11 yr old boy in Shades of Grey outfit

My youngest GS does a first class imitation of Gollum, so just as well his school didn't subscribe to this 'tradition'!

Or Fungus the Bogeyman?

Where is Stig of the Dump when you need him?

(not that I want them to bring him home either)

I just hope one of my DGDs doesn't bring him home one day .....

But I do think the boy showed imagination.

Where did I say it was a good idea? I am expressing my concern that children have this stuff coming at them from all sides these days. And then the adults shriek in horror because children latlch onto it.

Sigh! I give up.

Boys idea or not. His mother is an adult - and a teacher. It is her job to see the joke but tell him why it is inappropriate and help him choose a more appropriate character. By 11, the choice is enormous, regardless of his reading age and as his mother is a teacher she should have a good knowledge of the range of children's literature he could choose from.

Don't swear at me, please jingls even if you disagree and think that this was a good idea.

I don't know her from Eve, but she doesn't sound like a very good role model either as mother or teacher to encourage the thought.

Of clurse he shouldn't have known anything about such rubbish. But it has been everywhere.

Yes. fucking flippin' really rosequartz. But if you enjoy running her down, go ahead. Doubt if she's reading this anyway.

From what the mother said on the radio, it was the boy's own idea. Perhaps he didn't want to go as the BFG. He's 11 FGS.

And who stuffed this crap down his throat? Not his mother.

That was a very original comment Mishap.

As Katek has shown there are a whole range of be-suited adults in children's books that the outfit could have been turned into.

It is to the discredit of the school that not only was their suggested alternative James Bond, another character from a series of adult's books, but that they could not see that he was no more appropriate as a character for a child to dress up as than Christian Grey (or is it Gray)

No World Book Day when my DC were at school either. They just read books!

DD2 did win a prize one year (only 2nd prize, although I do think she deserved first of course) at the school fete fancy dress competition.

I agree, the Easter Bonnet annual exercise was a real trial! No World Book Day back when mine were at school, at least not the dressing-up bit.

Can I just ask, is it compulsory for all schools to take part? Can't remember GS having to dress up. Providing an Easter Bonnet was traumatic enough, my 'none-skill' at crafting, sewing etc. is legendary as is his mothers.

I used to dread the DC coming home and saying 'fancy dress for the end of term party'!

Nowadays there is so much choice in the shops.

I wouldn't think that older than primary would want to dress up anyway, until they get to be daft young adults.

Ridiculous to start running down the mother and speculating whether they had books in the house or not.

Really? Really? Stupid mother imo and if she could not think of any other suitable character for an 11 year old boy then a bad mother as well.

I used to dread anything like making costumes, masks, etc. for school events. For ballet class costumes I used to pay a friend to do them as I'm useless at anything like that.

I don't see why it was thought necessary for children to dress up for this sort of event - and now it has caused a lot of unpleasantness instead of focusing on books.

My DD's comment: "The world has gone mad!"

Two words, jingl: badge glue.

Sewing all the Boy Scout badges on is bad enough for one thing.

I have to say that "going the extra mile" for your children should not have to involve endlessly making costumes/masks etc. There are much more important things. There are so many of these things going on at schools now and parents, especially those with more than one child, find themselves having to come up with all sorts of stuff when maybe they might prefer to be reading with their children or taking them out for a walk..

I don't think that being good at craft should qualify you as a suitable person to be a parent!

A lot of these fripperies have nothing to do with good parenting.

But - when there are several children at primary school? And it comes round year after sodding year......?

Never mind.

Oops! Where did you pop up from Absentgrandma?!