{"id":4446,"date":"2017-03-03T22:30:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T22:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theparentsocial.com\/?p=4446"},"modified":"2024-04-10T10:43:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T10:43:20","slug":"jojo-bows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparentsocial.com\/jojo-bows\/","title":{"rendered":"Invasion of the JoJo Bows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been asked to comment for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-39140210\">BBC<\/a> this week about what I think of JoJo Bows and what my thoughts are about them being banned in a number of schools&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>What are JoJo Bows?<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JoJo Siwa and the giant bow craze | CBBC\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K_snn76M4ds?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t seen them yet then they&#8217;ll definitely be coming to a school near you soon. Made popular by YouTube star JoJo Siwa, these massive, brightly-coloured (often diamante-adorned) branded bows retail for between \u00a38-10 exclusively in the UK at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=5387&amp;awinaffid=175921&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.claires.com%2F\">Claire&#8217;s Accessories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Previously the preserve of girls in dance groups, in gymnastic clubs and cheerleaders, JoJo Bows have hit the mainstream and have now started infiltrating schools.<\/p>\n<h2>JoJo Bows a No No at School<\/h2>\n<p>The hair accessory has hit headlines recently due to being banned at a number of schools for breaching uniform rules. Parents, who have forked out for the hair decoration, have been up in arms. I personally think that the signature larger variety (as in massive) look rather ridiculous, but aside from\u00a0a wider debate about uniform, which I recently discussed for <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/should-children-still-wear-school-uniforms-104743259.html\">Yahoo!<\/a>, there are a number of other issues.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START ADVERTISER: Kids Pass from affiliatewindow.com --><\/p>\n<p>For their part, Claire&#8217;s Accessories have gauged schools&#8217; responses and have brought out a range of JoJo Bows in school colours, but obviously girls aren&#8217;t going to want to bother with those; they want the biggest, sparkliest variety on the market. The main issues with the bows, like with any craze, is they are a major source of distraction and can be a tool of oneupmanship.<\/p>\n<p>At my daughter&#8217;s school they banned Pokemon cards as they were causing too many problems: dominating classroom chat, cards were going missing, unfair swaps, bragging etc etc. I can certainly see how the same might happen with JoJo Bows. Added to that there are the more expensive bona fide official JoJo Bows and the cheaper replicas; and of course they all know the difference, so again it&#8217;s something that can be really divisive: those that can afford the genuine ones and those that can&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<h2>Out of School<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the fact that they&#8217;re not my taste, I realise that kids like to express themselves and experiment with fashion. Through gritted teeth, I would let my girls have them outside of school, but not at school. I reckon teachers have enough to contend with without having to police hair accessories.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START ADVERTISER: Kids Pass from awin.com --><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?s=3598578&#038;v=7765&#038;q=311663&#038;r=175921\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cshow.php?s=3598578&#038;v=7765&#038;q=311663&#038;r=175921\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- END ADVERTISER: Kids Pass from awin.com --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been asked to comment for the BBC this week about what I think of JoJo Bows and what my thoughts are about them being banned in a number of schools&#8230; What are JoJo Bows? If you haven&#8217;t seen them yet then they&#8217;ll definitely be coming to a school near you soon. 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