Back-to-school shopper exposes creepy trend in kids clothing. Im so sorry, girl moms
As back-to-school shopping kicks into high gear, a vigilante mom has gone viral for exposing what she sees as a major flaw in fast fashion.Kat, a mononymous mommy blogger and former model, has racked up millions of views on videos that expose stark and alarming differences between clothes made for boys and girls.“This is what Old Navy thinks your five-year-old little girl should be wearing to go down the slide,” she said in a recent video, holding up a pair of tiny denim shorts that resemble underwear instead of play clothes.For comparison, she holds up a pair of much longer “quick-dry” khaki shorts created for boys the same age.Kat also calls out fellow family retailers like Target and Walmart, which sell short-shorts for girls and normal cuts for boys.In the comments section of Kat’s video, some viewers try to justify the gendered size difference, arguing that boys are naturally bigger than girls, so of course their shorts will be longer.But Kat notes that when you examine the body measurements printed on the clothing tags, the height and weight ranges for boys and girls are the same — it’s just the amount of fabric they’re given that’s different.To show off her research, Kat demonstrates an “inseam test” — do the bottoms of the pants cover the width of an adult hand, which has about the same measurement as a kid’s pull-up diaper?Kat underscored that an adequate inseam ensures kids are comfortable and “not picking and pulling” on too-tight or too-short pieces of clothing.Licensed clinical psychologist Dr.
Shahrzad Jalali agreed that uncomfortable pants can create unnecessary friction between a child and their environment, curbing learning and peer-bonding opportunities and creating stress and anxiety instead.“A child who is thinking about whether her clothes will ride up, expose her or restrict her movement has less psychological freedom to simply move,” Dr.Jalali told The Post.The California mental health expert added that fre...