AIBU to think schools should not allow students to wear black trainers all day, every day?

Why would you wear scuffed up trainers? The trainer brands all have a school shoe model now, nice black leather lace up etc. Clarkes school shoes look more trainer like than the actual trainers. Added pictures below of thr Nike air force 1 trainers and Clarkes school shoe.. which are extremely similar

My DS's school allowed this in 2008. He wore Reebok Classics then. I tried them and bought them for myself as they were so comfortable.

I have gone through many pairs of them since and still wear them every day.

I wish my DDs school would allow it! The amount of money I spend on school shoes because they either fall apart or give her blisters is crazy!

This post is very funny... as I do my high powered global leadership job in my pyjamas some days.

My sons school have allowed trainers throughout primary and now in secondary they can wear smart black trainers if they look like shoes, or shoes. A lot of trainer brands now do a school shoe style.
My secondary age son would never wear aomething like clarkes. We tried next and a few other school shoe brands for a while but they were not hard wearing at all and broke and slipped of his feet and were impractical for breaktime football.
He has had his lates pair of black nike air force 1s for nearly a whole year, he has a gel insole too and they are still going strong and also he likes being able to play football at breaktime, walk home and other active things a lot more easily.
I am all for trainers as school shoes.

Our school have allowed black trainers for years and it's so much more comfy for the students. It's an oversubscribed school and a good one at that. Practicality and comfort for students is really important.

They’re trainers, not plimsolls. I see no issue, and probably much better for growing feet than some of the cheap fashion school
shoes kids wear.

I have no NO patience with the uniform police
Far more important things to worry about

https://www.ceceandme.co.uk/post/are-trainers-good-for-your-feet

this link gives a basic run down of why wearing trainers for everyday wear is not good for your feet and muscles and what to wear to create natural foot movement

I can never get my head around why British school children are groomed to look like bank managers from the 1950s.

And yet, amazingly enough, there are many young people all over the world who aren't stuffed into polyester suit wannabes and rubbish school shoes - because they live in countries where there is no obsession with uniform. They achieve, they aspire, they have high standards. Are British young people somehow genetically different and less able so that they need to have endless conformity drilled into them?

I think better of our young people. Ask yourself why you don't.

Where are you posting from, the 1950s?

'Low aspirations' with regard to what?

I wish my dd could wear black AF1 in school. They are amazing for her flat feet.

It is a drop in standards and speaks to low aspirations. What's the rest of the uniform like? Polo's?

They are better for the feet. More room to move, actually properly washable (which is a massive boon for parents of teenage boys), wider toe box that can properly encompass growing feet.
As for more expensive are you insane? It costs me £90 at the start of the year and then £60 around Easter to properly shoe my two boys. Plus an extra £120 for trainers for each of them.
Far cheaper, safer and better for their feet to wear trainers every day

I think it's fine, my son has been wearing trainers for school most of the time, I think he only had shoes for a couple of years in year 3 and 4 at most. Been all the way through high school and nothing wrong with his feet. He used to play football at lunch so other shoes would have got damaged.

DS's school had a stupid rule that school shoes had to be the type you'd wear for a wedding.

God that's crazy, why would they do that to kids?

Just buy proper shoes?

Tennis players wear trainers all day every day whether playing matches or training. I haven’t noticed any of them limping. 🙂

Trainers today a very different fromthe unsupported plimsoles or Dunlop green flash that were all that were available years ago.

Ds has been wearing the same pair of plain black men's ASICs for the last four terms. The soles are wearing thin now but the they're still tidy and comfortable. They are as durable as a pair of Clark's black lace ups for the same price.

My DBIL owned a children’s shoe shop for over 30 years. He says trainers (good ones) are best for kids’ feet. An NHS podiatrist told me the same

I actually think it's really sensible. In what way are trainers bad for your feet?

DS's school had a stupid rule that school shoes had to be the type you'd wear for a wedding. Black trainers would be far more practical.

I also think that if they are just black with no obvious logo, they are smart enough.

Ds' school allows the 6th form to wear plain black trainers, as long as they do not have obvious brand logos on.

They are practical, tidy, comfortable and supportive. I don't see a problem.

Trainers are GREAT for their feet and a decent pair of trainer is cheaper than a decent pair of shiny leather shoes.

I wear trainers to work most days now too,.most people do, with work trousers and a smart blouse. I'm able to maintain better foot, ankle and back health because of it, previously injuries from my hyper mobility had me off about 2-3 times a year. Since trainers every day, nothing.

Who cares? Why do you want teens to 'look smart' at school? For what?