https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:45:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school/page/2#post-333834 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 20:12:00 +0000 Janet 333834@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with RoseandJoan and Isabel on this. No PJs in public. Period. It's a matter of respect. Wear the appropriate clothing for the activity at hand. It sets the tone and mentality for the task of learning, working, etc. </p> <p>I worked from home for many years, and some days in, you guessed it, pajamas. Or sweats. Now that I dress every day to go to work (even though I'm still self-employed), I feel a difference in my motivation level and professionalism. It can be a subtle thing, but let's face it, don't we all sit up a little straighter in real clothes than in PJs?</p> <p>But then, I'm an old fart who also insists that my stepson not text while we're all having dinner together too. I don't care if it *seems* out of touch and old fashioned, like dressing properly for the occasion, it's a sign of consideration and respect. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school/page/2#post-333774 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:22:40 +0000 RoseandJoan 333774@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>School is so much more than learning from a text book, it's about learning to fit into the world, learning expectations and discipline (of course reinforcing things which begin at home). A strict dress code or uniform prepares a young adult for the dress codes they will encounter when they enter the workforce. Is it acceptable to wear pjs to the office? Why should it be acceptable in a classroom? In the UK the largest supermarket has enforced a no pj rule with many other corporations following suit. Should a child in the UK be allowed to wear something to school which is deemed unacceptable in a supermarket. I guess the whole issue of pjs in public just puzzles me no end. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school/page/2#post-333764 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:02:07 +0000 Mo 333764@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beth, I'm with you - in the 80's we did totally dress up for school. I spent a lot of time feathering my hair just so as well lol. I even had a collapsible curling iron I carried in my purse! That was after the perm grew out </p> <p>But, as an adult nearing 40, I did help organize a pajama bowling outing in Tahoe and four of us did end up going to the casinos for a bite to eat afterward. So I am guilty as recently as a few years ago!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school/page/2#post-333743 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:37:23 +0000 Mary from Faniente.ca 333743@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey,<br /> I just don't "get" how young people can wear pjs outside, and to school of all places! Whether they are doing it for comfort or to be different, I can't help but think "lazy" and "trailer trash". There's just no reason for it. If I was the principle of the school I wouldn't take a democratic stand but simply institute a no PJ or visible undergarment policy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school/page/2#post-333739 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:31:48 +0000 catgirl 333739@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, I don't think it's exactly the end of the world, but in the school where my friend subs, it's a very isolated rural community. A lot of kids come to school to charge their ipods or whatever because they don't have electricity, or to get their one square meal. </p> <p>So, while appropriate school clothes are the least of their issues, I feel it's doing them a disservice to not have higher expectations for them. It's like you're saying to them, "Ah, you're just a bunch of hicks, so why bother holding you to any standards." It's not like they have an opportunity to see anything else if it isn't pointed out to them in the one social setting they have aside from home. KWIM? </p> <p>I love reading all of your responses! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school/page/2#post-333732 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:23:49 +0000 Isabel 333732@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Louise, I was just joking with you !! have a geat weekend. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school/page/2#post-333721 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:14:47 +0000 Louise 333721@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isabel I was referring to the PJ's in schools. I totally support your no gang colours x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school/page/2#post-333696 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:34:49 +0000 Isabel 333696@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Louise, are you referring, specifically, to my rant ? ; O </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school/page/2#post-333695 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:31:15 +0000 Louise 333695@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What on earth is the world coming to!!! x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school/page/2#post-333664 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:51:50 +0000 Isabel 333664@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Niki Lea, your comment made me chuckle. If I weren't a mom, I wonder how I would feel about it - but I have always disliked Daisy Dukes, even as a kid, so maybe I would feel the same about pjs.</p> <p>Aida - I see your point. It is always a fine line between parenting and other adults who are "responsible" for our kids and what their responsibility is in that. Unfortunately, whether I like it or not, my children are getting socialized in school and I am greatly appreciative of the fact that they teach my children tolerance and respect for others. ( Chewy just takes care of all of it in one fell swoop. I don't have that much energy ! )</p> <p>In our area schools, and in the afternoon, anti-gang program I used to volunteer in, gang colors and bandanas were not allowed. You left them in the foyer or you left. The kids would complain that we were censoring them ( really ? But you shoot at people ? ) but not once in my two years there did a kid violate that. I was so proud. I wasn't their parent and I don't know how the parents felt about it, but I was an absolute stickler to the rule - I was mommy on overdrive - and all the boys were high school aged or early 20's. It is a very fine line.......I wanted them to have freedom to be who they were, but a gang member wasn't a choice allowable within the high school or within our program's four walls. No negotiation. So, by taking away some freedom do we actually provide a "freeing" alternative.......too deep, I know : )</p> <p>And so you don't think that I have totally gone over the deep edge, I don't consider pjs<br /> equivalent to gang colors : ) I have NEVER wanted to shoot at someone with fuzzy pink teddy bears on their bottoms. NEVER. Well, maybe a slingshot with a small rubber ball.