Kids staying in uniform after school

[MilesManchester]

When I was a teenager, I'd get changed as soon as I got home from school same as most people. My 2 DS are in years 9 and 11 and stay in their uniform the vast majority of time after school, seeing no point getting changed. Is this commonplace? I don't get it 😁

It’s bad habits and slovenly. Tell them to get changed.

I don’t think k I always for changed out of my uniform unless I was going somewhere

This, I think if you only have one expensive skirt/ v. neck logoed jumper then you don't want to eat in it, if ot has got dirty it needs to get washed straight away to be dry for the morning. If it is all cheap supermarket clothes of which you have multiples, it doesn't matter.

I always changed, from a young age. My kid keeps uniform on and seems happy/comfortable about it so I let it go, no point making more washing...

I have enough washing to do with four kids I definitely don’t want to add to that and get mine to change when they come home 🤣

Up to them, really. My dd tended to stay in uniform-ds changed at once. He used to say “I want to be a home boy”🥰

Depends if they will wear the same uniform again tomorrow? Mine were both clumsy and messy so a uniform didn't last for a second day, they had extra sets and it was all easy to wash and dry anyhow except the blazer. I left it up to them. They liked putting pyjamas on as soon as they got home.

Mines stayed in uniform when it was trousers and polos/jumper.
When they started at a new school where they wore shirt and tie, they got changed as soon as they got home 😁😁

Always told mine to change and they did throughout primary and secondary school. Think they were happy to do so really!

oura generally stayed in uniform after school when they were in infants and juniors as it was sensible shorts and cotton polos but in secondary school they get changed straight away as it is so uncomfortable. DS in particular is in shorts year round and hates wearing long trousers.

If I’m at home I make my two dds give me their shirts and socks straight away for a very quick 15 min wash as they tend to stink not necessarily of BO but impulse or some other spray crap that smells like wee if you don’t get it out quickly

Mine never changed. I went to a school without a uniform and never changed. I don't change after work either, CBA. I don't wear clothes I find uncomfortable.

I don't allow it. My kids are racing off round the park, riding bikes, playing with the dog, getting dirty (even dirtier than they are already) and I actually want that uniform to last. Plus they are more comfortable in home clothes.
They put a tracksuit on after swimming classes.

Not if you go to private school, the uniform is fiendishly expensive, if DD wants to troll around our house - she can do it in her comfies. I also went to PS and my mum insisted uniform came off as soon as I stepped inside the door. Equally, if I have a central London meeting in smart clothes, I want them off when I get home to keep them looking new.

I don't know about secondary but my 6yr old stays in her uniform after school too.

I was always straight out of mine when I got home. I just reason that uniforms have improved enough she's comfy in hers all evening and that can only be a good thing.

Why? I never got changed after school, neither did my kids. School uniform is pretty robust and it saves getting something else dirty. I also don't get changed after work. One outfit per day is fine if you're not going anywhere special or doing exercise.

I always got changed immediately as I had horses and went straight out to spend the whole afternoon & early evening riding & mucking out etc. my own children get changed most nights but not straight away. They tend to have various sports training every evening so they get changed into kit and head off for that after an early supper. On the rare occasion that they decide to miss a training session then they just stay in their uniform but do tend to take their blazers off as they are woollen ones and quite heavy / warm for inside (and ties are usually removed and instantly lost so that we can have a fun panic looking for them the next morning!).

My youngest two don’t get changed, they get home late, 6.30pm most nights and so there isn’t much point. And I would wash the shirts every night anyway, so it wouldn’t save on any washing. I don’t worry about dinner spills.

That said, if they want to change they’re very welcome, they just don’t bother unless it’s my youngest who sometimes gets straight into PJs if she’s exhausted.

I'd get changed as soon as possible.
DC does exactly the same.

We got changed when we got home when I was younger but my own son leaves his uniform on. He has a clean one each day so it saves me washing after school clothes too.

We used to have to get changed because we weren't getting a complete full new clean uniform every day. As a single parent with 4 kids, my mum couldnt afford or be arsed to do that much washing. Plus I don't think we had 5 full sets.

Our uniform was proper uniform though, shirts, ties, the lot, not a coloured polo shirt.

My first consideration when considering the question of 'changing out of school uniform on arriving home' was from a hygiene point of view! By the simple definition of how many 'bodies' are present every day in a school all using and coming into contact with the same facilities, chairs etc, it cannot be ignored that there is potential for who knows what bacteria or germs being present..let's not be coy here, not everyone has the same idea of cleanliness? 😬
The last thing I would want would be my kids, lounging around in their bedrooms, probably on their beds, on our furniture or actually ANYWHERE in the house in those same clothes! 🙄
This was somewhat compounded by your comment that 'The uniforms are usually filthy after a day at school'....😱

Excluding any financial constraints that mean additional clothes aren’t freely available, I think it’s gross to stay in uniform. Schools are vile, filthy places. There is no ‘keeping it clean’- once it’s been worn to school, it’s not clean anymore! Straight off and as much washed every wear as possible. But how can they sit around in it? In shirts and skirts and trousers?!

My first consideration when considering the question of 'changing out of school uniform on arriving home' was from a hygiene point of view! By the simple definition of how many 'bodies' are present every day in a school all using and coming into contact with the same facilities, chairs etc, it cannot be ignored that there is potential for who knows what bacteria or germs being present..let's not be coy here, not everyone has the same idea of cleanliness? 😬
The last thing I would want would be my kids, lounging around in their bedrooms, probably on their beds, on our furniture or actually ANYWHERE in the house in those same clothes! 🙄
During Covid with a very vulnerable older person in the house uniforms were removed immediately after arriving home, put straight in the wash and clean ones put on the next day...these days uniform is removed and hung up if going to be worn again the next day and normal clothes worn in the house or to go out as our boy is now 16! 😊