Jo jo bows.....

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

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...

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 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 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 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.

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.

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 ...??‍?

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.

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?!

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.

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?!

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. !!!!!

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????!!!!

If it was acceptable in the fifties for girls to wear bows in their hair. Why isn't it now?

Believe me I very laid back, but when it comes to school I am not. I just hate these bows and they should be kept for "dressing up" at home, to go out with friends etc. Afterall you have different dress codes for different events and I see no harm in children learning this. Same goes for hairstyles as well

Oh I remember luminous socks. I went to see a Tommy Steele film with my friend and we sat with our feet up on the seats in front. So we could admire our socks and everyone else could too. We lived near London then and every teenager wore them. I went to visit my Grandma in S Wales and a woman in the village objected loudly to the socks. Even having a"word" with my Mam when I wore them on a Sunday

When I went to school in the fifties all the pretty girls wore bows in their hair. My mum made me have short hair so it wasn't an option for me. I don't see any harm in a girl wearing a bow in her hair. The craze will only last a few months. Don't sweat the small stuff!

Yes, many of us wore bows in our hair as children, and girls still do, but not these giant ones.
As a teacher I'd be worried about the children having their view blocked. We make sure each child can see, placing smaller at the front and taller behind them when necessary. If a girl wears what amounts to a hat in class, what should a teacher do? Her eyes will be at the same level but her total height is increased!
Seems to me it's like wearing a hat in the theatre or cinema, and we know how annoying that can be for others!
Out of school - they look fun and my GD loves them.

Love them!
Well I wouldnt wear one unless someone asked me to! But harmless teenage crazes are lovely in my opinion.

Can see why schools ban them though.

They are distracting, they are as big as hats. Bloody awful things.

Beautiful as your granddaughters are jogginggirl I still think those bows are awful sorry

i think they're AWFUL and certainly not suitable for school whatever colour they are.
my grandaughters (14 and 11) think they're awful too and wouldn't want to wear them in their hair (both have very long hair).

Oh how i hated the bows and ribbons my DM put in my hair everyday.I had long( past my bottom) black curly hair that my mother loved, everyday on the way to school i pulled the ribbons out then try and put them back in before i got back home, i always managed to look like a mad witch and would swear i hadnt taken my ribbon out.
I think these bows are a bit too much for school. After all wearing a uniform at school gets children used to wearing a uniform at work

I always had a ribbon, and I always came home looking like a scarecrow as this photo testifies.