Frivolous retail therapy poll.

[rivka]

Our finances, which have been tight for the last year and a half, are suddenly about to ease up. A lot. With more discretionary income on the near horizon, it's time to revisit the link folder where I've been storing up adorable toddler-sized sloganed T-shirts.[1]

I feel a little ambivalent about putting slogans on my kid. As I've said before:

I'm not entirely sure where to draw the line when it comes to ascribing my own political opinions to my child. On the one hand, I generally think it's distasteful when parents treat their young child as a political signboard, or put words in the child's mouth that they're too young to understand. My kid is not my mini-me. On the other hand, I think it's important to communicate our values from the very beginning, and to make political involvement and social justice work part of our family's everyday lives.

So, where does the line fall in T-shirt form? I welcome comments, personal philosophies, and of course, votes in my retail therapy poll.

[Poll #1138454]


[1] Yes, at some point I'll spend some of the extra disposable income on things for myself. It's just a lot more fun to buy clothes for Alex. Buying clothes for myself is work, and not pleasant work.

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

There are statements of your politics that are not ascribed to any politician, and I'd go with one of those. These can be found that are kid-centric, not adult politics on tiny shirts.

Our local economy supports two sources. Try these shirts from the Northern Sun Alliance ("Products for Progressives since 1979"), or my favorite these shirts from the Northland Poster Collective ("The Mall of the Other America").

Personal fave:

"Yes it's milk we fight for, but we fight for cookies too."

K.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

OMG, Northern Sun Merchandising! I remember my brother and I circulating their catalog among our friends in high school, trying to get enough orders to make the biggest bulk discount. Yeah.

Personal fave:

"Yes it's milk we fight for, but we fight for cookies too."

I love that!!

Sadly, neither of those companies seems to make shirts in toddler sizes. Just infant onesies and youth-size shirts. A youth size small would hold three of Alex.

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

"Young people are the solution, not the problem" is my favorite-- it's behind the second link.

[jinian.livejournal.com]

Where is my milk and cookies shirt?!