At what age would you allow your daughter to wear heels?

My oldest is 14 and has been bugging me recently to pick her up some high heels for her to wear out with her friends this fall. When I asked her why she wants them she says she is a high school girl now and wants to look more mature and adult like. I told her I'd think about it. What does everyone think?

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LithiumDrop

I never asked my parents, I never thought I had to. Lol.

Start her off with small booties, maybe even some short wedges--especially if she's going to be wearing them to school.

Highschool is nothing like the movies... girls don't wear 6 inch stilettos to math class, and if they do... people are definitely talking ill about it.

Kathryn05 · 41-45, F

@LithiumDrop Oh I know about school. Thankfully there will be no heels at school as she goes to a school with a uniform. Which just means she wants to dress up more after school is over with!

Mugin16 · 46-50, M

@Kathryn05 That's is understandable. I am sure you were the same at her age. ;-)

beckychandler · F

@LithiumDrop Unfortunately there are way too many lax and liberal parents like yours were and schools without any semblance of a dress code.

And from my visits to the local government high schools (which as a board member of a school board I do rather frequently for one reason or another) -- there are plenty of girls with heels and some dressed more appropriately for a pole dance than learning algebra.