Finding Age Appropriate Clothes for Pre-Teens

Greetings all!

Well summer is almost 1/2 way over and I'm getting excited because it's almost back to school shopping time. My absolute favorite time of the year!

One thing I dread is clothes shopping because I seem to have a hard time finding clothes for my 12 year old daughter. The latest trends make her look like she belongs on a Victoria Secrets runway or in some hip hop video. Not the look we're going for!

Most of the shorts are super short and the tops are barely there.

I'm trying to raise my daughters to dress a bit conservative. They can be as expressive as they want, so long as they don't show too much skin. Not to mention the dress code at their school requires no shorts above mid-thigh and no bare midriffs. Believe it or not it is quite hard to find mid-thigh length shorts in the stores in my area.

It's just not "in" to wear capri length or knee length shorts. I guess.

So anyways, if you are in the same boat I am - looking for age appropriate clothes for your daughter or granddaughter here are a few links. These stores give you some selection to choose from.

Best of luck and enjoy!

P.S. These are not affiliate links and I don't make any money if you choose to buy from them or not. I've bought from most of these stores and have had good experiences and heard good reviews about the rest. Just trying to help out fellow moms.

JCPenny.com
http://www.jcpenney.com/dotcom/kids/girls/shop-all-girls/sizes/girls-7-16/cat.jump?id=cat100260037&subcatId=cat100260021&deptId=dept20000016

Belk
http://www.belk.com/products/girls-clothing-7-16.jsp

Children's Place
http://www.childrensplace.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/category_10001_10001_-1_27151_girl_27151

Kohl's
http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/girls_716.jsp

Dillards
http://www.dillards.com/shop/Children-Girls-7-16/_/N-ngdk?catalogId=301&langId=-1&storeId=301

Justice
http://www.shopjustice.com/girls-clothing/clothes