To think boys in school uniform shorts at -3c is neglect.

I mean if you believe this anecdotal bit of info, surely you can also believe that a random boy can be quite the opposite and not feel the cold?

My dad was a wartime child and
He said he never got long trousers till he was 12 it was the done thing then. I know loads of kids that live in shorts all year round. My youngest ds was like this but he now likes leggings in cold months

It might be sensory but if it’s all of them - it’s their uniform and they obviously pretend to be posh and like royals.
I wouldn’t believe that they were too hot at school by the way especially if it’s a public school as most of them in old buildings with big windows.

My kids wear shorts all year round. I pick my battles and their choice of clothing isn't I've of them.

Actually I didn't ever wear tights at primary school so must have worn my long white socks and skirt for school in 1963 which was that very harsh winter, I was 5

Discuss 🙄

You are being ridiculous. HTH.

very judgy, 'it can't possibly be cost- it's less than a coffee'🙄

My son's school uniform through to year 6 was shorts, with long socks.

There was a boy who (in my also very rural, tiny village with a micro climate that is usually 2 degrees lower then everywhere else locally) who would only ever wear shorts and the school polo!!

I used to drive past him in all my layers and heated seats and shiver - he was absolutely fine, although probably miffed as the local secondary school doesn’t allow shorts and has a scratch wool jumper plus blazer…

Some kids won't wear trousers. Let's face it, a thin piece of material won't make a huge difference anyway

My 11 year old has set himself a personal challenge to wear shorts for school all the way to the end of the year, come snow (last week) or extreme frost (today -3). This is despite him having a full drawer of brand new school trousers for him to wear. I keep telling him he should wear the trousers but he is quite insistent. Can't force him, part of growing up is making autonomous decisions 🤷‍♀️

Well my son is neglected as is my postman and my neighbour.

You must be quite young to find the weather at the moment the coldest you've ever known.

Also, kids don’t get ill from having bare legs nor chillblains. Jesus Christ.

This is really really common. Kids won't feel the cold like you do. I never feel the cold on my legs either, especially calves. As long as feet and thighs are warm I'm completely fine.

When I grew up in the North West of England (in the olden days) boys wore shorts and girls wore skirts, both with socks, all through primary school. We walked to school as well.

Yes, I am aware this is turning into the Four Yorkshiremen sketch…

And I'm in the NW too, it was my son!

People feel the cold differently. Discuss...

My son hates wearing trousers. He chooses shorts every time. I gave up buying school trousers this year because they just sit unworn all year in the wardrobe. Several of his friends are the same.

It’s not neglect. I think you need to mind your own business on this.

It’s not uncommon for kids, particularly boys to want to wear shorts all year round. No it’s not neglect. What you and your kids wear is really irrelevant. I grew up in the north east, also very cold with the North Sea wind, many kids in skirts/shorts/bare legs

Erm was this my DS?! He refuses trousers although accepts he'll have to next year at High School.

Schools have had their budgets slashed but generally they're warm, children also tend to run around in the playground at breaks and so no, I don't think a parent and a child choosing to wear shorts when it's cold is neglect. Some adults wear them all year round too, are they neglecting themselves? Of course in some cases if the parents can't afford weather suitable clothing then yes it's sad they're wearing shorts, but making wild assumptions just by this is ridiculous.

a female Dr stated at a meeting about skirts that girls were getting ill.

I'd ask more questions about the school providing a suitable environment if it's cold enough that wearing a skirt was making children physically ill.

Scotland. Kid in my DDs class in shorts all year. He runs hot, and won’t entertain trousers. I know his mum would put him in trousers if he wanted and she regularly offers. It was -4 at the weekend. Is that neglect?

At the weekend my son wore shorts and a hoodie. I kept getting side-eye from tourists wearing duffle coats but he was quite happy. He told me that not wearing a coat could have been a learning experience but, as he had been comfortable, he hadn’t learnt anything from it.

I told him that he might have to wear trousers at senior school and he was appalled.

Same as girls wearing skirts I guess, we were only allowed skirts as school

My son took shorts for PE yesterday - no matter how much I tell him to take his tracksuit bottoms, or underarmour shirt (also part of PE uniform so he can mix and match) he just looks at me as if to say 'why would I want to do that'- he does wear trousers for the actual uniform part

However his dad was wearing shorts yesterday - he insists he's not cold and would rather be wet in shorts than trousers (it's the former postman in him)

My brother wore shorts year round for years when we were kids.
They're inside most of the day, and if they were too cold they'd soon learn and wear trousers the next day.