Girls Dress

Is it okay if my daughter only wears dresses or skirts to preschool?

She absolutely LOVES to wear them! She'd much rather wear a skirt than a pair of shorts. The skirts that she wears do have 'shorts' built into them so that when she's playing you can't see her panties. She is starting preschool this September. If she only wants to wear skirts or dresses, do you think that is fine?

Public Comments

1. i think so it's cute
2. I think it's fine as long as it doesn't get too cold outside.
3. Perfectly fine!! (Think about it this way... they "have" to wear them at a private school, even at the Episcopalian preschool here.)
4. no problem weather permitting.
5. Absolutely ok. She is a little girl who wants to dress like a princess. I have one of each. A tomboy and a princess. My youngest daughter will not wear a dress if her life depended on it, and my oldest daughter loves them. We have to watch her model her dresses and spin. They are all different.
6. Yes, I did it all the way up until I was 5. As long as it's not too chilly, and when it does become chilly make her wear tights underneath them to keep in the heat. Unfortunately, I have a youngster who cries when I try to put dresses on her.
7. Let her go the first few days, and then see if she still wants to. Once it gets colder, let her keep wearing them if she wants,nad she will very quickly realize what's best and figure it out for herself. But it's a good idea to still buy some pants or sorts for in case she changes her mind.
8. As long as there are shorts built into the dresses or she wears actual shorts under I don't see any problem. She might decide after a while that shorts or pants are more practical/comfortable but let her decide that for herself.
9. Yeah I think that is fine, I see no problem with that, my daughters wore dresses and skirts to preschool all the time. But in the winter our preschool still takes the kids outside, so I would try and get my daughters to wear pants to school and then if they wanted they could change when they got home.
10. Yeah, its fine my daughter prefers dresses as well..she hates jeans..
11. Dresses and skirts are okay but they may prohibit her joining in on some of the activities, like when the kids are outside, preschools sometimes have sand boxes and little girl's dresses tend to allow sand to get into little girls underwear so she would be steered clear away from that area. It isn't "seeing" underwear that is the problem. Preschools are very active and dresses/skirts just aren't good for that sort of thing as pants/shorts are.
12. Not a problem at all. You might want to ask the preschool teacher about wearing shorts under the dresses, just in case. My older students wear shorts under their skirts/dresses. I'm sure it's because their moms know they won't always sit like ladies. :)
13. Absolutely if that is what she wants. The only concern I would have is cleanliness. Know that she will get paint, foods, sand, mud, grass stains and things like that on her clothing. You want her to be able to do all the activities there and not have to not play or avoid certain activities for fear of staining the dresses or skirts. So, keep her in clothing that can get dirty! I am a preschool teacher and have had some parents send their children to school in nice clothing and tell them to stay out of the sand box, not to have snack or avoid other things to stay clean. It doesn't make for a happy day.
14. You indicated that they have shorts built into them so you have the best of both worlds - the skirt/dress and the shorts. I see no problems at all.