</p> <p>Was this about pjs ????? Can I wear jeggings to bed ? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school/page/2#post-333644 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:38:37 +0000 Niki Lea 333644@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My sister wore PJ bottoms to school in high school. She also had blue/purple/pink hair and wore knee-high doc martens. But she's now in her 30's and very fashionable, so in the big picture I don't see pajamas as being a very big deal. </p> <p>Pajama bottoms aren't really that different from jogging pants and in university/college kids dress like this all the time, out of necessity (no time for clothes). I guess I feel that being young is difficult as it is and a little self-expression, even if it's on the slobby side, isn't going to ruin their lives. Now, ask my mom this question and she'll give you a different answer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school/page/2#post-333625 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:41:09 +0000 lynne 333625@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My school system recently instituted a dress code for all levels, and as glad as I was when it was abolished (when I was in school) I'm glad its back. At the elementary school where I taught students rarely came to school in pjs, but more often it was parents who came to school dressed like that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school/page/2#post-333191 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:13:53 +0000 Aida 333191@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isabel I fully agree with you, but I don't think schools should be the ones to teach this to kids </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school/page/2#post-333137 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:06:34 +0000 HeleenH 333137@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The only time I could imagine my children to go to school in pj's is on the day of easter breakfast in school. And then only the younger age group (roughly 4-8 yo) This morning they have breakfast in school, everyone brings something and you can either come in your best clothes to celebrate easter, or in your pyjama because it is breakfast. After about 8-9 year old I don't think children wouldn't feel comfortable in pyjama's in school, not even on a funny day. And defenitely during and after puberty. It must be a cultural thing </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school/page/2#post-332953 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:03:43 +0000 Beth 332953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This post makes me feel old! Back in the 80s, we dressed to the nines to go to school. Hair, makeup, heels, the works. It never entered anyone's mind to go to school in PJs.</p> <p>And call me a curmudgeon, but the individuality argument makes me roll my eyes. Better to express your individuality through your learning accomplishments and save the get-ups for the weekend. Yay for uniforms. :P</p> <p>Now I'm going to hobble off and take my Geritol! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school/page/2#post-332949 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:58:22 +0000 celia 332949@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep, not in Portugal.Not kids and not parents for sure.But I guess it has to do with local culture also.<br /> I've read trough the article and although I cannot say from experience what kind of outfit I would take my daughter to school in I wonder what kind of message I would be sending her if I don't try to at least put a pair of jeans and a shirt before I leave the house no matter where I'm going. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school/page/2#post-332909 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:08:36 +0000 Isabel 332909@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aida, with much due respect, I think that going to school in PJs does interfere with their learning. School, in my view, is not only academic, but social. And people in general should dress appropriately for the situation that they are in. So unless someone is in a sleep study, they shouldn't leave their front yard in PJs. ( BTW PJs are and have been huge around here as outwear. ) I don't believe in censure, but I believe in courtesy for others and self-respect, and children should be taught that. ( Watch, mine are going to want to go out tomorrow in PJs !!!! ) I wonder how many kids will show up at college interviews or job interviews in PJs if we don't teach them otherwise. I find it interesting that most of us ( in general ) don't balk about workwear but don't want to impose "standards" on schoolwear. I have never heard my plumber ( who is also a fab musician ) say, " I hate my uniform, it stifles my creativity."</p> <p>We also have dress codes at our elementary school that are not enforced. Though a local high school will send kids home to come back dresses appropriately. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school#post-332887 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:41:22 +0000 rute 332887@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>oh.. never heard of that.. wearing pajamas to school?? No Portuguese kid would want to do that.. they are so picky with clothes.. they always want to have nice clothes and they care about the brands either.. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school#post-332884 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:36:57 +0000 Vani 332884@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This thread makes me very glad I had to wear a uniform to school. The most we could experiment/rebel with was the length of our socks which were always supposed to be knee-high (which I hated). