Am I old and out of touch?

I have not seen them on Facebook as I do not use it. There is a High School close to my home ages from 12 up until 6th form.

The girls have a nice uniform but the majority of the girls wear their skirts about 2 and half inches longer than knicker level. It must not bother the headteacher or anyone in authority as this has been the norm for years. In my opinion those skirts should be at knee length and the uniform would look much better.
Perhaps I am just old fashioned.

In my girls’ grammar school skirts were strictly for the 6th-formers. The rest of us wore navy pinafore dresses, white blouses, navy blazer and a gold and brown striped tie. Oh, and a beret rather like Frank Spencer’s, which we had to wear all the way to school and back home. Detention if we were spotted without it, or seen eating anything while in school uniform. We also had horrible brown lisle stockings in the winter, and navy bloomers for gym. You can tell I’m a bit old, can’t you!
All the schools in my area have smart uniforms, but the older girls do roll up their skirts and sneak a bit of makeup on.

I do go onto Facebook but strictly Australian family and long term friends! So no school uniforms!!! I boarded at an all girls Convent in the 1950's and yes we rolled up our skirts,wore our skull caps folded on the backs of our heads, sleeves pushed up (sophisticated?!!) and various other fashion ploys! All were regularly vetoed, alas! This was only in School though including daygirls , as we all ran the risk of being reported by some keen member of the public who of course recognised the uniform if not the person , and there was sure to be a row!!!!!

Blimey! My primary-aged (just) granddaughters look very respectable in school uniform with knee-length skirts and socks up to their knees.

They want to grow up too soon. I have granddaughters who started with nail polish, fake tans etc, far too soon.
Glad I don't do Facebook.

Nowhere has Daddima said these pictures were posted by friends of hers.
I see lots if stuff on fb that isn't posted by anyone I know either. It arrives via friends of friends of friends or just because it's circulating. My privacy settings are up to date too.
Regarding ten year olds
dressed like tarts, shame on their mothers and hope the school will put a stop to it pronto, surely all schools have a set uniform?

What lovely words to describe children.

My DiL is absolutely firm about my GD being a child for as long as possible. Recently a classmate's Mum was organising a 'makeover' party for her daughter's tenth birthday. DiL didn't like the idea of makeup and manicures, and politely refused the invitation. I admired her for taking a stand,; my GD is modern, dresses in up to the minute clothes, but is very definitely ten, and looks it. Having worked in a primary school for years I was often startled to see the older girls out at the weekend looking almost unrecognisible, and unfortuntely years older than their chronological age, but also years older than their emotional development, and that is the worrying part.

they wont be able to go to school like that .. school uniform has strict rules . i reckon its made up .just for show.....head person wont allow tarts in the school or skinny jeans for the boys...

Never seen this when I pick my GDs up from primary school. Just uniforms and all the correct attire worn.

There's both a primary/junior school and a large high school/comprehensive school near me and I see dozens of their pupils walking to school past my house each day. I've never seen one dressed in anything except their strict school uniforms. And very smart they look too.

I remember getting past school gates & hitching the skirt right up & un-doing the top 3 buttons on the shirt.
My mum used to take off her school socks & draw lines down her legs to look as if she was wearing stockings.
Twas ever thus- girls will be girls!

All of my DGC are primary age (or under) I have never seen any pictures like those you describe on any face book pages, teenagers yes! 10 year olds no!

I followed a young girl of early teens going into the supermarket, with denim cutoffs so brief, that her bum cheeks were hanging out. Her mother and another couple were with her. Unfortunately there are many little girls dressed like trollops, and the parents think this is OK.
All the pervs must think their birthdays and Christmases have all come together.
Not all are like it, but the ones that are make me very sad.....

My goodness, I do not know anyone that posts photographs of their children dressed like that.
I have had the first day photos but have always been in full uniform and neat white socks.

Nor round here Oopsminty

I live right opposite both a junior and an infant school and they have VERY strict uniform rules, sweet little kids in red jumpers and shorts and then bigger lads in long black trousers and blue polo shirts and most of the girls either wear trousers too (very practical) or reasonably long smart skirts or shorts.

Of course in summer blue and pink gingham dresses are all the rage. Because of the propensity of most young girls to spend most of the summer term upside down doing handstands and cartwheels most wear what I can only describe as cycle shorts underneath for modesty.

11 is far too young for fashion which can lead to terrible bullying.

I was just thinking the same. They are dressed as pop stars. Only yesterday a GM mentioned her GD starting High
School had to have a certain bag from a certain shop and a specific make of shoes. I thought back to the days when skirts had to be midway on knee, shoes were a regulation style ie laced and had to be polished not just in the front but also at the heel, no nail polish or earrings. White knee length length socks once in 3rd year, ankle socks up until then. And no, I did not attend a private but a secondary school. Kept all of us same with very little to brag about fashion wise. Must cost a fortune to kit out females for High School now.

I haven’t seen these pictures, but what are these mothers thinking. Let them be children for as long as possible.

Ummm... I remember the mini-skirt etc when I left school but I was 15 not leaving primary school! My friend, an ex-social worker, calls them 'prosti-tots' and we think it's very sad for these children who suffer from a lack of appropriate role models and probably very poor parenting from parents/carers who either don't know any better or don't realise what their kids are up to - that's being positive about the situation because it's also quite possible that some of these children are being groomed, which is beyond sad.

We had posture marks each term.

We had deportment badges for being particularly presentable ...I was embarrassed to be given one ?

I had to suffer those embarrassing hats too Callistamon. My Panama got crumpled when I used to shove it in my bag when walking past a nice looking boy waiting at a bus stop each morning.

Are these people really your friends Daddima? If so I would send a gentle message ...

The short skirt isn't a new thing, when I was at school (longer than I care to admit has passed), we all wore skirts approx 5 inches above the knee, there was a girl in the year about me who got condemned for wearing a skirt half way between her calf and her ankle, and she had clunky shoes and hair cut into a style for a middle aged woman at 15 even though she dyed it burgundy. My relative who is also my best friend was 2 years above me in school, we didn't bully her but we thought she was a bit odd, and we still call long skirts "Hersecondname skirts", although not maliciously.

As for the fishnets, that is deplorable. If I had even contemplated buying them, my mother would have ate me! I have always thought of them as explicit. X

I remember being told off by teachers for rolling up my skirt.
It had to be just below knee length but the fashion was for minis.