Let me just clarify, holy jeans are not the latest hot name in the world of designer denim.
Although…
Hmm…
What if you sold jeans that were stone-washed in holy water, blessed by the pope and had crosses embroidered on the back pockets?
I’m thinking $150 a pair.
I can just see celebrities wearing them while pushing their babies around Montecito in $900 strollers…
That’s MY idea.
Don’t you steal it.
Anyway, what I’m actually talking about are plain old jeans that have holes ripped in the knee.
See, it’s January, and David has worn the knees out of all but two pairs of the jeans I bought him for school back in August. But the jeans still fit him.
You might think this a weird question, but I remember when I was in elementary school you didn’t wear ripped clothing to school, because it wasn’t considered proper.
And God help the kid who’s mother sent him to school with a patch sewn on his pants. That was guaranteed ridicule and social ostracism.
Now, I know it’s cool these days for a high school kid to wear $150 jeans that came from the store pre-riped. But what about a kindergartner?
Do I save the jeans for playtime and weekends, or I do I let him keep wearing them to school as long as they still fit?
This is just my opinion and I have a 3rd grader. I won’t let him go to school with holy jeans, although a small tear I will. I’m weird like that. They all get put in the drawer for play clothes.
I say Grandma buys him some new jeans
I go both ways on this. I honestly hate jeans with holes just because I do. I don’t like to wear them myself, so I feel weird about putting my kids in them. That said, I don’t think it’s wrong for other kids to wear jeans with holes (hello double standard!).
I understand your pain though. My kids always wear out the left knee of their jeans from playing on the floor and scooting around while playing trucks and cars.
It all depends.;)
If I’ve just bought clothes and there are plenty of unholy, so to speak, jeans in the closet, I won’t let him wear them. If it’s in the middle of winter and most pairs are torn, I’ll replace them. This got to be very expen$ive a few years back when he’d rip the knees in a pair a week. Even Toughskins.
However … if it’s near the end of jeans season and most pairs are tattered, I’ll wink and nod, especially if I know he’s about to go up a size but isn’t quite ready yet.
Sincerely,
Yes, I’m A Hypocrite
Your Mom and I remember when we had to wear dresses
and slacks to class in college; no jeans allowed.
(Same school, but you were there much later.)
And there is that picture of him wearing a dress shirt and tie. He asked me if I was going to sing when
he saw me wearing a tie. So I say, send him to school in a suit and tie!! But save the Tux for K graduation.
I say, let them wear them, until they don’t fit anymore (provided the hole isn’t so big that it basically makes the would-be pants into shorts). Mostly because with my monkey’s (two growing and rambunctious boys) no matter what jeans I buy, they end up with a hole in the knee.
Although, the placement of the whole does change my answer.
I say go for it. The holes are definitely 10,000 times better than a patch..and the kid has to have some jeans.
This is mom, the teacher. If it is a little hole, let him wear the jeans to school. If it is a big hole, don’t send him to school. 4th graders like to wear those big frayed,holes in their jeans and it drives me crazy. Check your school handbook. It may have a policy against wearing holy jeans. I agree with Grandma Stout. Maybe both grandmas need to buy him new jeans.
It’s that I’m paying for the rips that bugs me. At least let me wear my own holes into it. I don’t need help starting them! But you are so right. That was absolutely unacceptable for us as kids!
I say head over to Sears and check out the Kidvantage program when you are ready to buy more. Here is a link to the details on the Sears site:
http://www.mysears.com/kidvantage/details.html
Basically, if the clothes wear out before the child outgrows them, you get an identical item in exchange (same size). Plus, when you sign up you get special savings and points towards additional discounts when you purchase.
Hey, I think I feel a blog post about this coming on! 😉 Thanks for the inspiration!
From my own personal experience and choice, I can’t do the holy jeans. My son is very good with his clothes and have never actually had to deal with a hole. When it comes to stains in shirts that just won’t get out, I don’t even let him wear them to school.
I always dress my kids how I’d like to look, clean, tidy and not a mess. Mind you, my kids have better clothes then I do. Anytime one of the local kid clothing stores have sales I stock up. Just today I bought them enough clothing to get them through the remainder of the winter. I don’t like messy clothes, I know I wouldn’t want to wear them so I don’t make them.