If you're a parent of a school-aged child, you probably know exactly how tiring it can be when they come home with new stains on their freshly washed school uniform. Whether it's ink from their pen or something from their lunchbox, kids are forever getting their clothes dirty, and while busting out the Vanish can help 9 times out of 10, there's always that one stain that just won't budge.
And one mum has been left so frustrated with her son's stained uniforms that she's considering telling the school that he's banned from using paint in art classes. The mum explained her four-year-old son just started school and has already come home with paint on his uniform twice, and claimed that Vanish and other stain removers just aren't getting the job done.
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The mum said she's already complained to the school and was told the kids were using "washable paints", but she doesn't believe that to be true since she's struggling so much with the stains.
In a post on Mumsnet, she said: "My 4-year-old has started a new school. Twice so far he's come home with paint on his white shirt that I can't remove. I've washed them repeatedly, used Vanish, used whitening sachets, and in the end I soaked them in neat bleach. Even after two days in neat bleach, the paint has not fully come off!
"The first time I complained [to the school] and they [just] said it's washable paint. The second time I said 'no it's not bloody washable because it's happened again', and they said nobody else has complained.
"If this happens a third time, am I being unreasonable to say he's not permitted to use paint at school anymore? It seems mean but I can't afford to keep replacing his uniform."
Commenters on the post were split, as many of them said that as her son is only four, it's not unreasonable for her to send him to school in the stained shirt.
One person said: "Send him in the paint shirt, my god."
While another added: "You're bonkers (in the nicest possible way). What's the big deal if he has a stain on his white shirt? Uniforms never stay pristine, especially not at 4!"
And a third wrote: "He's 4 years old, let him paint, let him enjoy life! Seriously, it honestly doesn't matter if his tops are a bit paint-stained. It'll fade anyway after a few washes. Can you imagine making him stand and watch while the rest of the class participates?"
Other commenters, however, could see why the mum would be annoyed at the stains on her son's clothes and wondered why the teacher hadn't given the little ones aprons or smocks to wear while painting.
But the mum said her son had been wearing an apron, but had taken it off because he was "too hot".
She stated: "The first time my son said he was wearing an apron but he took it off because he was too hot, and then he got paint on his shirt. The second time he had it on his collar, which the apron obviously must not cover."
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