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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You may want to work on those issues.  It's not that bad.  Really, how is school so different from work?  Yes, your child needs to be there most days but the number of absences allowed is not that low.  Are you allowed to just come to work whenever you feel like it?  No, you are generally expected to be there M-F from 9-5 or whatever unless you have a good reason.  Same for school! (except for different hours).  And dress code -- just like you can't show up to work in flip-flops and athleisure wear, you can't come to school wearing your Superman costume -- and the dress code is much more lax than professional office wear.

Again, you seem to have unusual issues around school and you should work on it before child enters K.  [/quote]

Really? I feel like my business casual dress code is much more lax - I don't have to wear a belt, button up shirt, or closed-toed shoes, for example. DD is pretty upset about the buttons and in tears about the belt - she doesn't like them around her waist. And yes, if I'm 5-10 "late", no one cares, because I've got a smartphone and am an exempt employee. I'm not written up, especially if  there's even the most tenuous of excuses (crap, had a flat tire). Flat tire and DD is late? It's written down and she gets in trouble. I don't know, maybe I'm lucky, but most salaried people don't strict hours, no. I've also got 8+ weeks of sick time in addition to vacation. DD can miss 10 days (excused too!) before she's not allowed to progress to the next grade. It's all very strict, and I guess I'm just really missing the freedom I used to have.[/quote]

I think you really need to consider therapy.  You are crying almost every night because you are imagining that you are going to get a lot of phone calls because your kid doesn't like the uniform?  You are freaking out about something that you have over a month to prepare for?  This is not normal.  Millions of people manage to get their kids to school on time.  You develop a routine, you practice it a couple of times, and you make sure you have a little extra time built into the mornings.  Unless your child has health issues, she highly unlikely to miss more than ten days (which is two weeks) of school because of illness.  If you don't like the uniforms, don't send your kid to that school.  Or let her wear it from time to time to get used to how it feels.  This is all logistics and attitude, not existential stuff.

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