Why Does My Teenager Insist on Wearing Used Clothes?
Briefly

The first thing you have to ask yourself when it comes to what could be called the fashion gap... is whether your discomfort is really about your child making inappropriate clothing choices, or about your own prejudices and preconceptions... understanding that is crucial to understanding how she is dressing.
Before you even get into what your daughter is wearing, you have to understand why she's wearing it... engaging with the question with empathy and curiosity, not judgment and disapproval... nothing makes you want to dig in and cling to your ratty old stuff more than an adult telling you that it's ratty old stuff.
Is your daughter thrifting because she feels passionately about sustainability and knows that the single easiest action anyone can take to mitigate fashion's impact on the planet is to keep clothes in circulation longer (i.e., buy secondhand)?... Is it some combination of all of the above?
Read at www.nytimes.com
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