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school#post-332824 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:29:39 +0000 yublocka 332824@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Back in my dance party days I used to wear candy striped pajamas out to nightclubs (the top or the bottom, never both at the same time). My how things change!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school#post-332819 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 05:57:53 +0000 elpgal 332819@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used to see this a lot when I was a teaching assistant and I thought it was just the sort of thing Americans did. This opinion was reinforced by seeing people dressed similarly at airports. I didn't mind and found that it was in no way related to their ability or behavior. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school#post-332809 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 05:00:13 +0000 marianna 332809@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>During my high school days (2001-2005) students wore PJs to school. I never did, but it was quite common to see. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school#post-332790 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 04:38:16 +0000 lyn* 332790@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In my undergrad days, I wore pjs to class once. They were bright blue with snowmen.</p> <p>I cannot believe I just admitted to that </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school#post-332728 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:07:09 +0000 Anonymous 332728@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I homeschool and my kids aren't allowed to wear pajamas to do schoolwork! UGH. I have no further comment. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school#post-332644 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:03:34 +0000 Maya 332644@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Same as Kari. I did not make a habit of it, but on exam days when all I did was go to school, take a long test, and leave...I did sometimes wear my pajama pants (with a spaghetti strap top usually). Also like Kari, I am now adequately ashamed of myself.</p> <p>It was the cool thing to do, and it was considered "cute" at the time to have your PJ's with little duckies or rainbows or who knows what else all over them. Why my parents didn't stop me from leaving the house mystifies me--probably because I'm incredibly stubborn and would have ended up staying at home and missing my exam if they challenged me...</p> <p>What a bundle of joy I was. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school#post-332637 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:47:40 +0000 Kari 332637@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Guilty as charged. When I was a senior in high school I sometimes wore flannel pajama pants and sweatshirts to school, and not just on pajama spirit days. Other kids wore medical scrubs. It wasn't a daily thing, but now I cringe to think that I did this.</p> <p>When my sister was in high school she had a friend from France staying with her when a group of girlfriends decided to go to the movies in pajamas. Talk about culture shock! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school#post-332627 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:30:17 +0000 Marigold 332627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Doesn't happen in schools where I live (busy town on the outskirts of a major city) but because all schools in the area have uniform policy - which I'm a big fan by the way. The uniforms are different colors polo shirts and pants for each individual school (High School has tan polos and black pants, Elementary has navy polos and tan pants etc, for both boys and girls. Girls wear leggings too, but school colors). I do see young people in flannel PJ bottoms and sweatshirts out and about (coffee shops and such) - the VS style, I suppose it's trendy for them? I also cringe when I see the athletic sandals with white socks (the kind that soccer players wear in the lockers) out on the streets... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school#post-332602 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:50:50 +0000 Elly 332602@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>PJs are very common here. It is sort of a clique thing, where the popular students (in our school district it means students in sports) wear PJs every time they travel for a sport. Most of the kids that wear PJs to school don't really plan on learning anything that day anyway, except how to make the co-ed bus seats feel more like their bedrooms. </p> <p>It was pretty common to see kids in PJs at one college I attended, but up here in the land of snow and cold, not so much.</p> <p>I will admit that a few years ago we had a bit of a role reversal in my house-- we were down a car and I would drop my mother off at school. I would have been asleep for maybe 5 hours when we had to go so I would go in what I was sleeping in plus a coat (I sleep in sweats though, so it wasn't bad) because I was coming back to go to bed after having worked 4-12. I looked just like half the parents at the school, and better than quiet a few. I once saw a man take a child INTO the school in his boxers and a barn jacket. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school#post-332600 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:46:58 +0000 catgirl 332600@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aida, interesting. It's true I'd rather see PJs in school than skimpy jeans and butt crack, or crop tops and cleavage. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pajamas-in-school#post-332593 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:36:18 +0000 thimblelina 332593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG... I have a terrible story about not doing the school run fully dressed. I have a dear friend who often works late night events. And she drove her son (same as my daughter, freshman in HS) to catch an early xcountry meet bus in just her robe. And I mean JUST her robe, albeit a modest robe; but not a stitch else. Can you believe their car's transmission failed in the parking lot and she needed to get her husband to come and get her? It was gruesome. You can bet she's locked and loaded every time she now leaves the house... LOL ... L </p>