One of the biggest issues to sound the dress code alarm is girls wearing leggings to school. ... Now, our kids can wear leggings and t-shirts if the shirt is long enough to cover 'all the things.' ...

Dear Carolyn: My son is 2½ and loves dresses. Dresses on movie characters, dresses on toys, talking about who in his class wears dresses. He will wear my shirts and pretend it’s a dress.

Why baby girls & boys should wear dresses. First of all, they’re more creative; frothy tutus or swirly dresses are perfect to dance in, and glamorous trains are so much fun to trail around the room.

In fact, the girl was wearing the dress in a photo featured on the daycare’s website ... “He had been empowered to wear it. And other kids in the class said they liked the dress. ...