Staying in school uniform after school?

[Jupin]

Thought I would start a thread to see what others do as my partner and his family always comment on the fact that my DS stays in his uniform after school and I don’t see the issue so wondered if it isn’t normal.

He has fresh uniform every day but keeps it on until he gets ready for bed. If he wants to get changed then he will just get ready for bed early but I’ve never got him to get changed into other clothes when we got home and partner thinks I should.

I never got changed after school apart from as a teen when I was going out with friends after school. But partner and family are really judgey about it like it isn’t normal and it’s not hygienic (not covid they have always felt that way).

So do your children get changed after school and Is there something I’m missing about why I should be making him change?

Mine change and we’ve always had that rule. I don’t want their uniform ruined. It’s expensive and not for playing in. Also they are more comfortable out of uniform. I get changed out of my uniform and put something comfier on so they do too.

It's funny, people associating not changing out of uniform with poorer kids who might not have something else to wear. Where I lived it was the opposite, it was poorer kids told to change because uniform was expensive and their parents couldnt afford them to ruin it playing after school.

Mine can change or not, I could not care less. DS can't be bothered getting dressed at the best of times, he's never going to want to do it twice anyway.

(But then the uniform where I live is cheap, can be bought in supermarkets & the jumpers are often given away free in decent nick on the local buy sell page!

Mine take their uniforms off and shower as soon as they get home. They only have one set of uniform each so I wash them on a quick wash and hang them out for the next day.

I don’t class it as being “judgey” though as it was always the children we knew to be from the poorer homes and it’s just an ingrained memory from my childhood.

Oh the dreadful poors. Must change dc from now on so as not to be mistaken for one!

They have to change as soon as they get in.

They don't have a clean uniform on every single day. We have dogs, it would get dog hair on when they are cuddling up to them, it would just create more washing. Their uniform isn't comfortable either and it isn't cheap.

Yes, but only because some items are worn more than once and no need to encourage spills.

Changed as soon as they come in

Mine are past that age now ( sixth form no uniform), but i never made them change after school. They sometimes chose to, increasingly as they got older, especially if they were meeting friends in the park, but i always left it up to them.

My DS changes after school. Sometimes at primary he’d keep his polo shirt on and only change his trousers/jumper, but now as he’s at secondary it all gets changed, often accompanied by a shower or a good wash as he bloody stinks.Yesterday I had to chase him into the shower and spray air freshener round.

I have always thought it’s important to create a psychological boundary between school/work and home, and part of that is getting into your civis.

Christ no. We only get an hour after pick up at 5.45 before she has a bath. Fresh uniform every day because her school aren't pricks and allow supermarket uniform

I'm taking the risk re covid but we are in a low risk area and I hate doing laundry.

Used to have all sorts of arguments with our eldest over getting homework completed and staying off the tv. For years now we've gone by the rule, for all 3 of them, that they can only change out of the school uniform once they have finished all their homework. Its worked really well through primary and into high school as staying in uniform has helped them to focus to get their homework done, and kept the arguments and fights at bay. The youngest will sometimes change out, but the older two tend to just loosen their ties and then don't really bother most of the time.

I'm in the "don't change" camp (though if we did swimming or something afterschool we wouldn't put uniform back on afterwards).

When I was at school in the 80s/90s I didn't change, which my Mum thought was normal and my Dad was constantly baffled by.
He couldn't understand why I would want to keep on wearing something associated with being at school once I got home and thought that I'd be uncomfortable - I wasn't, and I was usually only doing homework from school anyway, so it didn't bother me half as much as it did him!

I used to always change when I got home from school but then I didn't have a new uniform everyday (is it not expensive to have 5 sets of full uniform?). I always change out of my work clothes too when I get home. My kids are only at preschool at the moment but I intend to change them into different clothes when they get home. I can see that they might think it is hygienic but if your child is wearing a fresh set everyday then I don't think there is a problem. Do they know your ds has a fresh set everyday?

*unhygienic even

Mine changes as soon as they get back. But always have even before all this. Uniform in the wash and they put comfy loungewear on.

Don't have kids yet but I used to change out of them the second I got home after saying hello to my mum and grandparents. I just did not think it was the most comfortable or attractive outfit (looked like a shapeless pajama dress).