but not skinny jeans. To be fair, not baggy jeans either. Clothes should fit smartly.
  • Troll
    Troll Posts: 922 Member
    My 11 year old nephew wears them. he says it "gets all the chicks". Which crack me up. hell, his uncle and i both wore yhe giant Tripp pants at his age. why not?

    (i may be biased but i think hes twenty kinds of adorable in them).
  • heidimaggott78
    heidimaggott78 Posts: 203
    Skinny jeans are the full length equivalent of a Speedo , which in turn is the biggest fashion faux pas a man can make (unless swimming is his JOB)
  • kuger4119
    kuger4119 Posts: 213 Member
    We let our son wear skinny jeans although I let him know that I didn't think they were a good idea. It was a very short phase and he moved on to regular jeans. I only put my foot down on issues that I consider truly critical. One area that we don't compromise on is the underwear hanging out. He's got some shorts that do sag a little bit, but I told him that I'll have him wearing suspenders if I see underwear hanging out under a shirt.
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    man you people worried about jeans..

    http://boingboing.net/2010/11/04/5-year-old-boy-dress.html
  • Molly_Maguire
    Molly_Maguire Posts: 1,103 Member
    We let our son wear skinny jeans although I let him know that I didn't think they were a good idea. It was a very short phase and he moved on to regular jeans. I only put my foot down on issues that I consider truly critical. One area that we don't compromise on is the underwear hanging out. He's got some shorts that do sag a little bit, but I told him that I'll have him wearing suspenders if I see underwear hanging out under a shirt.

    I agree with this 100%. Being a parent is exhausting enough without nitpicking over every little thing your kid does that you don't like. Besides being a pretty-much guarantee that you'll lose your sanity, it's the quickest way to ensure that your kid will resent you and be all that more likely to rebel against the more important things you try to teach him. Pick your battles!
  • skywa
    skywa Posts: 901 Member
    i wouldnt let my son wear skinny jeans. >-> Its a fad and its hideous.
  • themeaningofthemorning
    themeaningofthemorning Posts: 320 Member
    sorry but what that father did is complete and utter child abuse
    you cannot publicly shame your child like that, it's an absolute disgrace

    that kid is a person and if he's working to earn his own money he can buy whatever ****ing pants he wants for ****'s sake
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    My mom let me wear black lipstick even though she thought it looked horrible. It was still age appropriate and I was expressing myself.

    My son would be allowed to wear whatever he wants as long as it isn't inappropriate by society's standards.

    ETA: That dad is an *kitten* to do that and put it on the Internet. Shaming your child like that?

    And that doesn't seem like a valid argument against skinny jeans anyway, because most people don't wear them like that. That's basically the same as baggy jeans hanging around your *kitten*.
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    Not a parent but not a fan of that video either. Abuse much?

    As far as the clothes go sure when you can buy your own clothes you can wear what you want but if you live under my house there would still be rules to this.
  • fallingaroundagain
    fallingaroundagain Posts: 6 Member
    i'm not a parent but i thought it would be important to remind you all that you were once our age and went through your own phases that, looking back on, might not have been the best idea. let us do the same; that's part of life. i understand how you don't want your kids to look trashy and want them to succeed in life, but there gets to be a point where you need to start trusting their judgment on some things (their expression being one of them). if we're expected to be choose the right college and career path by the time we're only 16/17 i think we're capable of choosing our own clothes....
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    I applaud this dad:

    http://youtu.be/YUUUwqQLCFE

    I am a dad and I do not.......No I would not let my son wear them........I also would not take a video to exploit it and post it out on the internet.
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    Generally I'm a live-and-let-live kinda guy...

    But there's this guy who works at my grocery store and all he wears are the skinniest skinny jeans you ever did see. They hang low on his hips like a woman. Is it wrong to hate a stranger for what kind of jeans they wear? Because I do.
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    I'll be teaching my boys to lift, rendering this a moot point.
  • jayche
    jayche Posts: 1,128 Member
    the kids laughing the whole time, not sure if this is a serious vid
  • spade117
    spade117 Posts: 2,466 Member
    You ever try those things on?

    I was out shopping with my wife recently, trying on pants she was bring to the dressing room. Next thing I know, I try this pair on and after I pull them, there is no room for my junk and stuff. I go out to show her and she starts laughing and tells me they are skinny jeans.

    They were so uncomfortable.
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
    Because shaming children never hurts them...
  • BethanyRTS
    BethanyRTS Posts: 47
    I miss simpler time when men were real men...
  • jayche
    jayche Posts: 1,128 Member
    Dr. Phil follow-up link:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX6CIuariVQ

    Oh and that's not how you do a real squat, not enough depth!
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    Because shaming children never hurts them...

    srsly:heart:
  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
    My son loves his skinny jeans and baseball boots.
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    No nor would I be a **** about it either.
  • the_journeyman
    the_journeyman Posts: 1,877 Member
    Well, I have rather large, muscular thighs and calves, and not from working them out. So does my wife. We're both pretty stout & stock. There's a really good chance if we have a son he'll not be able to even THINK about skinny jeans. For instance - if I try to wear any slim cut jeans, I have to go up 2-3 inches in waist size to get my thighs in them.

    JM
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    I have daughters and am not a dad. This, however, doesn't stop me from adding my two cents.

    My 7-year-old daughter tried to explain this fad to me once, but she's 7, so there's that. Basically, she says that a boy needs to get them "too big and ride a skateboard..... Everybody else just looks like that s-word you won't let me say."

    If your son looks like a Jonas, then don't let them. If your son looks and skates like Ryan Sheckler, and they're a little big and beat-up, then let them.
  • btwalsh132
    btwalsh132 Posts: 289 Member
    NO
  • RilantheFirebug
    RilantheFirebug Posts: 207 Member
    As long as it covers his *kitten* and doesn't have an expletive scrawled across it, he can wear what he wants. I don't get censoring or limiting their fashion choices beyond this.


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