She's gotten increasingly modest about her body over the last year or two. It started with her refusing to wear tank tops and sundresses about a year ago but she'd still wear elbow length T-shirts. Now she won't even wear those and won't wear anything but long, baggy clothes, even when she's obviously suffering in the summer heat. When we went to our Florida condo we told her she couldn't go in the water unless she put on a swimming suit (worried she wouldn't be able to swim like that) so she just stayed inside basically the whole week playing computer games.At her last doctors checkup is seemed to be a huge ordeal to put on a gown, and took a half hour of of coaxing from the nurse and she seemed really traumatized for a day or two after. They had a feeling it was going to be a problem getting her to pull up her sleeve so they had a tech come into the room and draw her blood there rather than have her get dressed and go to the lab.She's not fat or has anything to be ashamed of (at least by our perception). We figured this was a phase and decided to ignore it, but last week we got a call from the school office wondering if there was an issue where we couldn't afford proper clothing, and noting it's attracted negative attention from other kids. She's allowed to wear sweats under her gym suit, but she'll never shower and will go into a restroom stall to change. We didn't know how to respond other than "it's her choice", but we're kind of wondering if it's getting to be a problem we need to address somehow. Anyone have a similar issue with their kid, any advice would be appreciated. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2xvw0E6
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