Jo jo bows.....

I doubt whether girls that age would be wearing such tacky hair adornments though, Luckygirl!

I am left wondering how students at uniformless sixth form colleges or universities learn anything at all!

i m sure the point is if all the girls in a class wore them at that size you d never see the board or the teacher, they are so huge and I don't think fashion statements should be brought into schools surely that's the whole point of uniform to look smart and alike with no signs of opulence or expense at £12.99 a bow surely that will be yet another pressure for parents by their children to buy silly expensive fashions

I'm with HildaW on this - as a former teacher & latterly a school governor.

I think they look awful, but the fashion/craze/fad will pass.

I recall at least 3 other girls' hair fashions which brought about "guidance for parents" from schools;
a) multiple scrunchies being worn (late 90's?)- even by girls with short hair! (I think that may just have been at one school only!).
b) the all-day wearing of a small triangular headscarf with knot tied at back of neck (early 00's?) which I think may have stemmed from a religious source.
c) the wearing of a fully elasticated headband (the sort you could pull out until it had a wavy edge)just above the eyebrows "hippy style" (60's - guilty as charged!).

Rules are fine, and learning to abide by them, but they have to have some point to them.

Oh my gosh!! ??
Who could have known that the subject of bows would be so controversial ??

I think I'll leave the subject of pierced ears for another day ....?????

(Dives for cover again.....??‍???‍?)

Schools needs parents to back them up when a policy has been agreed upon. School uniforms are intended to promote equality and a sense of belonging. It reduces friction created in classrooms and enables children, whatever their family circumstances to fit in. Once a school and governors have set out a policy and we agree to accept a place at a school its up to us to play by the rules.

Yes there are some pretty unpleasant things that also need addressing....so lets save the arguments for them....and work with teachers and support staff to address bullying, bigotry and all 'isms'.

Its also a good lesson for life....there will come a time in any child's life when they have to play by the rules....societies laws, a job or profession etc. Children learn so much from their home environments and if they are taught to pick and choose whatever rules they like....then we do them no favours.

The huge (and in my opinion horrible) bows reminded me of my 9th birthday many years ago. Just as my party was about to start I was sent next door to fetch our Polish neighbours' little boy. His mother insisted that she put my long hair into a typically Polish hairstyle - it took ages, culminating with a huge ribbon bow plonked on top of my head. By the time I got back home, the birthday guests had woofed all the chocolate biscuits much to my disappointment. (In the Fifties chocolate biscuits were a treat!). Ever since I've had an aversion to bows....

Having just read the uniform rules for my GS's new school, I'm delighted it is soooooo rigid! He's going to school to be educated and rules are to be encouraged.
The bows are pretty as a weekend thing ......

Circa 1955!

I had no idea what a jojo bow was until I read this thread. Now I know and I think they are awful but harmless if little girls want to wear them. BUT not at school - if schools have regulations regarding what the children should wear then parents should adhere to those regulations. As someone has already said if parents don't want to comply then they should put their child in another school.

I haven't seen them about here, but after reading this thread, I asked a friend at Church this morning if she was wearing a Jo-Jo bow. She didn't know what I was talking about, just said it was a bow on a hair clip as she was so fed up with her hair.

I rather suspect that this anti Jo-bow clutching at pearls thing is class-based.

They're probably considered a bit common.

In my day, only the posh girls wore big ribbons!

What's wrong with America!? Or Americans! It/they are always getting picked on.

I like them too - no harm unless they become more inmportant than lesson.
Like Alima, I've seen them before. I have a photo somewhere of a birthday party I went to. All the little girls are wearing huge bows, grinning with front teeth miissing. Must have been a 7th birthday.
Mine was always hanging off on one side.

DGD is nearly eight and lives in Somerset and as far as I'm aware doesn't do these JoJo BowBows but when staying with me does love to watch those US/quasi US, pretend documentary, shaky camera angles, dance programmes! Even mini-macho DGS(11) is known to watch

On a recent programme a young lady, aged about 12, was having a meltdown over some calamity and DGD said rather sniffily "such a drama queen"

* Craftycat * - that has to be a wind-up - your poor GD!!!! You refuse to take her out! - I cannot believe this!!

There is nothing wrong with saying to a child that you cannot see through their lovely bow and asking them to remove it for that class - but it is very totalitarian state to say they cannot wear them at all.

US shows are banned!!!! - what if you said that shows with black people in were banned - or people with a Polish accent etc. I think maybe you need to get out more - but definitely do NOT wear a bow!

I expect ordinary ribbons in the school colours to tie up pony tails and plaits are ok, but these are extreme, not suitable at all.

Whatever a particular school decides is their rules should be supported by all parents. If you don't like it then change schools.

I think they are awful - I refuse to take DGD out if she has hers on. They are totally unsuitable for school.They look cheap, & trashy American - I believe they came from some US TV show- I forget which one. US shows are banned in this house as DGD started talking with a horrible American twang.
But then their schools have a very strict policy about hair & only navy blue slides & clips are allowed to match uniform & hair has to be plaited - no pony tails. I do wonder how long some poor mums have to spend doing all these elaborate plaits every morning but they do look nice & stay in all day.

The bows are back in fashion Juliette!
but only if you are aged about ten I think!

Jalima yes I stayed blonde, darkened over the years but now back to how it was in the photo' ......minus the bow.

Juliette you don't look like a scarecrow at all - very neat and tidy!
Did you stay that blonde? If so, lucky you.

Perhaps, instead of banning them, school should just have said that fiddling with them or playing with them in lessons by child or friends would result in their permanent confiscation. That would certainly have worked where I teach. Any year group seems to have fiddlers, removal and replacement of hair clips, bobbles etc. I regularly find myself saying, " if you keep on fiddling with that it goes on my shelf till home time."
I wonder how many parents would complain if they had to sit behind someone wearing headgear as high as these when they go to concerts, films etc? Can't they just support the school? (Instead of virtually telling their children that rules are for everyone else but you have the right to do what you want?)

pen50

I could have done with a Jojo bow the day my hair touched my collar and the art mistress dragged me to the front and tied my hair up with string!