Ask your child to explore how headwear fashion statements.
What can you tell about women wearing head scarves or hijabs? What can’t you tell? Cowboy hats? Baseball cap – worn backwards?
Explore hats associated with different professions – law enforcement, fire fighters, airline pilots, doctors, …. you get the picture. Have conversations about the importance of being identifiable. What are the critical elements – color? Town name? Protective? Showing hierarchy?