Am I old and out of touch?

Ooh, no!

But, if they are doing ballet and tap and are in shows, they do wear makeup for the stage.

lemongrove

Daddima do you see primary age children dressed like that,
Or do the parents allow them to dress up for photos?
I don’t think you meant to suggest they attended school like that, did you?

They are primary school children dressed for school. Their mothers are mostly a lot younger than I am, and I’ve been a wee bit uncomfortable before about them sharing pictures of the wee girls dressed for their dancing displays, but they seem to think the heavy make up and skimpy costumes are essential.
It’s the pouting and ‘hands on hips’ poses I don’t like.

I too was a skirt waist band roller upper in secondary school. 1962-66
I bet the hem looked all skew-wop.

No schoolbags allowed in schools for the foreseeable future because of the risk of infection

Well, there's a thought paddyanne.
They haven't said that here yet as far as I know, but I'll have to have a re-think as I promised to buy one.

lemongrove

They got round that at my grammar school by making us all wear gym-slips! No rolling up possible and regulation one inch below the kneecap.We didn’t mind at school ( all girls) but walking through the town before and after school felt mortified.Add to that a beret that had to be on at all times outside.

Gymslips! They were awful. Add to that a hat, velour in winter, Panama in summer which crinkled if it got wet.

Daddima do you see primary age children dressed like that,
Or do the parents allow them to dress up for photos?
I don’t think you meant to suggest they attended school like that, did you?

They got round that at my grammar school by making us all wear gym-slips! No rolling up possible and regulation one inch below the kneecap.We didn’t mind at school ( all girls) but walking through the town before and after school felt mortified.Add to that a beret that had to be on at all times outside.

I knew a teacher who, when asked what classes she taught responded with “the 3 T’s”.
When asked to clarify she would say ”Tarts, Toe-rags and Thugs”

When I went to high school in the fifties we had to kneel to check our skirts did not touch the ground. The "New Look", mid calf, was strictly forbidden!

I live close to a secondary school and it is a strict school uniform but I have noticed at lunchtime or after school, the skirts are hiked up to mini skirts but they did not start off at that length early am. Definitely no fishnets.

I was a skirt roller-upper too paddyanne ?

I d really query who your friends are on fb daddima none of mine have ever posted anything like you describe at all

Paddyanne I too was at an all girls convent and yes we rolled our skirts up around the waist I m still in touch with friends who were boarders and they tell me how they used to hang out the window at night smoking surely we ve all broken the age rules
How do your school kids manage without bags paddyanne all their books are kept in them ??? My granddaughter practically takes a suitcase (well a tiny exaggeration but not much)

Yes clothes to be washed every day. No blazers because of the impracticality of this.

DGC back to school today, both look lovely in their uniforms. But they’ve been told they have to have a clean set of clothes everyday - doesn’t any parent have five complete sets of school uniform?! DD is ultra (too!) fussy about cleanliness but she certainly doesn’t!

No schoolbags allowed in our schools for the forseeable future.in a bid to stop infection.All packed lunches have to be in disposable containers and disposed of in school bins. Skirts ...I well remember rolling up my skirt and so did almost every girl I knew in my all girls convent school .Of course the nuns made us roll the waisband back down .. but we always managed to keep them shorter than the mid knee we were told to wear. That was in the mid sixties,its fashion and it wont ever go away ,we just have to let our girls enjoy it whiile keeping a close watch on WHO they spend time with on or off the internet .My mother who was born in the 20's ..the 1920's used to tell my dad to stop moaning about skirts or eye makeup...she'd tell him " at that age they'd be as well dead as out of fashion at least thats what they think"

large handbags

Backpacks here, thank goodness, as they have so much to carry. Each day is like a route march with full kit.

Actually, there was one photo that GD agreed to have on FB, she had her long hair cut very short to help raise funds for her best friend who was terminally ill with Cancer, she was 13/14 at the time.

I doubt that the clothes were ‘ back to school clothes’ probably dressing up or birthday party clothes.

I just object to people putting photos of any children on the Internet until the children are old enough to agree or disagree.
My GCs are 14 and 16, neither of them want any photos of themselves on social media, so it would have been a gross invasion of their privacy if my DD1 had been putting their pictures on her social media sites. (She hadnt of course)

The children I see are definitely primary in school uniform not so much the fishnet tights, black usually but short skirts and large handbags instead of school bags maybe they lower the skirts in school but it’s not a good look for under 12s.

Strict school uniform here at secondary level and a uniform at primary level too.

Were they wearing plimsolls?

No primary school children in fishnet tights near me. Just school uniforms. Sorry to disappoint.

ginny

I was about to say the same as Humbertbear
Check your privacy settings and go through your friends list and get rid of any who are not ‘actually friends.

Agree with Ginny

I know what you mean about short skirts but to be honest I’ve not seen any dressed that way, not pouting anyway, not from primary school. But I did see a woman walking along last year with a young child maybe 7/8 years old wearing a T-shirt which read Too many boys not enough time! I must admit that did shock me, obviously the T-shirt didn’t bother the mother

I see some awful sights near us. Can only assume that their parents don't realise they go out dressed like they do.

Several schools near us its only the older ones 15+ who dress up at weekends the schools here are very good.