Uniform staying on after school?

I give them the choice. One goes to the gym every day so changes into gym wear them showers and puts on pyjamas. The other prefers to stay in his uniform and showers just before bed. Clothes get washed if they're dirty (which they often are as we have a bit of a dog slobber issue!)

Do they go to school in a nuclear base or something?

Couldn’t you get them a couple of comfortable “house outfits” that they can wear between school and bed or does stuff worn between school and bed even need washing after one wear? I remember wanting to get out of my uniform straight away after school, especially in secondary school

Not that it makes much difference but this thread is from March. Weird how they randomly get resurrected.

My mother preferred the stay in uniform approach. Meant I wasn't allowed to play in the garden or do anything other than sit and watch TV all evening and many days going to school with dirty clothes - as a teenager, it got even worse, but it was still 'Don't be making more washing because there's one load whites and one load darks on Saturday and that's it'.

My eldest normally came out with a couple of stains on something and the little one exploded out of the classroom door every afternoon looking as though she'd been moonlighting as a scarecrow until she'd been run over by a combine, put through a baler with the hay and then bounced off a few freshly painted fences before being attacked by Crows.

Getting changed into a T-shirt and shorts or trackie bottoms meant they could go out and play without costing me over a tenner from falling off a bike/out of a tree/over their own feet in tights/jumpers/shirts or depositing more unidentifiable but possibly organic substances in addition to tomato on their clothes - and I could get a washload on to finish before bedtime.

Once they were teenagers, they then had sweatiness to contend with as well - who wants to stay in a clammy shirt, damp socks and tights all evening?

I'm sure I've read similar before, so you're definitely not alone! One dress and leggings for the 5 days isn't much of a wash addition, whereas 5 full outfits is half a load (depending on drum size), add a few jumpers and you're pushing over a load. At £1/hr that's perhaps £2/wk in cost. Is this a fight worth £100/yr, and if you reduce that to £20 is it ok? So let her change, but limit the number of outfits each week? Presuming you aren't also using a tumble drier, in which case - do an extra spin cycle and put out on airers instead, just keep the house warm and well aired, which is nicer for all of you anyway.

You are joking, I hope?

My kids always changed but I agree they don't need fresh clothes every day after school. I used to clean for a family with 4 children who had clean uniform everyday, clean after school clothes and clean pj's every night plus all bedding was washed every week. They needed 20 hours of cleaning a week just to keep up!

From starting school I got mine to change out of their school uniform straight after school.

sometimes they put their pjs on and other times clothes which they wore for a couple of days after school,

Where does it end? Perhaps they could sleep in them or maybe you could go to work in your pyjamas.

If they are changing in to something just for in the house it can be worn multiple times before washing. Several parts of the uniform can be worn multiple times before washing

I thought this.

Don't any children play put after school.or play in the garden, how can you wear your uniform to do that.

Kine do what they want.

Sorry to sound obtuse or difficult but I can't see the difference or why you need to wash more??
I can't imagine trying to force a 15 year old to stay in clothes they don't want too... Having to wash more because it their descion?

My Ds goes to a none uniform school -

I wear a uniform and get changed when I get home usually into pj’s

Definitely even - why do I always spell it wrong 🤔

YABU - I work in a uniform and can't wait to get it off. It's the other way round in my house - rule is uniform off as soon as home - he then gets another day out of his uniform. He's 12 but not at the smelly stage yet. Sometimes he chooses to change into PJ's from the night before and have clean ones for bed after his shower. He's got lots of PJ's and they are easy to wash/iron because he likes the thin shorts/t shirt type and he's small. He sometimes keeps PE kit on though seeing as it's definately going in the wash.

I have the opposite problem, mine want to stay in their uniform.. I find that creates more washing as if they spill food/get muddy in their uniform it needs washing much quicker. Also my daughter is likely to ruin hers gardening or falling off her skates/bike, as she's not one for sitting still after school! If they don't actually get their home clothes dirty, they can wear them 3/4 days no problem before they need washing, it's only a few hours!

Do they never go out in the evening?

My DD changes after school into comfortable clothes, and the uniform if clean stays till next day (she's in year 3), same with after school clothes id clean stays for next day (but that's rare occasion as she likes painting, drawing all sort of crafts and she ten do spill things).

I have one who doesn't change - the tie comes off on the way home, blazer hung up, but happy to stay in the rest of them.

And another who takes it all off and puts on comfy stuff - lounge wear, joggers, jammies or a combo of them all.

My MIL calls lightly worn clothes 'pending'. She might have a special place like a chair or a drawer where they go...my dc use the floor for this purpose... 😠

I don't wash clothes that don't need it!

I always got changed out of my school uniform as soon as I got back from high school - I didn't much like the uniform and would have hated to have been made to leave it on all evening. When at home I wanted to be comfortable and didn't want to feel like I was still at school.

My children also get changed and their uniform is put aside for the next day if it's still clean. One changes into normal clothes and the other into pyjamas unless she is going out. No need to wash home clothes every day unless you spill food all down them which at 15 and 16 I presume they don't!