is it safe to have name labels sewn outside school uniforms?

[jazal]

ds' school recently requested that we sew large name labels outside the children's school uniform, PE shirts, track bottoms etc. somehow this seems rather dangerous as would this not mean strangers can pretend to know them and call them by name? what do other people think about it?

i have tried searching on the net for police advice on this but have not been able to come up with any sensible links....

help! advice needed

I know one school that was going to do this with compulsory sun hats. They changed their mind when a parent pointed out the stranger danger aspect.

bump?

I think it is a bit over worrying to think this poses a risk.
But I am not a worrier about these things anyway

why do this?
make them look like loons more importantly

I don't see it posing a danger tbh.
How stupid do you think kids are?
It is a daft idea though for asthetic reasons.

If your child is old enough to be at school, they are quite old enough to know not to go with someone just cos they know their name fgs

When I was at school, we had to hand embroider our full names on our pe top and skirt

It is compulsory to do this on PE kit at my children's school. It is so the teachers can see if they are wearing the right clothes. There were too many cases of children "borrowing" eaach others PE kit.

It even carries on into the High School where the personalisation is embroidered or screen printed on by the shop.

I think having nice big letters across a sunhat on a 3yo saying "Charlotte" is silly and dangerous but having a tiny label that says "R Jazal" on a school age child is not going to be a danger is it? Local nutters are not going to come up to a kid and say "R Jazal come with me" and expect the child to respond.

You are over thinking IMO - now the asthetic side of things is a bit different

It's quite common in secondary schools - helps avoid theft. Bully McDonuts isn't going to wear a jumper with Wimpy Dolittle on cos everyone would know he'd nicked it!

interesting... i would have thought that having a child's name (and it will be the first and surname, not just initials) and an identifiable school uniform that tells anyone where they will be every day is a rather unnecessary risk for the sake of wrong uniform being worn by other children. and a 4-year old (even one at school) is not mature enough not to be easily persuadable. but it would appear i am alone in this thinking. thanks for your thoughts anyway.

I do and I don't think you're overreacting. I doubt that a child is in any actual significant danger from having his/her name on the outside of his/her school uniform. But the official or semi-official advice does seem to be not to give young children clothing personalised with their first name because of the "stranger danger" thing (whether or not that is an actual significant danger). So making it compulsory for four-year-olds does seem odd on the part of the school...

No I agree that a 4yo is persaudable and I think that a name will make it easier - possibly - but the fact is that you will be taking a 4yo in and out of school (or another adult will) so the chances for "stranger danger" are very limited in the first place, add to that the fact they will mostly have a jacket or raincoat over the top so the label cannot be seen anyway. Also a label is about 11/2 to 2 inches long so someone would have to be very close to even be able to read the name if the label is in clear view. Finally, the school uniform alone is enough to tell someone where the child will be all day so a label will not really add to that.