FINALLY!
I absolutely *hated* the cute little holly hobby dresses my mother made me wear (complete with stupid hat) when I was a kid. Now, I see that NO LITTLE GIRL should be forced to wear a cutesy little dress AGAIN!
Yes. Let your little girl wear jeans.
Yes. Let your little girl run barefoot through the mud!
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/02/03/133371076/how-keeping-little-girls-squeaky-clean-could-make-them-sick
...ok, I'll concede as long as we draw the line at young women with short skirts;)
I have three girls. One is a tom-boy and wears jeans all the time, she likes to climb trees and ride her bike. The other two are about as girly as can be, there is no way they'd run around barefoot through the mud. I've found that the kids are what they are and there isn't much you can do to change them.
Same here, 2 girls. Even though they do like to dress up in pink, they also like to jump around in the rain, mud and snow.
And remember that we as babies and infants we have the sleeping outside 2 times a day - every day 365.