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Checking e-mail in your bathrobe is OK, just put on some clothes before you drop off the kids. Credit: Getty Images
It would seem that our friends across the pond are a bit uptight when it comes to pajamas. First, a supermarket told shoppers not to show up in their PJs. Now, a school is telling parents that wearing pajamas and slippers when they drop off their children will no longer be tolerated.
The Daily Mail reports that Joe McGuinness, the head teacher at St. Matthew's Primary School in Belfast, United Kingdom, sent a note home that said, "arriving at the school in pyjamas is disrespectful to the school and a bad example to set to children."
The Mail quotes McGuinness as saying parents who commit this sin are "slovenly and rude."
When it comes to other matters of parenting, some of the teachers appear to have slightly lower standards. The Mail quotes one shaper of young minds (via an unspecified online forum) as saying, "at least they have bothered to bring their children to school/collect them on time."
McGuinness tells the Mail there were "up to 50" parents showing up at school in sleepwear, and that no one has complained since he issued his no-jammies edict a few months ago.
Have you ever worn pajamas when you dropped off or picked up the kids at school? Or have you seen other parents in PJs?
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ReaderComments (Page 6 of 12)
2-19-2010 @ 11:29AM
Tink said...This, I completely agree with. Parents should be setting a higher standard for their children. So should the teachers. How can you actually expect children to respect parents and teachers when the lines between elders and the child are blurred. For example, calling adults by their first name, and wearing pj's to school. When the parent does it, it becomes acceptable behaviour.
When did it become socially acceptable to wear pajama's to school, to the mall, to the grocery store?
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2-19-2010 @ 11:39AM
Gail said...Really? How much trouble is it to put on some freaking clothes? Save your child some embarrassed and get dressed, for God's sake. If you have to, maybe get up 5 minutes earlier? Just laziness to me.
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2-27-2010 @ 7:44PM
SARAH BROWN said...SHUT UP AND GET A LIFE..MIND YOUR OWN F---ING BUISNESS
2-19-2010 @ 11:42AM
rkniolek said...omg this is ridiculous, almost all of the woman at my kids school including myself wear pj's and slippers, which usually are like yoga pants and seude slippers first of all it takes forever just to get my kid up and dressed in time to get out the door as i'm running around getting snacks lunch money homework and trying to guzzle down my coffee like i have time to throw some jeans on who cares what is the big deal i like to be comfortable and i really do not care what other people have to say about what i am wearing they should be minding their own business. it's not like they are showing up with their boobs and a@@ hanging out c'mon
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2-23-2010 @ 10:22PM
Sifrina said...In the time that you wrote that really long sentence after reading this blog and reviewing comments, you could have organized the lunches, snacks, homework, AND, at the very least, laid out clothes, including your own to slip into in 1/2 a second tomorrow a.m. Look, you're completely right - it's your business and I get the comfort thing, but it's just not a very grown up thing to do. And by the way, your kids are watching you so don't act surprised when they show up to a college or job interview or wedding inappropriately dressed. Or maybe you're ok if they just stay home with mom in their pajamas all day after graduating from high school?
2-19-2010 @ 11:41AM
Amanda said...While I think making a dress code for parents is going a little too far, I do have to agree that it's extremely sloppy, inappropriate, and disrespectful to go out in public in pajamas. How hard is it to throw on a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt in the morning if you don't have time to "get ready?" It's one thing to stay in the car wearing pajamas, but it's another to walk into the school for all to see! My sister is a mother of three, and when she takes her children to the bus stop in the morning, she says all of the women are dressed in their slippers and pajamas at the bus stop! How embarassing for their children! Is it really THAT hard to look presentable?
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2-19-2010 @ 11:41AM
shorty said...That is a stupid rule. Who cares what the mom wears, as long as she is dressed, covered up in all the right places, and the kids get to school on time. I am a stay at home mom and I spend my morning getting my 3 children ready for school. I drop them off and go back home. Everyone here can be seen in pajamas, whether it is adults or kids. Pajamas around here are normal every day wear. People go out to eat in them, go shopping in them, among other places. As long as the pajamas are in good taste and not revealing, who cares what you are wearing. Whatever happened to "it doesnt matter what you wear or what you look like, all that matters is whats on the inside"
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2-19-2010 @ 11:43AM
CELSEY said...I Have To Agree. Parents Should Do Everything To Get Up Shower And Dress Before Going Out The Door. It Is A Good Example For The Children To Learn Responsibility As Far As Appearances Go. You Should Try To Put Your Best Face Forward. That Does Not Mean Any Parent Should Look Like They Are Going Out On The Town, To The Office Or Fully Made Up, But Please At Least Wash Your Face And Put Some Clothes On. My Mother Always Say "You Might Get In An Accident Please Be Clean".
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2-19-2010 @ 11:49AM
fiberglassudummy said...What a great idea! Thank goodness my mamma had a full-time job outside of the house, so she dropped us off wearing her office attire and went on to work. But my friends had mothers who were stay-at-home-moms and they would drop their kids off with curlers in their hair and bedroom slippers while wearing a bathrobe. I felt embarrassed for them.
