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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
Oh, I missed where clothes defined self-worth.
You got a link on that?
Alot of poor kids in the Delta with both parents. Should we give them vouchers for them to buy hollister or whatever it is the kids are buying these days?
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I'm guessing it has been a long time since you were a child or you have chosen to repress your childhood memories.
What I wore to school as a child completely affected my schooling. While I loved the academics, I HATED the social aspects. I didn't wear hand me downs (as the only girl in the family) but I got the cheapest clothes known to man. With that my clothes were usually too big for me. I also had a lot of sewn clothes (via my mom) while I loved what she made for me I was teased MERCILESSLY by my fellow classmates. It wasn't until I was in high school that it got slightly better, but only my junior and senior years because I was working and could get clothes with my own money.
Kids are cruel. I still see it now as a teacher.
So yes, clothes do define a child's self worth.
These children already feel crappy because they are in foster care and the older they get the less chance they have for adoption, then add to it the teasing they could be getting from their clothing. Their opinions of themselves are probably in the toilet.
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