Ever had that moment when your child decides to dress themselves completely inappropriately for some occasion? It happened to me when my daughter was three, and she put on what was essentially a ball gown for a park play date.
Once at the park, the ball gown became a nightmare. She kept tripping over it while running around, and when she tried to climb the spiderweb she would stand on her dress and come perilously close to toppling off the structure.
From that day on, I have dressed my daughter in shorts or pants when we are doing anything active. At a certain age, you figure out that particular clothing types are more appropriate for some activities than others. That’s why you don’t see an adult doing a workout in high heels, or children playing soccer in dresses.
What about the practicalities of school uniforms?
When my daughter enrolled at our local public school, I was dismayed to see that… Read the rest