I have a 2 year old daughter that I am really looking forward to being able to take school shopping and dress up on the first day of kindergarten and take a picture of for her scrapbook. But with alot of schools around going to uniforms, I am afraid I might not have that chance when she is 5. I personally dont like uniforms. I think kids are individuals, and if there is not competition over clothes, they will still compete over other things, like who has the coolest packback, lunch box, etc. Her first day of school is a milstone in her life that I dont think the school system has a right to take away from me. Just like my mom got to enjoy my first day of school. Can a parent fight this? What if they don't agree with it and just send their kid to school in regular clothes?
2006-07-21 14:00:14 · 17 answers · asked by LittleMermaid 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Iremember as a kid being so excited about going to buy school clothes. My parents were not really wealthy, but my mom always found good sales and we went to Target and K-Mart. I am not concerned about the money. I enjoy buying my daughter cute clothes more than buying stuff for myself. I think my daughter has the right to enjoy this experience just like I did. I want my daughter to be an induvidual, not be dressed just like every other little girl at school.
2006-07-21 14:14:34 · update #1
Please don't take me as a shallow, materialistic person. I didn't say I wanted to buy my daughter an entire new wardrobe every year. But I almost lost my daughter during my pregnancy, so yes, she is my baby and I will give her all I can. I do want her to grow up with appreciation for the things she has and I feel she will. I have always been a girly girl type and think school uniforms are boring for kids to have to wear. As far as poor families, I feel for them really, but why should anyone want to make me feel guilty because I can afford to provide new clothes for my daughter and some people can't?
2006-07-21 14:21:57 · update #2
I totaly agee with you 100%!
2006-07-21 14:04:37 · answer #1 · answered by monkee9305 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I understand wanting to dress up your daughter. With uniforms, there is still a little room for her personality to shine (and it should be hers, not yours).
With a uniform there is:
Less attention to clothes/more attention to subjects.
Little arguing about getting dressed in the morning.
Laundry is easier (less sorting).
and best of all...
More money to buy fun weekend clothes and other stuff!
Uniforms vs free choice in school clothes isn't just all about you or even you and your daughter. The issue is complicated but you have to deal with it just like a million other things that will come up.
I understand that you almost lost your daughter. I have 2 - and I DID lose one between them. However, you can hold her so close and spoil her so much that you cause major personality and other problems. Please don't - you will both regret it in the long run. Don't sweat the uniforms - just enjoy all the other things that saving money on SCHOOL clothes allows.
2006-07-21 14:43:19 · answer #2 · answered by curiouschick18 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
School uniforms are good; if only to protect the less fortunate kids from parents like you. If you felt the pain of the poor, you might have a different opinion. That being said, there are kids in Third World countries who do not attend school because their parent(s) cannot afford to buy the required school uniforms. There needs to be assistance to help such cases. Maybe with the money you save by buying uniforms instead of entire wardrobes, you could help them out.
2006-07-21 14:10:53 · answer #3 · answered by ElOsoBravo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you're placing too much importance on clothes. That is why so many schools require uniforms. My children wear uniforms to school, and it is wonderful! Nobody cares what you wear 'cause they are wearing the same thing. There aren't cliques like in most schools. You're daughter will still look cute dressed in a uniform, you can still take her picture and put it in her scrapbbok. I hope your daughter doesn't pick up on your obsession with material things. That's not what school is about.
2006-07-21 14:09:42 · answer #4 · answered by Temp 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't start trouble for your baby, let it ride. Be prepared to bring in the uniform and have an embarrassed little girl on her first day of school.
Maybe you can check now with the school where your daughter will go. If you get involved in their PTA before hand, you can sway those decisions... It's just a thought. It can't hurt.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
2006-07-21 14:06:48 · answer #5 · answered by nik named mom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This might be an issue for you now. But down the line when her clothes are more expensive and you possibly have more children in school; it will be easier to get them ready for school. You will always know what they are going to wear the next day and you can use your money for clothes that you will actually get to see you child in instead of buying clothes for the people at school to see her in. You can still dress her up and have her pictures taken professionally to mark the milestone of starting kindergarden if you want to.
2006-07-21 14:07:30 · answer #6 · answered by Meg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually only religion type schools will make kids wear uniforms. I go to a public school and we wear whatever we want. It's good I think not to wear a uniform because then yes you get to wear anything to wearbut then people get to know you by your clothes like your personality and stuff.
2006-07-21 14:05:09 · answer #7 · answered by Goalie Gurl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree i wore uniforms in middle and high school and was not a fan. i loved my school received a great education but i love clothes,color,and expression. my kids have worn both,but if i had a choice i would send my kids to a public school who didn't require uniforms. whenever we have moved the school
system has placed a major role in whether or not we would move to that area. i would speak to the prinicipal, superintendant,pto.
2006-07-21 14:23:01 · answer #8 · answered by evian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm with you too. You seem like a nice enough parent because you care about your kids. I faced a simular situation with mine who starts Kindergarden soon. jean shorts are ok, but no shorts with the 'painter' pocket and look on the side. A whole new wordrobe is in order!!!
2006-07-21 15:09:38 · answer #9 · answered by codius66 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think uniforms would be a good thing. Kids tend to form "clicks" which elimanate certain kids from other groups. If they wore uniforms then they would all be equals.
2006-07-21 14:07:01 · answer #10 · answered by tricksy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm 16 years old and in High School and I have to wear uniforms and i hate.!!! They have so many rules about every little thing and it seems like they try to discourage us from being indivisuals. If you find away to fight it please let me know!! Good Luck
2006-07-21 14:08:52 · answer #11 · answered by biracial_butterfly_89 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