Help a Mom: Searching for age appropriate clothes for overweight tween

A reader is looking for suggestions about where to find age appropriate clothes for an overweight 12-year-old girl.

Posted 12:43 a.m. May 9, 2012 — Updated 12:43 a.m. May 9, 2012

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

I received this email from a woman, who wants to buy an outfit for a girl she knows from church, but isn't sure where to look.

Here's what she wrote:

I have a young female friend at church who is 12, very overweight, with very large breasts. This has occurred over about a 10 to 12 month period, so I know most of it is puberty related. The problem I see is that she is having to dress in very matronly-looking outfits and it just breaks my heart. I would like to purchase a nice outfit for her, that will fit her body, but be attractive and more in keeping with her seventh grade peers. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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