‘His clothes were too small, but maybe even worse: dirty. Pure neglect’
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These mothers know that there are quite different opinions about clothing.
Miranda (35), mother of Jasmijn (6), Floor (4) and Sebastiaan (2).
“The playmate from group three visited us a lot. I knew that things were not going well at home, the whole school was talking about it. His clothes were too small and often torn, but perhaps worse: dirty. So dirty it smelled and I showered him first when he stayed with us. There was no poverty, in fact, his parents were quite well off. It was sheer neglect.
After watching it with regret for a school year, I gave him a bag of my son’s clothes after the umpteenth sleepover without pajamas or clean clothes. Got too small, I lied. Nice to see: he still wears them often. Unwashed.”
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Good luck
Lotte (31), mother of Myrthe (3) and Lara (1).
“My mother-in-law is quite a commentator. On everything. That she has a grandmother’s day once every two weeks is very sweet, but after the umpteenth complaint about my daughters’ clothes being too cold, too warm, too clumsy or too ugly, I delivered them on the next grandmother’s day in their rompers, with their coats over it. I also included a rolling case. Contents: four outfits per child. Good luck, I thought gloating. That night she delivered them again without flinching – and in full regalia, I’ll give her that. But she never commented again.”
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