Parenting question

[sluggers]

In the parking lot of your child's HS, he/she buys a T-shirt which is inappropriate. The shirt violates a well-known and well-publicized school policy against wearing anything that promotes substance abuse on school property. He/she, although well aware of the rule, wears the shirt to school that day.
Do you:

A) Call the school and say that it is your child's constitutional right to wear whatever he/she wants.
B) Call the school and blame the principal for not adequately policing the far back corner of the parking lot.
C) Have a ""discussion" with your child about whether he/she has walking around sense.

 

[Amy in AZ.]

C.

But, I do have a problem with schools parenting the kids. I am not too into objecting to clothes and hair and eating oreos. But, you stated that it was a well known policy and ours is not to question why.

 

[shockcoach]

My kids already know that they abide by the ramifications of their decisions. No discussion is necessary with them. I might ask them if we need to have a discussion about being stupid, just for kicks and giggles.

 

[CoachChristine]

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

Did I mention C?

 

[CoogansBluff]

C.

But, I do have a problem with schools parenting the kids. I am not too into objecting to clothes and hair and eating oreos. But, you stated that it was a well known policy and ours is not to question why.

I don't think this is a case of the school doing the parenting. From the school's point of view, anything that distracts from the goal of learning, or anything that promotes something that is a common school problem (ie, drugs), becomes a school issue.

 

[PA SB Dad]

My kids know the answer is C.

 

[JJsqueeze]

C and this would be conversation 12323456 about common sense for my kids

 

[BuckeyeGuy]

Kid knows the drill, so I'd want to know the reason why. Was he/she making a statement of some sort? Or was it just a brain fade moment? I'm not really into blame.

 

[wichita]

My kids would never buy the shirt in the first place. ....

 

[chinamigarden]

C. I might lean toward A for some things, but I believe that schools have certain rules to keep the kids focused on the tasks at hand. And since the rule is well known and publicized and not a knee jerk reaction then I say she should have known better. If I wanted to fight it based on A then I should have been fighting it before it actually affected my kid.