A nine-year-old boy is following the trend; the style of today, and his father can’t stand it. This boy is just trying to fit in and most importantly be independent. Kids want to feel independent, it is very important to them, and it is a way for them to fit in. They do this in many different ways; some just dress the way that they want to, but others do much worse and get …showed first 75 words of 417 total…

…showed last 75 words of 417 total…acted the way they did. So for a young boy to go against his dad’s opinion of clothing isn’t that bad at all. He is expressing his own self, fitting in with the crowd and most of all being independent. So the slight turn of the baseball cap that sits on his head or those parachute pants (so his father calls them) on his legs are all part of being an independent kid.