Thoguh at the end of the day the responsibility for clothing that children wear falls on their parents and I believe it is parents duty to make sure their kids look decent, I agree that there must be a lot of peer pressure on kids to look a certain way (especially to look close to the fashion of the day). I guess it comes down to teaching kids important will power vs peer pressure skills, planting seeds of individuality and positive self perception (which is independant of fashion).
I don't deny for a second that parents in this day and age have a lot of work cut out for them. Strangely I look forward to these pressures and defeating them.
Don't cry, don't regret and don't blame
Weak find the whip, willing find freedom
Towards the sun, carry your name
In warm hands you are given
Ask the wind for the way
Uncertainty's gone, your path will unravel
Accept all as it is and do not blame
God or the Devil
~Born to Live - Mavrik~