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To be wound up by primary school kids wearing shag bands

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RattusNorvegicus · 23/10/2009 21:18

I work in a high school and we had Y5 primary school kids visiting for transition today. Lots of them had shag bands on. These have been banned from our school, and I'm sure most of the younger kids don't know what they represent, but it still goes through me to see them being worn.New here, be gentle!

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MillyR · 23/10/2009 21:19

What is a shag band?

mhmummy · 23/10/2009 21:20

Erm... what is...one of those??

famishedass · 23/10/2009 21:20

Ignore the whole silly trend.

The more kids know they annoy us, the more they'll do it. I think we should start wearing them. Then they'll go right off em

Marioandluigi · 23/10/2009 21:21

YABU

The kiddies dont know what they mean. My DS wears them and he has no clue what they are. To him they are just pretty bracelets.

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RattusNorvegicus · 23/10/2009 21:22

They're thin brightly coloured plastic bands worn on the wrist. Each colour represents a different sexual activity. Put it like this - you wouldn't want your kid to come home wearing a brown one!

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TombliBOOOOOObs · 23/10/2009 21:23

YANBU

Ridiculous that they are available, that people buy them and that they are everywhere

famishedass · 23/10/2009 21:24

I've told me kids if they get one, I'm getting one and I'm wearing it down the school too. See how they like it.

LadyGlencoraPalliser · 23/10/2009 21:25

They've been around before. They're just a playground fad. Not really worthy of a moral panic IMVHO.

MillyR · 23/10/2009 21:28

DS has got them. He is in year 11; he doesn't know what they mean. Even if he did know, it wouldn't concern me.

MillyR · 23/10/2009 21:29

Sorry, he is in year 7;he is 11 years old.

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RattusNorvegicus · 23/10/2009 21:30

Not morally panicking, just wondering how we got here from the deely boppers and clackers of my youth!

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claw3 · 23/10/2009 21:30

Whats the difference between a shag band and a normal plastic bracelet, do they have sexual activities written on them?

TrinityHasAVampireRhino · 23/10/2009 21:31

I dont mind them as much as fucking playboy clothes for kids

does my nut in

IT'S a fucking porn mag!!!!

MuffinToptheMule · 23/10/2009 21:33

Shag bands have been around for ages. They were popular when I was at school.

TerryWogansMonsterCock · 23/10/2009 21:33

What are shag bands? where can i get some?

ChickandDuck · 23/10/2009 21:35

They were around when I was at school. The boys used to snap them because they just wanted to break them, then giggle about what we then have to 'do'. (We didn't 'do' anything BTW!)

MillyR · 23/10/2009 21:36

You can buy them in toy shops.

MoreCrackThanHarlem · 23/10/2009 21:38

If your primary age dc wear them, and you think it's ok cos they only see them as pretty bracelets, how long do you think it will be before a more knowledgeable child fills them in?

Op, yanbu. They are just plain nasty.

RubberDuck · 23/10/2009 21:39

Snopes

claw3 · 23/10/2009 21:43

Just googled shag bands, they look like coloured elastic bands.

I always wear a black hair band around my wrist, in case i want to tie my hair back. Do i want to know what a black one means!?!

mummyofevilprincesses · 23/10/2009 21:44

The fact that children are choosing to wear nonb-biodegradable plastic tat is more concerning than the fact someone in the media has dubbed them 'shag bands' tbh.

MoreCrackThanHarlem · 23/10/2009 21:50

No one in the media called them shag bands, that is what is says on the packet, and they are clearly aimed at children when they are sold in farking Claires Accessories.

Nasty nasty nasty product with sexual overtones marketed towards children. Can't imagine why anyone would want their 7 yo dd wearing the things.

BrokkenHarted · 23/10/2009 21:51

The media has not dubbed them shag bands. They are what biker women in the past used to wear. the more the better for her.

MillyR · 23/10/2009 21:53

They are not called shag bands in the toy shop; they have nothing written on them and have no packaging.

They are just plastic bracelets.

bb99 · 23/10/2009 22:00

Why are children wearing ANY jewellery at school, except small stud earings? Didn't the other school have a uniform, and even with non-uniform schools, jewellery is usually not considered OK??

DD (Year9) knows what they mean - her and her mates just think it's really funny that some of girls wear them and have actually lost/broken some of them, implying that they've 'dun stuf' but that they 'totally haven't'.

I find it offensive that anyone would consider a child capeable of making an informed statemant about sexual activities, but maybe I've just lead a sheltered existance, and all the stuff like this marketed at kids. Seems as innocent as kiss chase, but a bit unnecessary.

No bling should be in schools!