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Tips for Parents: Save on Kids´ Clothes

Last Updated: May 30, 2008 | Related resource areas: Parenting, Personal Finance
Gently worn clothing and fewer items for children help save money.

Released May 29, 2008

MANHATTAN, Kan. - Shopping for gently worn clothes at consignment or thrift shops and garage sales typically offers a savings on children´s clothes, said Deb Brosdahl, an associate professor of apparel, textiles and interior design in the College of Human Ecology at Kansas State University.

"A 5-year-old isn´t likely to be concerned about fashion," said Brosdahl, who also suggested buying children fewer items during growth spurts.

Encouraging a child to wear - and enjoy - clothing, rather than having them "save it for good" cuts down on the amount of clothing needed, said Brosdahl, who also is a K- State Research and Extension researcher.

More information on buying and caring for clothing is available at county or district K-State Research and Extension offices and on the Extension Web site: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu.

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Contact: Mary Lou Peter-Blecha, (785) 532-1164, mlpeter@ksu.edu


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Carlene Byron on 07.14.08 at 06:53 PM
The Salvation Army is opening a new thrift store in Durham just in time for back-to-school. Hillsborough Road. More info on CraigsList.

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