Plan would require foster children to shop for clothing in thrift stores

[IndianaSigKap]

As a teacher, I haven't seen size addressed. Many times thrift stores don't have a wide range of sizes. We had a local family lose everything in a house fire and the one of the two foster children was a young man of considerable size. He wore larger sizes and his shoes were so large that no thrift store had any to fit him. Often times, the availability of certain sizes would be a disadvantage of this type of policy. I hate to see something like this be mandated.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by 33girl

How old of children is this?

Does Plato's Closet count as a thrift store?

Re uniforms, from what I see nowadays, it's less the "issued" uniforms (i.e. all from the same company) than "wear a white polo shirt and khaki pants." In the case of the latter, you damn sure can tell who has the more expensive items. I'm guessing this started because parents thought old-fashioned uniforms were too expensive but it kind of backfired.

DrPhil - I just got a Cititrends very near me. Might I ask why it's cringeworthy?

This is any age child who is in a foster home, from infants to 17 year olds.