On the purity of toddler fashion/greed

[jeffxandra]

Matt loves his Spider-Man shirts. He always wants to wear them, the grey one in particular. He loves them because of the fact Spider-Man is on them and he wants to have Spider-Man on his shirt. I don't think that motivation should be sold short.

At some point, usually between the time josabry finishes teaching your child and drewshi starts, kids stop caring about what's on the shirts because of what they want and start worrying about what the herd wants.

You see them wearing Hollister, Abercrombie, American Eagle, etc. Yes there are those who don't worry about it, but there are many who do. Eventually, most grow out of it. They start worrying about what they want on their own shirts because it's what they want. There's something, almost, wholesome about that kind of desire.

Matt doesn't care what others think of him, he only cares about what he wants to express.

He likes Spider-Man.

I hear people in Xandrapolis like Spider-Man too.

Comments

[black-op.livejournal.com]

I hope this means he's enjoying my gift.

[jeffxandra.livejournal.com]

Very much so. He keeps it on his bed and, for a while, was sleeping on top of it instead of his usual pillow.

[elengul.livejournal.com]

I never stopped caring about what's on my shirts ... but, then, I never have been part of the herd.

[pneumatik.livejournal.com]

Rockin'. Another Toad the Wet Sprocket fan. With the same CD I have, in fact.

[jeffxandra.livejournal.com]

I've got both Fear & Dulcinea, actually.