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To think boys in school uniform shorts at -3c is neglect.

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DragonMumE · 06/12/2023 09:13

Just returned from rural primary school in Lakes. Young lads in school uniform shorts - it's minus 3 here. I class this as neglect. Discuss.

Are people struggling to afford winter school uniform? Aldi sells school trousers for less than a coffee (1.75 gbp?) Or worse are they indifferent?

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DragonMumE · 06/12/2023 09:18

Yeah, I get posh kids wear trousers. But brass monkeys it is!

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Mydpisgrumpierthanyours · 06/12/2023 09:18

Ds2 and his group of friends didn't own school trousers last couple of years at primary school. He said he got too hot playing football at lunch. School were OK with it and ss never knocked my door.
They teens now and went out over the weekend in shorts.

CruCru · 06/12/2023 09:18

There are schools who only allow shorts as part of the uniform.

My son owns a pair of school trousers but won’t wear them. He says that school is too hot. In fairness, he also wears shorts at the weekend.

User2856948 · 06/12/2023 09:18

It's what most young boys wore in the 60s as school uniform with long grey socks, my brother did and it didn't affect him adversely. Is it the school uniform as you mention affording uniform.

NoTango · 06/12/2023 09:18

My daughter wears a skirt and long socks to school every day. Is that neglect? The school has heating ...

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DragonMumE · 06/12/2023 09:17

I did wonder if it was a sensory thing and the children could be neurodiverse. My hands are red and I was barely out long. I'm wondering if we need to start a uniform bank.

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MonkeyPuddle · 06/12/2023 09:17

My 11 year old nephew wear shorts to school all year round. Last year in the snow I asked him if he was cold, he told me he was fine as he had 2 pairs of socks on.
He is more comfortable and, therefore more able to learn, in shorts with chilly legs than he is in long trousers so he wears shorts.

SleepingStandingUp · 06/12/2023 09:17

If there's a plethora of them it's probably the uniform. Don't posh people keep boys in shorts until they're older? Thinking Prince George

hopeishere · 06/12/2023 09:17

My son wore them year round. It was fine. He survived. He wanted to do it.

TizerorFizz · 06/12/2023 09:17

No issue really. No one at primary had long trousers when I was young. Girls wore skits too!!!

Evenstar · 06/12/2023 09:17

I know an adult who wears shorts all year round, they might prefer wearing them

Cassepoia · 06/12/2023 09:17

my 4 year old DD point blank refuses to wear tights or trousers, I worry people think this about me! She takes them in her school bag to change into if she wants during the day, but she doesn't like the feel of them. I don't understand but short of pinning her down to get them on (and then she takes them right off) I'm not sure what to do. Saying that, I do live in the far south, so hasn't been as cold

MagicTape · 06/12/2023 09:17

Quite a few boys at DD's primary school who won't wear long trousers regardless of weather.

ChimChimeny · 06/12/2023 09:16

DD used to have swimming lessons with a boy who wore shorts pretty much all year round, unless it was snowing. He just preferred them 🤷🏻‍♀️

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