Dress code is so stupid (G)

So you don't like the dress code that the school has set yet you worry about her wearing a thong.

Can you not accept that the dress code is there to protect all of the children.?

Whats just a sliver of skin to you may be too much to another and if you can show a half inch why not three quarters of an inch or a whole inch? where does the line get drawn? There has to be a limit and the school has set one,observe it, respect it... If you can't respect their limits why should your daughter respect yours?

I remember that we used to push the limits on school uniform when I was at school too but I do agree that there should be rules. I know it is cooler here so crop tops are less common anyway but our main issue seems to be the actual cost of the uniform as they are often only availble from select shops and expensive. Think yourself lucky if the dress code / uniform is relaxed with few specific items.

Ok my apologies. Yep the bag of stuff at a friend's house ploy...weve all done it.

Thank you, I will try. I've already been on rocky terms with them. I hate to say it but I have grown to care a lot less. I shouldn't sound so against it but it truly is the least of my worries. And i do think theyre enforcing is a bit too far because other girls seem to get away with stuff from what she tells me. I will look into it though.

I maybe don't have teenage girls but that phrase is one that I imagine almost all parents have heard at some time, to varying degrees. It was my stepson's most used argument (with changed gender). You might wonder what the other girls are saying

idk how old she is but why does she need to wear a thong? she's a child. all this does is get the dirty old men riled up and the pedophiles.

...adding to this, I don't like seeing adult women dressing as school girls. To me they are playing up to the paedophile twist.

I agree with that. But we all want to grow up, until we do.

To be honest, I never was. It's maybe why I regress at times, even now

lowkeylauren , Oh, dear. Teenagers, huh? This is exactly the topic my colleagues and I were having the other day. Has your daughter already blurted or not the "my body, my choice?" Yep, that's what the young generations are saying nowadays, as early as 11, I heard. Well, at least, where I'm from. Daughters of my colleagues say, "it's the trend, or it's the fashion or that's what my friend/s wear and it's so much fun, not boring." All students from elementary to high school wear uniforms here. I am so thankful for that national standardised policy - affordable (school sells secondhand and new) and no showing off like who's got the newest shoes or branded jacket in town mentality. If you don't abide by the rules, you receive detention then suspension. If you have continual disobedience, you get expulsion. 

Kids these days are something I simply don't understand. Their logic is ridiculous to me but maybe it's because I'm older and never needed those kinds of things to live my life. Good luck with it.

I think rules on school uniform are generally a good thing as they take away any social boundaries and hopefully make all kids feel equal at school. OK, some of us (most probably) tweaked our uniforms a little but that was just part of growing up and frankly it would have been hard to look sexy in my school's regulation knee-length skirt and woolen blazer. I was shocked recently during a river stroll with my boyfriend when we cam across a group of kids from a nearby school hanging out between lessons. Some of the boys were vaping while several of the girls had stripped down to bikinis under their school uniforms and were taking selfies and sunbathing. School has certainly changed since I left - I had to remind my boyfriend where to look!