{"id":11192,"date":"2012-08-26T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-26T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=11192"},"modified":"2012-08-25T12:04:24","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T16:04:24","slug":"schools-open-dress-them-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=11192","title":{"rendered":"School&#8217;s open: dress them well"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">A few simple pointers for your students returning to the classroom<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>By Kelly Hockenberry<\/strong>, <span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><em>Columnist, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/UTKellyColumn3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-11193\" title=\"UTKellyColumn\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/UTKellyColumn3-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/UTKellyColumn3-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/UTKellyColumn3-83x100.jpg 83w, https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/UTKellyColumn3.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a>This school year is a momentous one in our household!\u00a0 We have one son going into the middle school and one going into the high school.\u00a0 BIG changes.\u00a0 BIG responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully for my children, we send them off in the morning to be educated by professionals.\u00a0 Heaven knows, if left up to me to teach them any sort of mathematics (beyond simple addition\/subtraction), they would be woefully unprepared.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, I feel that we moms are the \u201chome schoolers\u201d of proper fashion etiquette.\u00a0 It is our duty to put forth into the world responsibly clothed individuals.<\/p>\n<p>It is a daunting task, I know.\u00a0 So, I\u2019ve jotted down some Cliff Notes if you feel behind the eight ball.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>BOYS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shower.\u00a0 Preferably once a day.\u00a0 And, use soap (important to clarify).<\/li>\n<li>Apply deodorant (anyone over the age of about nine, in my opinion)<\/li>\n<li>Brush your teeth.\u00a0 Swishing water in your mouth does NOT count.\u00a0 Neither does gum.<\/li>\n<li>Brush your hair.\u00a0 For those advanced boys, product is to be used sparingly!<\/li>\n<li>Wear a top and bottom (if you live in my house that means athletic shorts ALL YEAR) that (at a minimum) doesn\u2019t clash.\u00a0 *side note to instructors: how many times are you still helping your husband with this one?\u00a0 I mean\u2026.really?<\/li>\n<li>Find (CLEAN) socks that match and do not have a hole in the big toe.<\/li>\n<li>If applying an AXE like product, leave a few droplets in the can.\u00a0 Your neighbor in homeroom will appreciate it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>GIRLS:\u00a0 (I do not have one, but here are my observations\u2026feel free to add on)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make-up.\u00a0 Yikes.\u00a0 The rule growing up was nothing extensive before age 12.\u00a0 Even after age 12, less is more\u2026as in, no need for a smoky eye during school hours.<\/li>\n<li>Short\/skirt length.\u00a0 The shorts that I have witnessed lately scare me.\u00a0 They are basically bathing suit bottoms in cotton fabric.\u00a0 I\u2019m not advocating for the resurgence of the gaucho\u2026but, a 2 inch inseam is a bit too revealing.\u00a0 Call me old fashioned.<\/li>\n<li>UGGS.\u00a0 Year round.\u00a0 I think they are the equivalent to my boys\u2019 gym shorts.\u00a0 And, when they are filthy and smelly, they need to be \u201caccidentally\u201d pitched when no one is looking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Trust me, just as it is important in the first few weeks of school for a teacher to be strict and unyielding in his\/her discipline, so most we demand adherence to our rules of fashion.\u00a0 Otherwise, the patients will be running the asylum in no time flat.<\/p>\n<p>Happy First Day of School!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few simple pointers for your students returning to the classroom By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times This school year is a momentous one in our household!\u00a0 We have one son going into the middle school and one going into the high school.\u00a0 BIG changes.\u00a0 BIG responsibility. 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