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.

It’s not the uniform. He will stand out a mile. In an ideal world who cares but the other reception children would ask him why are you wearing those shorts?
Grey shorts aren’t for fashion, they’re practical.

@TheNightingalesStarling ,
Try Next. When my (tall) DD was in Year 5 & 6 she wore their school uniform knee-length tailored shorts for girls all year round. They definitely fitted better than the boys equivalent.

Really do look like bloomers

It was just a thought op and I can see where you are coming from up to a point.

They would be ok for a very little toddler but school is about getting bigger and, much as it is unfashionable, learning to fit in and follow rules. It’s like the modernist painters learned realism skills first before branching out.

I expect they would be recognised as being from the girls’ section at Asda.

Are you making this up as you go along op?

I agree with this.

I actually think the gingham would be cute on a boy with a white tshirt but the reactions of people here confirm why I wouldn’t put him to school in them.

Of course he is. Children can be cruel and at 4 he will stand out as the different one from the first day. He will be teased for wearing girls clothes. What we think as adults about what dosen't matter, it will still happen. It's hard enough for little ones starting school without making it any more difficult.

I’d put a little boy in them up to about age 3.
As you say, with a white t shirt or collared shirt.

But I think even at home by 4 he’d be looking a bit big for it, and for school it is just a bad idea.

Johnny Cash - ‘A Boy Named Sue’.
Just sayin’ 😀

If you want him to be ‘that’ child

The head told my eldest it was lovely to see the school colours when he rocked up in a royal blue polo shirt. So we just carried on, so much more practical. I was having to replace the white ones termly. The blue ones have survived years Dd is wearing DS’s old ones.

It does depend on the school though they have uniform chats with the children generally polo shirts / shirts fine character t shirts are a no. Leggings, joggers, trousers, skirts, shorts, all fine in navy, black or grey. Local high school is super strict comparatively. Eldest hasn’t had any issues with it after initial spate of lost ties.

Becsuse kids can be cruel and thoughtless I'm all for dressing your children how you want but other kids notice when a child stands out.

What does the school uniform policy say? Our specially states grey or black shorts for both boys and girls....or gingham dresses for girls. Ours wouldn't accept gingham shorts and ask for them not to be worn again.

You can get cotton school uniform. Marks has Skinkind I think or try Eco Outfitters.

Yes I think about 4 is prime age for the “Why are you wearing girls’ shorts?” type directness.

What sort of school is this? 🤯 my children’s school take uniform very seriously because they want to wipe out any additional chances for bullying ostensibly.

They’d whip those odd little bloomers off him and put him in a uniform pair from lost property.

My DCs are motivated more by comfort than conformity.

DS1 is autistic with sensory issues so was grey shorts all year from y1 (when I gave up trying to battle with trousers, and school dropped seasonal and gender terminology from the uniform list) until y6. At some point I gave up buying stunt trousers as they were always passed to DS2 with tags. The advantage of shorts was that his legs dried quickly after walking to school, and the fabric isn't that warm on the shins of trousers anyway and especially not when flapping around wet. Also we could fit to waist and not worry about him looking like a mis-shapen sack of spuds in trousers bought for length with the waist yoinked in to the maximum.

Both DSs like long hair. This is an interesting social filter at identifying narrow-minded idiots.

DS1 did have cardigans in yR/ KS1 for the practical reason that he could take them on/off without risking injury to his ears and nose from the snug neck hole while wrestling them over his generous cranium. Cardigans are associated more as being feminine, but not exclusively so, and the sweatshirt style with large buttons was more neutral in style and not "feminised" with decorative trims. There have been phases of male cardigans coming in and out of fashion and they do have advantages of being easier to wear and more flexible for temperature control over a jumper. Visually the cardigan blended in with the sea of sweatshirts/ jumpers/ cardigans.

The gingham shorts are fine for girls who want to be active and are a halfway between traditional shorts and gingham dresses. While logically there should not be an issue with boys with wearing them too, the social reality is that boys will not be wearing items of that fabric, tend to feel well catered for in traditional shorts and they will stand out very obviously and there will be someone with something to say about it that is likely to result in upset.

My children have always abided by the uniform policy, but not in the most traditional conformist way. When they have ended up with stupid comments they've had the confidence to know that they were choices that they made from their own comfort and confidence. When they have wanted change we've discussed it and adapted (DS1 dropped both cardigans and sweatshirts and was happy with only polos and shorts)

Now DS2 is secondary age, he's seperating dressing for free choice at home, and dressing for expectations when out socially around peers which is a normal process to go through. DS1 DGAF!

The teenage girls wear this same colourless ‘uniform’ as well.

Because kids are cruel and pick on any difference, perceived or real

Because they would assume he wants to be a little girl 😂

this has to be click bait it can’t be a real post

They will make him a target for bullying. And they're awful.

Just shaking my head at this !!!!

True it I have a 16 DD and it is currently a sea of grey white black and light blue. DS has a lakers purple hoodie he loves but the rest is the same colours. It is the current fashion trend. And it is all baggy as well

@Makingitupaswegoalong interestingly DD is picking the sixth form that has a uniform because it is easier not to worry about what you are wearing and wear the same as everyone else. Her view was it was tricky enough navigating through school without worrying about what to wear.

thankfully both my kids high schools are relaxed on blazer wearing in the heat and aren’t as strict as some

True, they do as casual clothes. But don’t they wear colour more when dressed up?

Whereas boys mainly wear colour in football shirts and trainers.