Not even professional firms. Starbucks doesn't allow employees to have visible tattoos or excessive piercings.

I see your point, but I think that when you're a kid you should be able to dress crazy if you want. It's the one time in most people's lives that they are NOT expected to conform to the relatively conservative dress codes of most employers. Why not let them have some fun?

Well many high schools do have rules that say that students must wear 'loose fitting' clothing. Even in my HS, where we didn't have that particular rule, the teachers/administrators had the discretion to send students home if their clothing was just generally inappropriate. For instance, a girl who is almost 6' tall wearing 'booty shorts' may be told to change while a girl who is 5'2'' wearing shorts the same length might not; simply b/c the tall girl is showing a lot more leg/has a lot more leg to show, and may look 'sexier/more inappropriate' to the decision makers. Or a big breasted girl might be asked to change her top while a small breasted may not b/c even if they are the same...they look different. I don't think that this is uncommon.

I feel u. I grew up in a Catholic school, so for me grade and high school were my years of conformity and restriction. Now I do what I want (on my own time), but back then I had to follow my school's and parents' rules 24/7.

This was the 1980's. Loose fitting clothing didn't exist. :p

We actually had quite a bit of contention because one of the teachers' daughters would show up in quite slutty clothing and never was reprimanded, while other girls in miniskirts were sent home to change. You can't say it's OK for this person and not for that one...it has to be across the board. If you don't want the 300 pounder showing up in shorts and a tank top, you need to ban them period, not say "if you're skinny and cute you can wear them." That's setting the school up for immense amounts of bad publicity and a discrimination lawsuit.

On a similar note, I heard some schools are banning kids from packing at school. What is our world coming to, when a kid can't even bring his own gat to school? So much for self expression.

I used to live in a neighborhood where I would think grillz would be popular and I have NEVER seen one in real life. I thought it was just rappers doing it until I read about this.

-Deprived in the midwest

Huh? I have no idea what this means.

I was kidding. I meant that schools are banning kids from carrying handguns.

Oh.

"You wanna see my whaaaat?"

I think this may depend on where you live and the social setting in which you were raised. I was definitely expected to conform and learn how to dress in all settings.

*below the Mason Dixon line.

True, I doubt McCallan was taught how to dress when clubbing on the Jersey shore.

The same argument could be made about ALL dress codes, I don't know why this one makes such a big to do. I couldn't wear makeup or nail poish in K-8th grade, have multiple piercings in high school, and I wore a uniform that entire time. I'm perfectly well adjusted and I don't regret not being able to punch holes in my body until I got into college.

Why should grillz be any different than any other dress code rules?

/haven't actually punched holes, but I could if I wanted to