World Book Day: It's About Encouraging Reading, Not Costume Competitions!

My youngest had to dress as a word do we chose the word emotions.we got a white t shirt wrote the word on and drew faces with all different emotions and wrote what they were.it was easy to do and most importantly he done most of it.its encouraging creativity and family time
 
My son is autistic and wanted to wear his school uniform so i was pleased as it was easier for me it meant that his routine was not disrupted
 
I understand where you are coming from. These kind of posts I imagine can make some parents feel guilty that they haven’t/couldn’t have done more for their kids. The same goes for posts about birthday parties or holidays. But at the same time, I think it’s okay to show off their hard work, when they do something anazing like that Peter Pan shadow costume or the evil octopus from the Little Mermaid. I would show it off too if I have manage to do something like that. Why not? I think most posts only aim to give other parents tips on how to make a great costume without spending much money, if you were the type of parent that cared about dressing up or your kids did. Personally, I felt relieved that my older pre-teen wasn’t doing a dress up in their school at all, she made a poster based on her favourite book which now will be hang up in her school and she couldn’t be happier about that, because her art matters to her a lot. The younger, 6 years old doesn’t even like dressing up. He opted to go in his pyjamas and took one of Dirty Bertie books that he likes to read, to show in class. Both of my kids are avid readers and that is what matters to me the most. We both work all week and I have enough stuff to do over the weekend other than making elaborate costumes. I was actually happy that I simply remembered it at all and addressed it with kids which is a win for me as a parent (having been known as forgetting a non-uniform day or forest school day in the past etc.) because the amount of emails that comes from school, with different demands on our time and adding to the mental load, is crazy as it is. 🙂
 
Also people saying about its every year u should be prepared..... my kids school didnt even do it. Id have been furious if id have been bought or made a costume n it couldn't be worn. Also not all kids feel comfortable is fancy dress. And also, we r in a cost of livong crisis, stop bitching some people dont have spare money for such things. The day is supposed to be encouraging kids to read, not dress up 🙄🙄🙄🙄
 
I read something recently that said when social media isn't helping you, it's usually because you are comparing other people's best moments with your worst moments. That really helped me. I hope that helps someone else too.
 
I just want to say. When you are done with your brilliant costumes please find a single mum like me and pass them on. I’m so appreciative and although they are taking up space I don’t have they have saved me hours of time and energy!
 
I love seeing the proud posts I don't think it's fair to make people feel bad for wanting to do stuff with their kids
I'm one of those parents who like to get stuck in with the costumes I just try not to over complicate it
Absolutely agree with reading with your child everyday and embracing books though
 
Don't forget children who didn't want to participate, parenting done good for the adults who let their children make their own choices. Both mine boys (age 10&7) wore their own clothes to school with no care in the world if they were the only ones who didn't participate or take in a book, happy going into school and coming home.
I often think parenting is about picking battles- mine were happy and that is enough for me 🙂
I take my hat off to parents who made their children's costumes, shop bought.. time and money is hard to come by today!
Add- I work in the education sector.. these selected days can be lovely but also overwhelming when there are so many of them. St.David's Day, World book day, a training and strike day in my boys school this week! It's bonkers!
 
I love world book day every year we try to come up with a different idea and it doesn’t cost much,I absolutely love seeing all the kids dressed up on way to school and my newsfeed full of their outfits.one local school had the whole school dress as where’s Wally they looked brillisnt
 
Like most things it's been blown out of proportion during the 20+ years I've been a parent. I'm not an organised person at all and my kids were usually in dressing up clothes they already had. It's optional and after the age of about 6 two of my sons hated dressing up , the most I got them to be was a footballer/ wrestler / James Bond 😆 My kids current school is doing a pj day next week and I'm glad!
 
I find world book day so oppressive! And it starts so young. My little boy is 3 and he was one of only 2 children in his nursery class that didn't have a costume on. Now I feel like a shit parent for not finding the time in my total overwhelm to sort a costume. And yet my son is the only one in his class who is reading! This is bonkers!
 
Our school has a pj and reading day with fun activities throughout the day costs us zero and the kids were comfy and warm all day 🥰
 
Honestly Facebook is the worst place for mums. If you can’t be happy for someone just because you yourself can’t provide that for your children, that’s a you problem, comparison is the thief of joy remember that, I didn’t make an elaborate costume but I don’t feel bad about it, this needing recognition from the internet is a serious problem in my eyes 👀 it might just be me but I don’t look at what others have done and start questioning my parenting, and if you do it’s something you need to get help with tbh 😞
 
@newchristianglenn surely those needing recognition from the internet are those who post all the elaborate costumes. Not those who sit at home, doing their thing, feeling fine (or not) about their costumes, lack of, and/ or parenting styles and not going on the internet to post about it! This, as far as I can see, is neither of those. It is simply saying to everyone, do your thing and don’t worry what the internet says. And all those fighting it, I would say, are those who need recognition from the internet. Not vice versa. But hey, I’m one person. That’s my opinion. And according to the internet, I’m allowed to have that publicly!
 
@basketbaby actually showing something your proud of to a group of like minded people is fine, feeling less that because people can do more than you is an issue, needing the internet to tell u it’s fine if you don’t/can’t do something is strange behaviour imo 🤷🏽‍♀️
 
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