I have to go out in a while to find school shoes for my soon-to-be 11 y.o. DD and I'm wondering about some of the uniform and age issues. The girls in her school are required to wear low-heeled black leather shoes, from K to 5 they have to be lace-ups (basically boy shoes) or strap (Mary Janes)
Now that she's going into 6th grade she has the option to wear a penny loafer type shoe as well. I asked her what she wanted and she said the Mary Janes.
Normally I would be fine with that--she's just a size 3 1/2 or 4 and still looks like a little girl, not an adolescent yet. (of course she's starting to act adolescent, all touchy an difficult--ugh...) But I'm afraid that she's going to get to school and see that many of the girls have "moved up" to penny loafers and ask me to buy her another new pair of shoes right away. I have to say that from what I've seen most of the 6th graders and older don't wear the Mary Janes any more--they're in penny loafers or lace up shoes.
I don't know what to do--any ideas? What would you do? Pressure her to get the penny loafers? Hope that there are no Mary Janes in her size? Look for the lace-up shoes instead?
TIA for any ideas!
Now that she's going into 6th grade she has the option to wear a penny loafer type shoe as well. I asked her what she wanted and she said the Mary Janes.
Normally I would be fine with that--she's just a size 3 1/2 or 4 and still looks like a little girl, not an adolescent yet. (of course she's starting to act adolescent, all touchy an difficult--ugh...) But I'm afraid that she's going to get to school and see that many of the girls have "moved up" to penny loafers and ask me to buy her another new pair of shoes right away. I have to say that from what I've seen most of the 6th graders and older don't wear the Mary Janes any more--they're in penny loafers or lace up shoes.
I don't know what to do--any ideas? What would you do? Pressure her to get the penny loafers? Hope that there are no Mary Janes in her size? Look for the lace-up shoes instead?
TIA for any ideas!