My sons were never made to wear suits to church, but they had to wear at least something like khakis and a button down shirt. Or a nice sweater in winter. Shoes, no sneakers. No more effort or dress time than wearing something more casual. I guess our church was perhaps more dressy than some? Typical small town Presbyterian church, most of the members have been there through several generations. I myself never owned a ladies ‘suit’ but I always wore a dress or skirt, the same clothes I wore to work. I remember my mom’s horror when I was about 14 and wanted to wear cords to church, lol.
I just always felt it was important to emphasize to my kids that this *was* an important thing and they should dress accordingly. They had all the time in the world to dress down but for 2 hours every week, they had to be respectful in their dress.
I grew up in a construction family and hve worked in the family corp. all my life
As far as church, I gave it up for drag racing when i was 8 and nevwr looked back.
I’ve been in more churches doing work under contract than ever going to one.