What you are saying is, by definition, collectivism. If this is what you believe, I certainly have no problem with it, it is just not what I happen to believe.jmra wrote:Parents do make those decisions. I've seen parents change/set policies hundreds of times. It's simply a matter of getting enough parents behind the issue.steveincowtown wrote:For all those that agree with the school implementing this rule, I would submit that you are unintentionally yielding to the idea the children are the collective responsibility of government and society and that they do not belong to their parents.
Parents need to be making these decisions, not schools.
If you want your daughter to wear a strapless dress get enough parents together who believe as you do and you will get what you want.
In this case the majority of the parents over time have expressed their will for a certain dress standard which the district has adopted.
Collectivist orientations stress the importance of cohesion within social groups (such as an "in-group", in what specific context it is defined) and in some cases, the priority of group goals over individual goals.
I don't need the government, or other parents, telling me what is or isn't right.