What Can Girls Wear?
It's prom season and it's soon to get warmer and that means....dress code issues. One huge issue: are leggings really pants (my young adult sons say no)? From the Huffington Post: Younger girls often wear them as pants with little fuss. But as those same girls approach middle school, leggings have become a clothing accessory that's increasingly controversial — and seemingly, the favorite new target of the school dress code. Haven Middle School in Evanston, just north of Chicago, took what turned out to be a contentious stand: If you wear leggings, you need to have a shirt or skirt over them that reaches at least down to your fingertips. In other words, girls need to cover their behinds. I can't necessarily disagree with this. Sometimes leggings are made of different materials and, if they are not thick enough, can show underwear. As I used to tell the boys at Roosevelt who had baggy pants, I'm not interested in seeing your underwear. But is ...