Hunter Baker at Mere Comments has a great post on having children. Here’s a snippet:

For those of you who CHOOSE to be childless, think twice about it.  It’s true you won’t enjoy restaurants as much and your time won’t be your own.  But the emotional return on watching this little person, who really is part of you, grow up is impossible to duplicate with ski weekends or trips to Mexico.

As the father of two daughters the subject of fashion is one that already gives me grief. My girls are three and one and yet even at those ages we are already coming across clothes that I am giving the axe. I do not look forward to the challenge growing as my girls inch toward the teen years.

Over at Gender Blog a series of posts by Dr. Timothy Paul Jones has just been started addressing the subject of Clothing and the Character of the Child. I recommend all parents and non-parents, humans and fashion designers, check it out.