Our children’s clothes matter. Here’s what science and religion teach us

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In the past two weeks, a quintessentially local story became news around the world. The Charles Middle School in El Paso, Texas, banned all-black clothing for the coming school year because such attire “has become more associated with depression and mental health issues and/or criminality than with happy and healthy kids ready to learn.” 

The response was fast and furious. Krista Wongate, the chief of child and adolescent services at El Paso’s Emergence Health Network said: “… mental health and depression, they don’t have colors. They don’t have outfits.”

Alex Lucero, a member of the community, objected as well. He said: “The color of clothing has nothing to do with your ability to do anything or feel any emotion.” 

In recent years, a new discipline has emerged at universities across the world – fashion psychology. (iStock)

The response worked. The

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