Jo jo bows.....

Just watched the video of JoJo with the BowBow because I'd never heard of them either, why do Americans have to invent stupid words, 'Believing-ness' Really????!!!!

I get so angry with these schools it's not a problem in primary schools I am assuming your gd is in primary school? The secondary schools are the worst every nit picking little thing they drive me bonkers. My gd is now 16 so they are not so strict with them now.she has pierced ears and nose and has a colour red on her hair. Just a bit of rebellion that's all. But a bow? What's wrong with that. !!!!!

Exactly Sheila - if schools just ignored these things they would die the death of their own accord. What is the point of rebelling if no-one even notices?!

The bows look vile and they are not suitable for school. I would however let my daughter, when she was young, wear the latest craze out of school. She soon got fed up with them and they lasted only a short time.

Inishowen. The size! The '50s bows were a length of ribbon, tied by mum, not a great wodge of fabric like the jojos!
As I recall bobby sox were ankle socks, usually white and sometimes quite thick in texture. The luminous socks were also called Day-Glo and there were also (sweaty) nylon jersey pants to match! Which reminds me of the rather dreadful but much worn see-through thin nylon pants, how could we?!

I cannot understand in what way they are "unsuitable" for school. Perhaps someone could explain that alien (to me) idea. They do not interfere with the workings of pupils' brains in any way; they are not a health hazard; they are doing no harm.

Schools seem very hung up on conformity, which simply encourages rebellion and wastes good learning time on unnecessary discipline activities.

Totally agree Luckygirl and Sheilasue and a few others.....?

It seems that it's not just schools that are 'hung up on conformity' ?

Reaches for hard hat ...??‍?

Hmmmmmmmm very American looking but why can't we let kids have a little something of themselves while at school?

I loathe uniforms, quasi military / mannish blazers and clumpy shoes and now the imposition that hair cuts for boys can't be too 1940's or have a line in or whatever else.

I think schools enjoy wasting time on nail varnish issues because teaching is retty shoddy now compared to what it once was.

I wish teachers wouuld get on with their teaching and leave the kids alone. YES! I was at the premier of the Pink Floyd film and I remain comitted to the idea of leaving kids one as much as possible, we are stunting creativity at every turn.

Let them have bows if they want them or dreadlocks or green hair (I had green hair 1967) it doesn't damage the brain and I don't suppose bows will last as a fad. What we train kids to do in schools is conform to the blandest standards and we crush them when they don't.

Parents should be the arbiters of what they kids wear.....not the state or the school.

I have only grandsons here so messaged my three granddaughters on the other side of the world (aged from 7 to 12) and they said they 'look horrible' so that's all right then. Of course schools should ban them. It's hard enough already to get children to settle and concentrate. There is also teasing/bullying of the kids whose parents can't or won't buy them or observe the uniform rules. There really is no comparison with the inch wide ribbon that my mother tied my hair back with. Children can wear them outside of school of course but it looks like a short term fad to me.

I've never knowingly seen them in London - but now I know what they are I'll look out for them!

I presume it's only primary-age girls - surely they're a bit naff for teens. As long as there isn't a huge metal clip that could poke out someone's eye I can't see any harm, especially in school colours.

I agree with the ban. All these crazes should be kept out of school. The idea of a uniform is that all children look the same regardless of income. Those without the means to buy them are seeing their children outside the clique. I can remember the nasty comments regarding poorer children when I was at school.

I've not seen any in the West Midlands yet and neither have my DGD. One looks at a junior school photo of herself with an eyebrow length fringe and an artificial ? in her hair and says 'Did I really think I looked good like that?!'

I always thought the point of strict dress codes in school was to channel the pupils' revolutionary efforts into ways to thwart the clothing regulations, thus avoiding a re-run of If...

My sister and I......I'm on the left with the tartan bow.

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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!

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?)

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

* 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!

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"

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.