https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bootsn-girls-middle-school-edition Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:39:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bootsn-girls-middle-school-edition#post-1357387 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:33:15 +0000 Kimberley 1357387@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is such great advice, Thimbelina.&nbsp; As a mother of four teenage daughters, I completely relate to this situation.</p> <p><i><b>It's never you; it's always the damn boots/jeans/bathing suit's fault. Laugh a little. This too shall pass.</b></i></p> <p>Thanks for the reminder :)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bootsn-girls-middle-school-edition#post-1357375 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:59:30 +0000 Zibbets 1357375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great post! My 13-year old and I have had&nbsp;much the same experience trying to find things she likes that fit. It's so frustrating!<br />Last year she found a Madden riding boot with a built in sock that helped take up some of the extra space. Clothes are another issue. There just isn't much out there in the way of&nbsp;fashionable, appropriate clothes and shoes for the&nbsp;12-14 y.o. range.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bootsn-girls-middle-school-edition#post-1357373 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:55:13 +0000 Suz 1357373@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fabulous.<b><i> Talk to yourself like a beloved daughter.&nbsp;</i></b> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bootsn-girls-middle-school-edition#post-1357371 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:53:23 +0000 Anonymous 1357371@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What wise and happy advice. I wish her luck with those boots. This may have to be the year of the bootie , maybe a stompy engineer style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bootsn-girls-middle-school-edition#post-1357362 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:42:37 +0000 Alana in Canada 1357362@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for this--and especially that adorable picture. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bootsn-girls-middle-school-edition#post-1357289 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 08:00:55 +0000 Joana 1357289@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So kind, thank you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bootsn-girls-middle-school-edition#post-1357285 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 06:58:38 +0000 Neel 1357285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amen! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bootsn-girls-middle-school-edition#post-1357235 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 04:43:21 +0000 Beth Ann 1357235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Preach it, Sister! (says a mom of a 13 year old with size 9 feet and a budding sense of personal style). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bootsn-girls-middle-school-edition#post-1357219 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 03:55:38 +0000 Angie_T 1357219@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such a great story and thought. Thank you. I needed that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bootsn-girls-middle-school-edition#post-1357217 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 03:52:58 +0000 thimblelina 1357217@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just a funny reminder that our mad fashion loves &amp; losses can confound us at any age... Both my girls crawled out of the womb with an idea of how they wanted to dress &amp; look. Not mommy's way. Their own way. And they've never been label snobs or inappropriate or neurotic about it so I've been happy to stand back &amp; see what they do. Lots of fun thrifted items. Lots of repurposed hand-me-downs. Some key purchases when finances allow to express their own style. Well, the youngest one loves shoes &amp; always fancies a riding boot. She's worn an inexpensive pair every winter since she was about six &amp; this year is no different. What's different is that her frame has stretched out and she's a 90 lb wonder with ladies size seven feet. You could stuff 3 or 4 limbs in any riding boot she has tried on. I can see she's frustrated, but she's being a good sport. I keep telling her 'this too shall pass' and 'it's not you, it's the boots' and today the power of those words really struck me! I know a lot of us otherwise sensible adult women regularly go into dressing rooms and say perfectly awful things to ourselves in our heads. Just stop! Talk to yourself like a beloved daughter. Encourage yourself to be patient and know the right boots or garment are out there for your beautiful self. It's never you; it's always the damn boots/jeans/bathing suit's fault. Laugh a little. This too shall pass. It's never too late to wind back the clock &amp; reconnect with the gleeful, life affirming part of dressing &amp; self expression. Anyway, that was my little lightbulb moment in a chaotic boot-strewn aisle of Kohls this afternoon... </p>