To ask if boys can wear coloured gingham school shorts?

[Makingitupaswegoalong]

DS starting school in September. I’ve never liked the grey boys’ school shorts. I think they’re horrible.

Could a boy wear the shorts version of the summer dresses in the warmer months? The ones like this:
https://direct.asda.com/george/school/shorts/light-blue-girls-gingham-longer-length-school-shorts/G008057152,default,pd.html?redirectFromInt=1&cmpid=ppc--geor-------_-dskwid-_dm&utm_campaign=pla:Fashion-School-_Performance_Max&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17501196607&gbraid=0AAAAADt8Wcm1oMWVYoBrMZRAaJmY4OxHM&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgIXCBhDBARIsAELC9ZgYG9pdeZibdgD76_xniRBLDqnyyvZArL9DdLA7VsYiWE5zGC1CWE0aAkIFEALw_wcB

The little boys round here wear a lot of brightly coloured patterned leggings.

Why couldn’t they were these shorts? Are they obviously girly? Would people bully him or think we were weird? I just think they’re nicer.

Agreed uniform helps to level the playing field. Not necessarily collars and ties but something that keeps kids the same and is relatively budget.

As kids get bigger and start hitting adult sizes that attracts VAT, uniform doesn't. Consideration should also be given to mens adult shoes starting at a size 7 rather than a 6 that nobody stocks, kid stop at a 5.

How ridiculous. My nephews are both in primary school and wear shorts all year round. They would go ballistic if you tried to make them wear trousers.

If your son chooses them and wants to wear them, then yes let him.
If it’s you who are choosing them to make a point then no.

Asking implies a level of thinking that it's not acceptable. Seeking permission.
My youngest (amab) child got teased for wearing a cardigan at primary school.
Wore a skirt at secondary school but that was said child's choice.
Let the child choose what they want to wear, they're the one who's got to spend hours every day in the clothes.

Put your feelings about this aside, this is not about you. Help your child to blend in. Don't be that mum and son that everyone is laughing about

No, teachers don’t laugh about children, and most parents wouldn’t either. So you let bullies (mums or older children) dictate your children’s lives, do you? They have to blend in - how? dyeing their hair? not wearing their glasses? not mentioning they have two mums?

The sheer amount of women here pressuring the OP under the threat of bullying is shocking: Do you want him to be bullied?, Is your son a girl - no, then don’t let him wear the shorts All the children will bully him and he’ll have no friends and it will all be your fault Everyone will laugh at him blah blah 🙄 Just admit the conservative views are yours.

And no, everyone won’t laugh at him - because he’ll be wearing a perfectly innocuous pair of blue shorts! I doubt any of the other 4 and 5yr olds will even notice.

Amab, what does that mean?

I'm not surprised cardigans on a boy invited a ribbing, but it's maybe an area thing if they are common in other areas.

Assigned male at birth.

In other words a boy.

My son wore them year round until Y5 or 6.....they are super practical, they dont get too short for 1 thing!

Long wooly socks and lots of running about - never once heard he waa cold

Do we have to go all round the houses now rather than call a boy a boy?
Jesus 🙄

She can describe her child any way she wants to.

Because they are meant for girls🤦🏽‍♀️

I had to google the acronym because I had never heard of it.

Of course she can. Doesn’t mean people won’t raise eyebrows 🤷🏻‍♀️
When they finally figure out what she’s even talking about.

I'm sorry if this has already been said, OP but I think you can buy school trousers and possibly school shorts made of pure cotton.
They will cost more but they are made with skin issues and fewer chemicals in mind. They are said to be good for eczema sufferers.

Don’t do it, school is hard enough for kids without giving them a reason to be laughed at by other kids, which he will be. Those shorts are made and intended to be for girls, not boys, dont put your kid through that.

You are unbelievably tedious.
How on earth is school uniform becoming a feminist rant?
Save it for the weekend ffs.
(you are not as progressive as you think you are)

🤣

Thread police isn’t a real job, you know.

Unless my son was trans or a drag queen, which I'd fully support, I think he would look ridiculous in a dress & quite honestly hilarious. I doubt the day will ever arrive when butch rugby players turn up to the match in a frock so why encourage this nonsense in childhood.😂

Your arguement is with the school and it's uniform policy then no?
Parents don't get feminism points for being an a*hole and diliberately dressing their kids in stuff that is a) not allowed and b) using their kid to make a point

Those shorts would not meet the uniform requirements for most schools round here. It's gingham dresses or grey skirts with polo, the occasional school allows a gingham playsuit bit they look incredibly impractical.

Is @ Dumbdog still trying to monopolise the thread. So far 3 posters have called her out for being rude, all whilst she is trying to tell us how bigoted we are when she’s already proven herself to be ageist.
And before you come away with the obsessed nonsense I’m not, just think hypocrisy needs highlighting

I suspect that they have their own agenda.

OP stated that she is trying to instil independent thinking in her child which is admirable. However, it is important to teach our children that sometimes we have to do what we are asked-be it in work or school. We cannot always do things the way we want them done. We need to compromise and acknowledge that we need to adhere to the rules and regulations of others-even if we do not like them or agree with them. This also is an important life lesson.

No, he couldn't as that is not the uniform, it's not a fashion parade it's a school uniform 🙄