To agree with this headteacher regarding wearing pyjamas as outdoor wear?

[MaisyMooMoo]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-35413153

Do they talk in class about wearing pajamas too?

Or is that obviously unnecessary as this is nothing more than a personal preference that actually hurts nobody?

There is another thread going about children being advised by their school to dress smartly for apprenticeship interviews, so I should imagine clothing choices are discussed. Maybe they do even discuss the appropriateness or otherwise of wearing pyjamas in a public place - particularly after all this publicity.

That is again a case of the school fulfilling its remit, and educating children about formal or smart clothing for an interview.

Wearing pajamas in the daytime when a parent is not attending an interview would be a poor analogy to use, and unnecessarily hurtful to children whose parents wear daytime pajamas.

Schools lose when they undermine parents in a snide way, and show themselves to be classist. Schools need to meet families where they are.

Wearing pyjamas for a meeting with your child's teacher is not any more appropriate than wearing pyjamas for a job interview, imo.

she can ask all she likes, however legally cannot enforce this.

It would also be hurtful to be rejected for a job because you wore pyjamas...

Why shouldn't you wear pyjamas for a job interview?...

I think life would be much nicer if we could wear pjs all day, with no judgement being attached. I would be so comfy.

I think that for assemblies and meetings, it's fine for the school to have a dress code. If you are engaging in school stuff, then you can obey their rules. For drop offs in the morning, it is nothing to do with the school. The lady in the paper had red PJs and a warm coat. Her dd had uniform and a coat. No problem IMO and nothing to do with the school.

With or without pants and bra?

How about a lacy negligee? Or just a duvet? It would be fun to see how far one could stretch the acceptable nightwear outside the school gates debate.

Sleeping bags and then hop like in a sack race would be fun.

Yes that's totally my point. The school can disapprove of middle class parents drinking too much and educate children about healthy lifestyles that might be at odds with what they witness at home. That's fine, that's their job. What they can't do is say "drinking more than 18 units a week is unhealthy and sets a poor example to children we are trying to teach
Kindly refrain from doing it as it's undermining our message". Ditto healthy eating or whatever. This is the same.

But children are being told that drinking 18 units a week is unhealthy - and if you do drink more than this you therefore are by that measure setting your children a bad example. They might as well write to parents to point out the bleedin' obvious.

Dispensing (rather patronising) information is one thing. Acting like you have any authority over someone's perfectly lawful choice ( it's arguably a poor example as no one can cause their children actual harm by wearing pjs) is another.

Yanbu. There must be the occasional parent with life issues who wears PJs to school, but for a large number of parents to be doing it suggests lazy and chaotic.

I look shit a lot of the time but it takes thirty seconds to pull on a pair of jeans and a jumper.

It isn't classist to criticise parents in this way - my very socialist working class grandparents were always very proud and smartly dressed, even if their clothes were cheap they always looked smart.

Asking people not to wear pyjamas to school is not actually acting like you have any authority over what parents do, though, it's just asking.

It is a bit classist to suggest it is a classist issue.

Hmm. That letter sounds more like telling to me. And I can't imagine anus reacting too well to being "asked" not to eat too much sugar, for example

Haha typo was meant to say any of us

I know how my anus would respond to being told to eat less sugar.

My dropping off at school days are long over. However, when DH is away & I'm on early morning dog walking duty I put yoga pants and hoodie over pjyamas. After walk I am ready to go back to sleep for an hour

I think pjs are far more sensible attire than high heels.
And set a better example too.

How about a PJs and heels combo?

It's a bit like a modern day shell suit trend, from what I can gather...