Tights for school are a waste of money

Spendless

I was wearing knee high white socks up to age 17 with my school uniform.:D I hadn't even realised it would be considered 'odd' today.:p Just as well I opened this thread up, or I'd be being told how out of touch I was in a few years by my daughter (currently age 5).:rotfl:

CB1979_2

wait a sec your kid wants to wear tights that she may feel more comfortable in.

yet your saying no, cos you don't want the extra expense ????

if everyone on this thread is saying tights last longer than 2 weeks (assuming she's not doing sliding tackles in the playground) surely the best option is to get her what she wants and possibly get different tights or possibly change your washing routine.

could your washing machine (or however you're washing them) be ruining them quicker???

liney

Hand wash tights for best results.

Savvy_Sue

liney wrote: »

My serious suggestion is you buy her 2 pairs a month, and she buys any additional pairs she needs from her pocket money. She might be more careful with them.

That would seem like a good basis for discussion to me: as our children get older we need to start letting them have more and more choices, but helping them realise that choices have consequences is also vital!

feelinggood_2

pantsdr wrote: »

Unless your daughter goes to an all girls/religious school knee high white socks on a teenage girl is just wrong. I think most schools around the country private or public leave knee high white socks at primary.

I was going to comment on how strange I found everyones reaction to be, then I read your post. I went to an all Girls school, so maybe thats why! I wore socks up till Year 11, as did a lot of girls. Can't say I even noticed any teasing about socks or tights! Was only 5 years ago, so hopefully things haven't changed too much.

shellsuit

All the girls in my sons high school have to wear long socks, not white but navy ~ I think they look really smart!

40 denier tights are part if not all, polyester aren't they?

I wouldn't like my daughter to wear them ~ young girls should be able to 'breathe' down there, not have to wear yukky poly tights!


I'm assuming the OP means the tights get snagged easily and that's why they work out expensive?

Savvy_Sue

You can get cotton tights, or tights with cotton gussets.

It is true that tights don't last as well as socks, it's so easy to stick your thumb through or catch a nail on them and rip a hole. And of course it's possible that cheap tights will prove to be a false econiomy. But I still think a compromise is the way forward: mum buys some pairs, daughter buys any 'extras', socks are always available.

You never know, daughter might get fed up of tights and go back to socks anyway!

Green_Bag

I am pleased some of the later posts are more supportive of the stance I have taken. I believe that buying tights on such a regular basis is costly not only to the pocket but to the environment. Nylon and polyester are made from petrochemicals a cause of global warming. Because they are also nonbiodegradable, they don't break down easily and are difficult to dispose of. Nylon manufacture creates nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas more potent than CO2. I am not saying we shouldn’t have products made out of such materials, but I want to minimise buying something that has to be thrown out after relatively little wear.

As I understand few schools make nylon tights compulsory so girls can and do wear socks. At my daughters’ schools girls are perfectly happy to wear socks. I would recommend that perhaps other parents should consider not buying tights for everyday school wear. Certainly it shouldn’t be an issue in primary school and if your daughter is starting secondary school in September send her to school in socks and see how it goes. You will save money and the help the environment.

galvanizersbaby

Green_Bag wrote: »

I am pleased some of the later posts are more supportive of the stance I have taken. I believe that buying tights on such a regular basis is costly not only to the pocket but to the environment. Nylon and polyester are made from petrochemicals a cause of global warming. Because they are also nonbiodegradable, they don't break down easily and are difficult to dispose of. Nylon manufacture creates nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas more potent than CO2. I am not saying we shouldn’t have products made out of such materials, but I want to minimise buying something that has to be thrown out after relatively little wear.

As I understand few schools make nylon tights compulsory so girls can and do wear socks. At my daughters’ schools girls are perfectly happy to wear socks. I would recommend that perhaps other parents should consider not buying tights for everyday school wear. Certainly it shouldn’t be an issue in primary school and if your daughter is starting secondary school in September send her to school in socks and see how it goes. You will save money and the help the environment.

Err - yes thanks for that recommendation - think the previous posters thought that it was your issue with the cost of tights not the environmental factors guess the clue was in your username - thanks anyway

LillyJ

I am looking round my lounge and nearly everything (including my computer) is made from petrochemicals. I also somehow doubt those Marks' socks are made next door to the shop. So not as green as you might think.

Make your mind up, the girl needs to know the true story when she gets asked why she is still wearing socks. Is it the money or is it the environment?

You didn't really make this clear in your first posts so maybe the replies aren't really what you were looking for?