Uniforms!

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well once again I am about to start trdging about town in an attempt to get proper supplies/ clothing for the kids school year. And, okay okay lay off already I get all the reasons why schoold are going to uniforms. Although in truth I can still tell which ones come from discount stores and which ones come from High falutin department stores, so I think that is a mute point. My complaint is that I don't find them less expensive than other clothing. And I lament the ability to express onesself thru mode of dress. ( okay, I know they can do it after school, but my kids don't get dropped at the mall to prance about and possible get into trouble. Last I checked they were still kids, with an developed senses of good, eveil, danger and just plain stupid acts of idiocy, despite numerous lectures on my part) where I live they even want to dicatate what color hair bows my girl can wear. She by the way does not understand why she can not wear her favorite yellow butterfly dress that I made for her to school. "but, it's pretty isn't it Mommy? When I was a kid we had a dressd code that had to be abided by, but within those boudaries we were allowed to express, say a preference for purple polo shirts without fear of in school suspension. At what point did we become clothing nazis and insist that our children become little carbon copies of each other? Does not free expression count for anything anymore. Are all creative endeavors to be crushed beneath the mantle of school administrators fears of gangs, violence and law suits. And shame on the public for contributing to these problems by not monitoring the behavior and actions of their children until they are of an age to make informed decisions and for sueing everyone at the drop of hat in order to "get rich" and denying future generations of the ability to play cops and robbers, or cowboys and indians. "And yes, sweetie, Mommy thinks your dress is pretty"