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2-19-2010 @ 11:47AM
KAREN said...I HAVE 5 KIDS. I WAKE UP AT 6 AM TO FEED AND DRESS THEM FOR SCHOOL. THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN LATE TO SCHOOL. I DO NOT GET "READY FOR THE DAY" UNTIL AFTER I DROP THEM OFF. THIS WAY, I HAVE TIME TO SHOWER, DRESS, DO MY HAIR AND MAKE-UP... THEN GRAB A BITE TO EAT. MY PJ'S CONSIST OF SWEAT PANTS AND A TANK OR T-SHIRT. I SEE NO PROBLEM IN WEARING MY PJ'S TO DROP OFF MY KIDS, BEING THAT I STAY IN MY CAR AT ALL TIMES. WHY AM I TYPING IN ALL CAPS? IM RAISING MY VOICE... I THINK ITS "GAY" THAT SOME OF YOU WOULD SAY THAT MOTHERS WHO DO WHAT I DO ARE "SLOBS" OR "LAZY"... LIKE I SAID, IM A MOTHER OF 5, THAT ALONE IS ALOT OF WORK IN THE MORNING... NOT TO MENTION THAT ONCE I GET THEM OFF IN THE MORNING, I START MY WHOLE "HOMEMAKER" ROUTINE... LAZY? NO, MY LARGE WELL DECORATED HOME IS ALWAYS CLEAN, KIDS ARE ALWAYS CLEAN, DINNER IS ALWAYS ON TIME, AND ERRANDS ARE ALWAYS RAN... PERSONALLY... THE WHOLE PJ LOOK CAN BE QUITE CUTE!
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2-19-2010 @ 1:29PM
Ron Shinn said...PJ's can be quite cute? I dont think so! My mother raised 3 boys and was always showered before we got up ... ever heard of an alarm clock in your kids room? Make them responsible for getting out of bed and dressed on their own. You think its ok for women to go out in public in PJ's? I sleep in underwear ... would you like to see me in the grocery store or pumping gas in MY pajama's?
2-19-2010 @ 6:25PM
Angie said...You are 100 percent right BUT sweatpants and a tank top is more of a work-out outfit. It's for exactly what you are doing running around like a mad woman in the AM. Alot of us are refering to "real PJ" the cartoony ones- the you know they are pjs and no BRA. The type that some look SLAPY in. You may sleep in weats but that's not concidered PJ's.
2-19-2010 @ 11:50AM
Diana said...Ok, sweatpants are sweatpants, and jammie pants are jammie pants. They are not the same thing. Sweatpants are acceptable to wear outside the house. Jammies are not!! Frankly, when I see people out and about wearing their jammies, I figure they have just thrown in the towel. Either that or they are just so friggin' lazy they don't want to take the time to put clothes on. Whatever the reason, it's pretty pathetic.
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2-19-2010 @ 11:53AM
diana feldman said...Sounds like the administrators who had to be up, dressed, and in school are jealous of the parents who do not have to be fully dressed that early in the day. Besides, so many clothes nowadays look like pj's. Who can tell the difference? Who cares what someone wears while in their car?
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2-23-2010 @ 10:21PM
Sifrina said...I agree that we as a society don't need to be so focused on people's exteriors as we are. Look at Albert Einstein - who wouldn't want him at their formal dinner party, even with his messy hair and scruffy sweater? BUT this is about setting a good example for your kids and showing a bit of effort in pulling yourself together - NO MATTER what kind of job you have.
2-19-2010 @ 11:54AM
SO what said...You people are nuts .Why should you care what other people wear?Do you think we like all your UGLY clothing? No you have pretty bad taste and I think your cloths should be banned.Hows that?
Oh and guess what I shower THEN put some PJs on.You wanna know why Its because they are comfortable I like the way the pants feel on my legs they are so soft and fuzzy.Besides when I get back home guess what Im going to be doing ? Yep thats right cleaning .So Im saying in my PJ's .If dont like it dont look at me keep your eyes to yourself you weirdos.
ps.Only bad kids with bad parents tease children so instead of trying to get everyone to dress alike so not to give your kids a reason to be the vile things YOU raised them to be teach THEM some manners and a little compassion let them know its not ok to be mean to other people.I know they see you looking down your noses at others so maybe you should fix yourself before you have kids dont wanna pass that down its just ugly.
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2-19-2010 @ 1:18PM
Emily said...My mother always said, "To be a beauty, one must always be a beauty." And if she was shouting this lesson at me in her pj's on a curb at 7:30 am in January, the words were no less lost on me. If my mother sometimes spent her mornings brushing my hair instead of her own and then braving judgemental (sometimes downright nasty) fellow mom's in her tweety bird pants, it only makes me love, respect and listen to her more.
I think we need a serious priority overhaul, here.
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2-19-2010 @ 12:01PM
Frostie said...It takes less than 2 min to put on any real clothes, make the effort.
No excuses.
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2-19-2010 @ 12:04PM
karen said...but why should we? I dont want to... thats the whole poit, thats what it comes down to... I want to wear my sweats and a shirt to drop my kids at school... deal with it, or dont look in my car!
2-19-2010 @ 12:12PM
KLD said...Anni, get a life. Such strong comments. How old are you? Do you have children that you get ready for school? If you have children, do they take the bus & get ready themselves? Hmmmm. I have a child. I take him to school. I do not wear my pj's, but do throw on some sweats etc. Working moms ( at home or outside of the house) don't have to be a slave to society & get all dressed up. There are more important things in life. Maybe the moms that wear PJ's are up late after the kids go to bed, cleaning the house, paying bills etc. Maybe they are tired in the morning and get ready for the day after the kids are at school. If they don't get out of their vehicles, who the heck cares what they wear. Are you perfect in your life? No one is. Don't throw stones if you yourself are not perfect.
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