n inequality among parents of students. Parents do not have the burden of being able to afford designer clothes to make their child happy.Parents also have less of a battle with their children each morning. Some parents have a constant fight with their children about their clothes. For example, a child really does not feel like going to school so she makes up an excuse that she does not have anything to wear. The child might also complain that her clothes are not in style anymore and she can not possibly show up to school in last season's styles. Another motive for a battle is the type of clothes the young girl is trying to wear to school. Even though there are dress codes at public schools students find ways to get around the policies. For instance, a young 13-year-old girl is walking out the door with a tank top that shows mid-drift and a pair of shorts. Her father stops her before she takes another step and tells her to go back up to her room and change clothes. The daughter argues that everyone is wearing tank tops and shorts that are shorter and they do not get in trouble. The father stands his ground but later he regrets it when his daughter will not speak to him. With uniforms there is not a combat about the clothes that students wear to school. This may also increase the child's attendance. A child wakes up one morning and decides that he does not like the clothes that he has to wear to school. The clothes he has are not name brand and he is fed up with his classmates because they make fun of him. The child decides to skip school and his attendance starts to decrease which also brings his grades down. There is also less peer pressure in a school with a mandatory uniform policy in place. When a group of students start wearing designer clothes all students feel like they have to wear designer clothes or they will be made fun of in front of their friends. For example, without uniforms some children will wear de...
