Kids' Jeans

For some children, a label or a thick seam makes jeans impossible. Here's where jeans tend to bother sensitive kids, what helps at each point, and how to involve your child in the choice.

Made-to-measure jeans take a few weeks, so the back-to-school order needs a date in the diary. Here's when to order, how many pairs, and which options earn their keep over a school year.

A grow-room hem keeps 1.5 inches of extra length folded inside the leg, ready to let down when your child shoots up. Here's how it works, when to use it, and how to let any hem down neatly.

A size 8 is a guess about an average eight-year-old. Real children vary by inches in height and build, which is why the age on the label so often fails. Here's what to use instead.

Five minutes, a soft tape and their favorite pair of trousers is all it takes. Here's where to measure a child for jeans, how to check the numbers, and when to add grow room.