I'm afraid that I have to side with Detector on this one. I too am ex-military, hell I was even part of ROTC in college--and that was when the going was rough unless you had long hair and beards!! We protect our kids too much, so that they don't learn "reality"! Protect the kid all the way to "when they are supposed to be adults and we turn loose of the apron strings", and they go "crazy wild" alot of times! I know plenty of kids like this! In real life, this is the way things are, so you might as well get used to it. There are people with more money than you, there are people with less money than you, and each one is an individual and unique in their own way. When we were in school, we had a dress code, and it was enforced. If you wore something inappropriate by the rules, then you were sent home to change. If this continued to happen, then you were expelled from school for awhile. This is a way to teach kids that they have to follow rules. This is another "life experience"! If they want to wear uniforms, then they can go to private schools, military schools, or they can join the Army and AOO can discipline them!!
