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Subscribe to RSSGet the kids up, feed them breakfast, make their lunch, drive them to school. So far so good.
What am I forgetting? Clothes. For myself. Yes, sometimes I wear pajamas when I drop the kids off at school. What’s the big deal, considering I usually don’t get out of the car?
According to one school, this is not so good.
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Is it OK to wear pajamas when dropping kids off at school?
The school, according to a BabyCenter.com report, has a dress code for parents, which includes banning them from wearing PJs while dropping kids off. Last year in the UK, a school district also banned “bedwear” and asked parents to dress properly and “show decency and respect when attending school premises.”
In yesterday’s Crib Notes column, we mentioned this "No PJs" rule, and based on the more than 130 comments on our Facebook page, it touches a nerve.
Some of you are proud pajama wearers, as one commenter wrote:
Sorry, but as long as my kids are presentable and clean you have no right to tell me what to wear to drop my kids off. Aren't there worse problems to address? I mean, come on!!!
And another says:
Schools should not be able to tell parents how to dress! I almost always wear my pj's for drop off -- but I stay in my minivan! getting the kids ready -- reviewing homework and getting breakfast in them and packing healthy lunches & snacks -- mornings are full of much more important things than how I look.
For others, wearing jammies is just downright inappropriate, as one poster put it:
Moms should have more pride in themselves than to show up at their childs' school looking like they just rolled out of bed, even if they did!
Another dissenter said:
I've always had an issue with adults that go beyond their front porch in their pajamas...shopping, school drop off, whatever the case may be...make an effort to properly clothe yourself for the task at hand....
I admit, I've curtailed my habit of wearing pajamas to school dropoff, thanks to an incident last year. I was driving away from my son's school when I noticed the car in front of me had its trunk door ajar. As the car went up a hill, contents of the trunk spilled onto the street. I got out of my car to help the driver collect the stuff, totally forgetting I was wearing my PJs.
I mostly saw smiles from the other drivers behind me. But I’m guessing my kids would not have loved the sight. So, now, if ever I wear my pajamas, I make sure I have a coat covering them up. And I stay in my car.
What do you think? Is it OK to wear pajamas when you drop your kids off at school?
Kavita Varma-White is a Seattle based writer and editor and the mom of two tweens. In between cheering on the sidelines for numerous soccer and baseball games, she is contributing editor for TODAYMoms.com and MSNBC.com.
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At least some of the PJs are less revealing than half the things that are passed as appropriate dress nowadays.
not mine , I sleep Nude! want me hanging around a school in my sleep ware? the students have a dress code , then so should ALL visitors , parents , janitors and other none student/teacher staff.
the article only mentioned the opinion of women, men also drive their kids to school , I BET THE LADY IN HER P.J's WOULD BE THE FIRST TO HAVE ME ARRESTED FOR BEING IN MY JAMMIES.
your kids can be picked on and teased for how you dress, do you want to bring that attention to your child , they already have enough peer pressure to conform to , they dont need to be worried about what your dressed up in.
IF the parent is staying in the car AND not wearing any thing that is revealing, what is the problem? I used to get dressed to drive my kids to school, in the clothes I wore the previous day. Afterwards, I went home and bathed and dressed for work. I did this to ensure I devoted all my attention to my kids and getting them to school on time; instead of dividing my attention between my children and getting myself ready.... which is probably what the p.j. wearers are doing, as well.
wake up 36 seconds earlier and you have time to pull up pants and put on a shirt. if you are disabled , it may take more time. I have arthritis and it takes less than 1 minute to dress myself.
if your dressing for work , all means , go back home and changes, but their is no excuse for not having 1 min. to dress appropriately .
Simply wear a Modest robe or LongCoat, and what are they going to complain about? Your Floppy Bunny Slippers?
Sheesh....well thank God for modern day inventions! No time!? Imagine that! Come on moms, we can do better than this! Show a little more respect - if not for your kids - then for yourselves.
I guess we can't expect the kids to grow up and be responsible adults when the parents have never made that leap.
Part of it is laziness. But part is expression.
I have to support someone to wear the attire (not being specific on purpose) that they decide to aware as long as the appropriate things are covered up.
Exceptions being where an employer places dress code.
Personally I would not wear pajamas outside my house unless it was an emergency. I think parents who regularly drive their kids to school while wearing pajamas are perhaps not sending an appropriate message. However, most pajamas I've seen worn out are less revealing than skimpy skirts or shorts, or sagging pants. It's a matter of taste and self respect. It certainly does NOT need a rule, law or ordinance!
lazy lazy lazy - have some self respect people!! no PJ's outside of the house ya slobs!!
who cares what someone else is wearing!!!!!!! you f&()*(& busybodys!!!!