As a primary school teacher I often marveled at how trends and fashion would make their way down through the grades in primary school.
When wearing ankle socks was all the fashion it typically started with the grade 7s. Next the grade 6s would be wearing ankle socks and so on it would go right down to grade 1. To see these little 5 and 6 year olds wearing ankle socks was very cute at first, but once I started to think about it I realised how much the younger children are influenced by the older kids.
When the fashion changed and the high knee socks once again became the fashion, I noticed how quickly the trend took to infiltrate the little ones and surprisingly it was remarkably fast.
It is actually quite frightening to see how quickly the younger kids follow in the footsteps of the older students in the school – and not just in fashion.
It is normal for kids to want to fit in, but have you ever really stopped to think about who is influencing your child and their beliefs?
It is good to be mindful not only of what they are watching on TV and listening to in the lyrics of songs, but who they are hanging around; the kids they think are cool.
It is important that we continually spend time with our kids, talking, messing around, encouraging, praising, being affectionate and generally showing an interest in their daily lives.
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