Dress code enforcement?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you all explain to your kids that they have to follow the uniform guidance when so many other kids don’t?

We try and give up by New Year’s. if the teacher won’t enforce it, then I can’t be bothered. Plenty of other fights to have in the morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you all explain to your kids that they have to follow the uniform guidance when so many other kids don’t?

We tell our kids that we follow school rules in our family, even if other families do not. We also tell them that teachers appreciate when families follow the rules, even if the teacher never says anything to our kids about it, and that it shows respect to the teachers and the school and will ultimately reflect well on our kids. We have used this logic on uniforms, cell phone rules, etc. They don't have to agree with us or like it but they do know where we stand and that we don't bend.

[Anonymous]

If your kid is starting pre-K, see if a fellow parent will help you get access to the uniform swap. I've barely bought uniforms for my kids over the years. Or, if I find something one of them really likes at the swap, I'll go buy three more of the same thing, so they have that specific article of clothing that fits them. It saves me a ton of time I would have spent buying online and returning/troubleshooting random items of clothing to see what might fit them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your kid is starting pre-K, see if a fellow parent will help you get access to the uniform swap. I've barely bought uniforms for my kids over the years. Or, if I find something one of them really likes at the swap, I'll go buy three more of the same thing, so they have that specific article of clothing that fits them. It saves me a ton of time I would have spent buying online and returning/troubleshooting random items of clothing to see what might fit them.

This is the way. I was stunned at how high quality the swap pieces were for the pk grades, but also it makes sense since those kids grow out of sizes quick.

One PK we went to had most of the pk kids out of uniform by the end of the year, our current one has pretty high compliance on colors. There are also a lot of uniform free days - my kid will still sometimes choose to wear the uniform. Definitely makes our mornings easier!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your kid is starting pre-K, see if a fellow parent will help you get access to the uniform swap. I've barely bought uniforms for my kids over the years. Or, if I find something one of them really likes at the swap, I'll go buy three more of the same thing, so they have that specific article of clothing that fits them. It saves me a ton of time I would have spent buying online and returning/troubleshooting random items of clothing to see what might fit them.