11 yr old boy in Shades of Grey outfit

Haven't answered my question JBF Why is World Book day a curse for mums? Genuine query... as I'm out of 'the loop' I would really like to know why 'a book day' is a curse

Looking on Mumsnet and talking to my DDs, the idea of the children having to dress up in a costume from a favourite book could feel a bit burdensome given that many parents work and have limited time when they get home. I know one of my DDs found it so. And in some schools there is a sort of unspoken competitive edge to these things and the parents feel duty bound to give up time to it to stop their child being ridiculed.

Suit colour doesn't really matter....Arthur Weasley, Mr Brown, adults from Roald Dahl or take jacket off and be Harry Potter sans robe.

Umm.... Having to come up with a costume perhaps? Especially for working mums.

GD's reception class were told to go in pyjamas, for some reason they must have thought they were too young to have a favourite character.
Thanks for the insult jingl, like I care what you think

Well, you must admit the comment "FGS" on its own is hardly conducive to pleasant chit-chat.

Oh I don't know, you have come back to talk to me mwah.

Even if you're the nation's highest female 'high flyer' surely you can 'come up' with something for God's sake? Sorry, I don't accept that as an excuse.
Unless you're prepared to go the extra mile for your children and support them in school activities don't have any(children I mean). Go for the career option. (Waits to hear the ruffling of collective feathers )

Mwah. (Big wet slobbery one. Just the way the grandsons hate 'em).

Oops! Where did you pop up from Absentgrandma?!

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

Never mind.

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.

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

Two words, jingl: badge glue.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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)

That was a very original comment Mishap.

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.

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