Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Kids' Wearable Endorsements

I remarked to my 3rd-grade friend M__ about the shirt he was wearing. "Do you know what the design on your shirt means,?" I asked.  "It's a polo player on a horse," I informed him .. "Do you know what polo is?  I will show you some pictures of a polo game on the computer so you can see..."  Shortly after I saw another kid wearing a mini Harvard University t-shirt.  "Did your parents or a friend go to college at Harvard?"  "I don't think so," he shrugged.
Kids unconsciously endorse stuff on their clothing.  To be fair, it is the adults in their lives who are outfitting them with these endorsements. Wouldn't it be interesting for kids to research their clothing so that they can understand the meaning of the messages they're displaying?
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