I know, I know, I get it, they are too freaking cute: the 3/4 length leopard print tee for $7, the pseudo-inspirational female-empowerment text-based hoodie on sale for $12, the plaid skirts at $14.99, the ripped retro jeans for a few bucks more or less maybe if you use Cartwheel and your Red card. Adorable, totally, and affordable indeed but the kid’s clothes that Target sells are junk, absolute undeniable crap. The term ‘you get what you pay for’ has never been more apropos. Except we’re not even getting that kind of value from America’s most posh big box store.
I know we dad bloggers with daughters are supposed to bitch about the lack of superhero shit for our spirited young ladies and admonish the inseam of the daisy-duke-esque jean shorts being sold to 4-year-old gals, but what bothers me more than anything is that the clothes Target is selling us are cheap pieces of shit.
I’m done. I’m out. Target kid clothes are crap and I’m not throwing any more money down that drain.
Maybe I’ll be back in those aisles for underwear, socks and those $5 skin tight bike short things both of my daughters fancy and if they fall apart in a month or so, okay, but I WILL NOT be tempted by the aisle-facing charm of another $7 graphic tee on my way to replenish my cat food supply. No more, Target. No more until you up the quality and provide my family with kid’s clothes that don’t begin to come apart after a half dozen washes.
Mouse loved these Target donut leggings but the seam ripped after a couple of weeks.
A birthday gift for the Mouse, this Target skirt was worn maybe 3 times, and only in the house, and the seam is coming apart in several spots.
Plus, why are we all so in love with dressing our kids in the same damn clothes as every other American child? How boring is that? Here’s what I’m going to do instead, because I do so much laundry and so quickly:
I’m going to spend more for less. I’m going skip the kid’s clothing section at Target and instead I will let my girls pick out a 3-4 higher quality, better made outfits from places like Land’s End, Mini Boden and/or Hannah Anderson each season. This makes sense for me because my kids, like most I presume, constantly pick what’s on the top of their clothing pile anyway so why do they need 12 pieces of shit when they can have 4 nuggets of gold for the same total price? And as a bonus, they won’t hit the playground in the exact same attire as every other 8 and 11 year old girl. Win-win.
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