http://thegraphiconline.com/archives/2009/08/26/is-anything-more-important-than-a-dress-code/ It's a great time to be alive in Richmond, Indiana Sun, 20 May 2012 16:16:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 http://thegraphiconline.com/archives/2009/08/26/is-anything-more-important-than-a-dress-code/#comment-12330 TRamsey Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:11:06 +0000 http://thegraphiconline.com/archives/2009/08/26/is-anything-more-important-than-a-dress-code/#comment-12330 True. We do look at the dress code as the solution to the behavior problems in schools but it truly is not the right one. It is one way of starting to crack down on the stereo types our kids are growing up with in this day and age. I've seen 2 yr old girls wear clothes skimpier than what a 20 yrs old would wear and that's sending all the wrong messages. We as parents need to be the ones looking at our children and saying "That's not appropriate for you to be seen in", not the schools. How can we expect the schools to do our parenting for us if we don't get off our backsides and step up to our own responsibilities? No the dress code is not going to solve the gangs and drugs at the school level but if we as parents start asking questions and getting involved in our kids lives, then maybe it is just a beginning. True. We do look at the dress code as the solution to the behavior problems in schools but it truly is not the right one. It is one way of starting to crack down on the stereo types our kids are growing up with in this day and age. I’ve seen 2 yr old girls wear clothes skimpier than what a 20 yrs old would wear and that’s sending all the wrong messages. We as parents need to be the ones looking at our children and saying “That’s not appropriate for you to be seen in”, not the schools. How can we expect the schools to do our parenting for us if we don’t get off our backsides and step up to our own responsibilities? No the dress code is not going to solve the gangs and drugs at the school level but if we as parents start asking questions and getting involved in our kids lives, then maybe it is just a beginning.

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