Backpacking is not expensive if you go to cheap places and really budget your money. I did it off and on for years in my 20s with no support from parents. It was easy. It is harder to do once you are an adult and strapped with possessions, retirement plans, relationships, etc. But when you are young, it all comes down…

Thanks that's really interesting. Do you know when the crazy sorts of hats we see now started? Is it a mostly recent thing? I mean, would the queen have seen crazy hats like that when she was a girl? Did it start going over the top in the 60s? 80s?

I felt that way too. I don’t think anyone outside of the people involved know the facts yet, but I’ve had people tell me that what started this whole thing was that she filed a complaint with the police saying that she was receiving hate mail about her race. The police started investigating, and turned out the hate…

When did the tradition of these crazy hats start?

Totally agree. But you do have to learn when to dress different ways. And you aren’t born knowing those things, and if adults don’t guide kids about those things, then how are they supposed to make choices about it? Beyond that I think kids put too much emphasis on clothing being a part of their identity. Nobody…

I think it’s damaging for kids to always have negative stereotypes thrown in their faces. Certainly there are entire communities of people who are doing it well, and their kids mostly turn out alright, and they don’t need much micro-managing and outside policing. That is what is wrong with one-sized-fits-all policies…

By this logic, I can probably pass as dog. I mean, I’ve got one. I love her. I spend a lot of time doing dog things with dogs. I’m pretty sure I can pass as dog.

Ha ha. Princes have entire rooms for their big balls.

This is the answer to everything.

Hey... While it’s fun to talk about balls and even more fun to talk about Harry’s balls (harry balls, huh huh huh), I hope this article is just being silly and we aren’t going to start getting annoyed at men for manspreading when they aren’t taking up someone else’s space. I have no problem with men or women sitting…

I imagine it’s not easy to be a short man, even today. Body shaming and all that. What if we were trying to determine a woman’s breast size? Or dress size? This isn’t any different. He’s a good looking man either way. He’s good at his job. He’s the star of a madly popular TV drama. What difference does his height…

The OP was using hyperbole. I’ve never seen a teenage girl wear a bikini to class. I have seen many of them wear shirts that exposed their bras and wear pants that sag so that the strings of their bikini bottoms were very visible. It’s not as big a problem as boys showing their underwear though- you can quite…

I grew up through all of that and then taught school. Here is my anecdotal experience. I agree with you that these things probably change across time and place.

That was terrible. Those girls were dressed appropriate to their age and situation absolutely for sure. The commenter who said those things lost her job, and she was totally out of line. I read a very interesting article immediately after that about how some people do not allow the innocence of childhood for black…

“Kids aren’t going to school in those outfits” - um, really? Kids are absolutely going to school in outfits like the ones LovesMyLucy described. I can’t even count the number of teenage buttocks I had to look at when I taught high school- girls and boys. Spaghetti straps, for sure. Bras exposed, for sure. Bellies- oh…

Yes, seriously. I can think of dozens of reasons FOR uniforms. In addition to the ones we’ve already mentioned, also the fact that it reduces the struggles getting ready in the morning about what kids are going to wear. To me, it’s an obvious no-brainer. I can’t think of a single reason AGAINST them. Yet, you’d be…

Yes thanks, a million times. Serious issues here for sure, but also no one should be showing off their underwear at school. Or body parts. It works for male students too- it’s just not a part of a larger issue of their sexuality being policed. But I get so tired of seeing the underwear and buttocks of teenage boys.…

Yup. Totally agree with this. Also, it’s a problem with male students too- although obviously not an issue about sexuality (most of the time). But it makes teachers the petty patrol when they have to police all dress code issues like whether or not pants sag or whether or not certain shirts are offensive or if certain…

Seriously. It’s so simple.

If you are talking about children, you are correct. If you are talking about teenagers, their bodies are sexual, and they know it. Do you seriously think that it is impossible for teenagers to dress inappropriately for school? I agree that school dress codes should be enforced for all students equally, but it is…