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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
My daughters have both played basketball, and Sarah is playing again this year. We let them wear the team uniform, because the shorts are knee length and loose, and they wear plain white t-shirts under the top. We did request a couple sizes up in the shorts so they would be long and loose (they cinch up at the waist with a drawstring). So they don't look much different than culottes.
Our reasoning is: they need the physical activity, team sports teach a lot of good lessons, and they can learn to be modest in whatever they do. I do insist on modest uniforms, single-gender activities (if the uniforms aren't modest, such as in gymnastics), and if that isn't possible, another activity can be chosen.
However. If you teach your children that it is a sin to wear pants or shorts at all (if you're a girl), then it would be inconsistent to allow it for sports, in my opinion. We approach it differently in our house, with modesty being the overall theme, and gender distinction playing a secondary but still important role. I don't believe particular items of clothing are sinful across the board, nor are various stages of dress or undress. What is appropriate or not depends on the circumstance. If you approach it from the opposite end of the spectrum, ruling out specific items of clothing, then you can't then approach it from the other perspective without confusing your children.
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I have thought this way for a long time. I am a big time fighter against childhood obesity cause it creates health problems a too young of an age and thus bringing the life expectancy lower and lower. If we keep our kids from all the activities cause of dress code then I believe we are assisting in deepening the hole of childhood obesity. I like what you said about having an agreement before giving an answer. As parents our first responsibility is to our kids. If one can not make adjustments for their kids what can you do? Some people are too holy for their and their childrens good. There is always something that can be worked out.
I had a parent tell me once something along the lines of 'I will not let me kids be is sports cause of the dress code. They are spending the time that would have been given to sports and using it to study and getting smarter so they can get a great job and suppot me.' They were partly kidding, but I rebutted that it doesn't matter how book smart a kid is if they don't take care of their body which houses their brain then they have little chance. It does little good to have a great brain that you can use for 40 years when you could have had a great brain you could use for 80 years.