A Houston father was upset to learn that his five-year-old daughter was disciplined for wearing her rainbow spaghetti-strap sundress to school , where teachers said that it violated the dress code . Jef Rouner wrote in the Houston Press that his daughter was forced to cover up with jeans and a t-shirt when she was told that the spaghetti straps of her 'full-length ' dress were 'against the rules ' . 'We still live in a country where someone can decide the shoulders of , and I ca n't stress this enough , a five-year-old girl are so distracting that they must be sent away and decently hidden , ' he said . Kiddie clothes : Jef Rouner said his five-year-old daughter was forced to cover up when she wore this spaghetti-strap sundress to her school in Houston , Texas . 'She 'd had her heart set on wearing her rainbow sundress since the weather warmed up , ' recalled Mr. Rouner . He did n't hesitate to let her wear the multicolor frock , which he bad bought from a store in the mall and previously let her wear to church . ' I did n't pick up my daughter 's dress at My First Stripperwear , ' he insisted . 'It 's not repurposed fetish gear from a store for very short people . ' But despite the striped dress being what Routner believes is completely age-appropriate , his daughter is now 'wordlessly accepting that a dress with spaghetti straps , something sold in every Walmart in America right now , is somehow bad . ' Supportive pop : Jef said he finds it 'weird ' that school dress codes tend to offer more restrictions for girls than boys . Favorite frock : As the weather has gotten warmer , Jef said , his daughter grew excited to wear the striped dress , which she had worn to church in the past . Mr. Rouner took particular issue with the fact that school dress codes almost exclusively target girls , banning items of clothing that are n't even sold in the boy 's sections of stores . Though rules against exposing the chest and torso could theoretically apply to boys as well , he explained , boy 's clothing simply is n't made to show skin in the same places as girls ' clothing . 'Essentially , a school dress code exists to prevent girls from displaying too much of their bodies , ' he said , adding that most restrictions in his own daughter 's school dress code were female-specific . Taking a stand : The vocal father said he wo n't stop his daughter from wearing the dress again in the future . He went on to note that it is particularly outrageous to discriminate between boys ' and girls ' clothing at his daughter 's age Cut her hair , he said , and his five-year-old would look no different from a boy . Since he still sees no problem with the sundress , Mr. Rouner said he wo n't stop his daughter from wearing it in the future - and will tell her that she looks 'cute as a button to boot ' . And if anyone tells her to change her clothes ? The outspoken father said he will tell his daughter to ask 'why ' until she gets an answer she likes .
Jef from Houston , Texas says his daughter was forced to wear jeans and a t-shirt with her spaghetti-strap sundress . The father expresses frustration that only girls are targeted by school dress codes - even at such a young age . He finds it shocking that a dress his daughter wore to church was deemed inappropriate .