Do you like uniforms? Or should kids be able to wear what they want?

My children wore their own clothes in primary school but from intermediate age onwards they wore school uniform. In all the high schools I taught or relieved at students wore uniform, except for a couple that allowed the senior year to wear mufti.

School uniform is pretty common is New Zealand. It is positive that gender neutral options are now being introduced to schools. When I started teaching in 1976 the junior boys shorts were designed to be shorter than the older boys. I don't mind a uniform item for the senior year but I don't agree with highlighting the fact that the year 9 and 10 boys are junior to other boys through uniform.

Ideally we want children to be able to dress themselves, choose clothing they like and even express themselves with fashion, if they like.
In practice it leads to social stratification and bullying from preschool through college because the community context is a dangerous one. With uniforms, you avoid some of that.
Self expression is for places that are less dangerous than our country at this time.

I don't mind as long as they're not too strict about it. When I was at school, the girls weren't allowed to wear trousers, even in the winter! I don't think that would be allowed today, that's discrimination! Also sometimes the uniform can cost quite a lot which is hard for parents who don't have a lot of money coming in.

I go to a private school in England. The uniform is quite old fashioned and there is a lot of purple in it 🙄 We have to wear skirts, even in the winter, but ours is a girls school so we can't say we are discriminated against.

I had no uniform growing up. It was nice sometimes but I would watch movies or TV with schools in uniforms and wish I could wear uniforms for some reason