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dress codes

Let kids wear what they want. It matters more than ever.

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We owe our children safe spaces to adorn themselves with color and material and fit and comfort as they decide. By Kristen H. McLeod

March 10, 2022 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Our family took a stand on our school’s dress code

Six pink cartoon books in a row entitled Girls' Dress Code
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“No skinny pants” was a rule we could not and did not obey. Instead, we pulled our children out of the school. By Jennie Burke

October 2, 2019 Culture

What happened when my daughter and I stopped straightening our hair

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For black women, wearing our hair in its natural state was—and still is, to some extent—considered defiant.
By Margaret Auguste

March 30, 2017 Culture

Dress codes: who gets to decide what a girl should wear?

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Leggings, spaghetti straps, midriff shirts—what’s the harm? Motherwell’s cultural conversation with parenting experts Lisa Damour, Jessica Lahey, and Peggy Orenstein.

March 27, 2017 Culture
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