To hate uniforms on 4 year olds?

In response to Brandinespuckler- Bullying is a very sad and a truly terrible thing that happens in modern day times but the harsh reality of the situation is that children and young people in state schools in the UK are bullied horrendously because of what they wear or what they don't wear !! I agree you should not care a damn what people think of how you look but you would be surprised to hear that children and young people express they would prefer to wear a uniform to being harassed by small minded people each day.

If I hang dd's cheapo dresses on a hanger to dry, they don't even need ironing.

I count that as a definite positive

Ds will start next Sept. I like the idea of uniforms. To help him fel like everybody else. I think uniforms are probably most important for the 1 year, more so thatn any other year.
I wonder why people want your child to look different. Don't most children, in the early years want to 'blend in' more than anything else.
Going to school is a big thing. I thought that blending in, would help with the big step up, that going to school is.
You want to stand out, later, becasue of your music tastes or beliefs or looks. But not initially. Ds has an eye patch. Am I wrong in thinking that he will want to blend in. No one wants to stand out , do they?
Uniform = uniformity. Makes life easier. No choices of what to wear. Get up, put it on. Washing. Brill for parents.

In response to Alfie - in the USA where uniforms are reserved for 'posh' schools, I never knew of anyone getting picked on for not having the right gear at normal school. Maybe when you're used to seeing everyone looking different it not a big deal. I hate that we have to conform or be picked on. Bullies will always find an excuse - if they want to pick on someone they will, whether it be for the 'wrong' trainers or having spots. We only pander to bullies by stripping everyone of individuality.

I definately wouldn't say best as I realise these will have been made in a sweat shop somewhere on this plannet by a small child who should be going to school.....

Our nursery/school trousers cost £24.99 each and my son starts in sept and he's 3!!

Adams polo shirts are good too - they don't shrink and the fabric stays soft. M&S polo shirts are terrible - they shrink really badly.

is Asda best then?

I suppose I should go and search the archive of 263579 threads discussing this yes?

Don't get me started on uniforms.

At least the OP is 'only' paying £5.50 for the T-shirt...I paid a total of £26 for a polo shirt and sweatshirt-fabric cardigan. Therefore, I only bought one of each and am systematically destroying the planet by having to wash them at least 3 times a week.

dd has just turned three and now wears a uniform for nursery. She loves it, she feels grown up and she likes wearing the same stuff as her friends. The dresses are cheap and I don't care if they get scruffy or covered in paint. The only problem I have is that they are not cotton, they are cheap gingham dresses from Tesco/Woolies/wherever and I would prefer her to wear cotton.

Yep, we love the 75p cotton t-shirts from asda too.

our pe tops have a logo on

and the cardigans

book bags etc

but anything else is from wherever

dd1 is so excited! we are having a special day out to get it all

call me a saddo, I do not care, I have not had a Milestone since potty training dd2 and school uniform purchases don't involve shit and pee

LOL at capp's last point. I went to pick DD up from nursery the other day and she was dressed in the outfit I had left out for her - pink sandals, patterned cropped trousers, pink t-shirt. BUT.... the trousers were on pack to front. So the elasticated bit and the patch pockets were at the front and the scoop pockets were at the back. and she had been like that all day.

Working in 4 schools- uniforms prevent alot of hassles in many ways !!

• kids can get them as mucky as they like
• kids get to wear their cool clothes when they get home and that means their clobber lasts longer !!
• kids who can't get the fancy smanzy designer clobber for whatever reason don't get picked on ( ans trust me that happens if you are 4 or 18 !!)
• It creates a sense of unity and belonging for some

Funny really. I am/was generally pro-uniform. Ds's school is lovely and doesn't do uniform (they have an optional one ). And the more time he spends there, the more I like it.

Really not sure that the 'easy to wash' argument is a goer any more. I don't handwash my ds's t-shirts in Lux flakes, for sure.

yabu

Ah olive we don't have pe tops - it is just a white t-shirt so I get a two pack from Asda for about £1 and he can wear the other one as a vest.

uniforms good

uniforms cheap

uniforms easy to wash

uniforms cute

uniforms means no arguments

uniforms means people with better dress sense than me don't get to send their beeyootiful children dressed in some wonderful bohemian co-ordinating outfit made of gorgeous kooky items they picked up for a song in a charity shop while mine just looks average (god I hate people with an 'eye')

uniforms even dh can match in the mornings

escape I wouldn't worry too much about the polo shirts being logo'ed especially if they are going to be under a sweatshirt most of the time.

I find DS's uniform to be extremely practical. His outfit of choice would be a football strip - so that makes school uniform look cheap! But I think that grey shorts and white polo shirt (which can be bleached) which is what he is wearing this term is ideal. I am not bothering with sweatshirts this term, I just send him with either his school fleece or his raincoat. He is warm blooded.

I like uniforms too. My dds went to a nursery school that had one and they did look sooooo cute in them. DD2 was only 2 + 1/2 when she started there, wearing an M & S pinafore plus nursery school sweatshirt and elasticated tie. We've still got the photos up in the loo

oh I LOVE uniforms

and I will warn you now, in advance, that my precious dd1 starts in September so expect tons of boring threads with angst and worry

I got her 2 cardigans (£9.50 each), a PE top (£4.50) a book bag (£5) and a pump bag (£4) the other day from school, I was like a woman possessed, piling it all up

and I am going to get all the other stuff in the next few weeks, maybe M&S as they have 3 for 2 (and I can go to the food hall and get lots of over priced food and PORK AND PICKLE pies)

I do realise that by Christmas I will be ranting and saying what a load of crap, but for now, let me indulge

I really don't see what is so great about them all looking the same and smart. They are little children who should be engaging in messy play and getting scruffy in the process.

oh my liyttlegirl who starts " big school" in sept is playing dress up in hers - she ven wore it to swimming and all the schools on are holds here! she loves it and i think they look so smart in them.

My ds (3) loves his uniform, it's in his bedside cabinet and he goes to get it himself. 3 things -blue polo top, school jumper and grey trousers.

On 'the other side' when I taught unifrom made everyone equal, which in this day and age is sometimes agood thing. When we went out on trips it was great to be able to spot 'my' kids -they were all in green! (British Museum in Summer -absolutely heaving )

Unifrom has never been cheaper, when I was at school we all had to buy our uniforms from one shop (the school outfitters) whereas schools don;t mind asda/tesco/sainsbury's etc.

Have we had the "they turn your children into sheep and they will all end up unable to form an independent thought in their head and they will have an unbearable hankering to work in McDonald's or wherever else they can still wear a uniform and it totally destroys their individuality, man" argument yet. I love that one