Anyone else's child still wearing shorts?

BooksAreSaferThanPeople · 2022-12-07T09:47:16+00:00

It's currently -2 where I am and DS10 has gone to school in his usual shorts. I tried to convince him otherwise but he was having none of it. He did admit on the way to school that his legs were a "bit chilly". He also refused to do up his coat or school fleece so only his polo shirt was protecting his chest from the cold. Anyone else got a little oddball who is immune to the cold?

GratefulCheddar · 07/12/2022 10:09

My DS is immune to the cold but he is an adult, he switches off the radiator in his room often in the winter. We have the heating set at 18. He was dancing about in front of the ring doorbell last night in his shorts on the drive at 9pm because it winds his Dad up who is wrapped head to foot in extra clothes as he feels the cold

Ohmygoshposh · 07/12/2022 10:10

No but DH is!!

Mawface · 07/12/2022 10:12

Yes DS7 still going to the park in full football strip 🙄

Ellie1015 · 07/12/2022 10:17

Yes! I am mortified but he never complains and just doesn't seem to feel the cold. Glad to hear of others.

jtaeapa · 07/12/2022 10:22

I always thought that the body ideally would use its energy/resources to fight germs/whatever so wasting the body’s resources trying to keep warm when it isn’t necessary (because his legs are bare) is a bit silly. He might not feel the cold but unless he is a lizard, his body temperature will need to be the same as other humans.

DappledThings · 07/12/2022 10:30

Not mine but definitely a number of boys still in shorts at school and one girl in a summer dress and ankle socks. Mine complain about all temperatures.

BogRollBOGOF · 07/12/2022 10:32

Mine's fine in shorts until -6⁰C

He has to wear trousers now he's at secondary so has the baggiest pair that can stay up because he likes his knees to breathe, but when he's out of school, it's shorts all the way. He has one pair of token casual trousers which always get passed on with tags still attached.

He does glow hot on thermal imaging cameras, and I check his neck and is always warm. He's lasted 12 years without hypothermia.

PatriciaHolm · 07/12/2022 10:33

DS did all the way through primary - he didn't own a pair of school trousers until forced to at secondary! He wouldn't wear a coat either...

ACynicalDad · 07/12/2022 10:35

I remember making snowmen with a friend who was wearing shorts when I was about 6. He never stopped being odd!

GhoulWithADragonTattoo · 07/12/2022 10:35

My 12 year old DS is still wearing his at the weekend. Luckily his uniform is now long trousers or he would be doing the same. He wears a warm coat but doesn't like hot legs.

Florin · 07/12/2022 10:49

Our DS is only allowed shorts at school, no trousers. He has never complained or had a problem with it and I have pictures of him building an igloo in shorts. At weekends he chooses to wear shorts too and rarely wears trousers. My DH is still in shorts unless at work where he has to wear trousers.

SittingontheSidelines · 07/12/2022 10:50

Yes, they have to wear long for school but otherwise they're all in shorts DH too. And I'm the only person in the playground with sandals on.

Wickerblanketbasket · 07/12/2022 10:52

My 8 year old will not wear trousers. No matter the weather he is in shorts, he will wear a coat, scarf and gloves with his shorts.
Hes always been the same, I think he hates the feeling of something being on his legs, he's picky with the socks he will wear too and material of any jumper he wears so I think he just hates the feel if certain things.
I used to get embarrassed because people would always comment on it but I don't any more.

JaninaDuszejko · 07/12/2022 10:56

When I was a child it was common for boys to wear shorts only throughput primary school. Makes sense, they grow out of them much slower than trousers and there are no ripped knees on shorts so costs a lot less.

DS prefers wearing shorts. When he was younger his teacher took me aside one very cold January morning and said 'why is he still wearing shorts?' and I had to explain he had trousers at home but he refused to wear them.

pepperminttaste · 07/12/2022 11:00

My 11 yo dd won't give up her shorts. Not sure she's immune to the cold, more that she'll tolerate it to stay in her shorts! -1 here today.

Regulus · 07/12/2022 11:00

Our large MAT allows shorts at senior, about 5% of the boys wear them all year but about 10% of the girls wear skirts with no tights all year but no one ever questions them

As for the illness, I think as long as the body and extremities are warm it doesn't matter.

Justgivemewine · 07/12/2022 11:04

Ds3 is in his shorts and a lot of his friends are too. Nutters 😄
I did manage to get him in a warm coat this week though.

the rest of us are wrapped up to the eyeballs,

mondaytosunday · 07/12/2022 11:06

My son is out of school now but he wore shorts practically all year! His first school they were thick cord and only time I hit him into trousers were when it was snowing, even then by the time we walked across the common to school he had stripped down to his polo top.
His second school he wouldn't have got away with it - winter uniform was long trousers.

TheFormidableMrsC · 07/12/2022 11:08

My DS would happily wear shorts all year round. Primary was a bit more relaxed but now he's at secondary and struggling a bit with the whole formal uniform. I'm dreading summer because he'll struggle in long trousers. He has ASD and struggles to regulate his body temperature so gets very hot very quickly. He strips off the minute he comes in!

As an aside we have a postie who wears shorts all year round, even when we've had thick snow 🤷🏻‍♀️

User135792468 · 07/12/2022 11:10

Only in England do people excuse crap parenting with a “oh my child doesn’t feel the cold”. I’m sure you’re nicely wrapped up yourself. Wearing weather appropriate clothing is not a choice in our house.

MichelleScarn · 07/12/2022 11:15

Mine! Its -3 here today and in shorts, also likes his 'knees to breathe' @BogRollBOGOF thankfully allows me to pull his socks as high as they go, and has thermal vest, school shirt, tank top, blazer then coat on the top half so hopefully that keeps some of the heat in!

Regulus · 07/12/2022 11:21

User135792468 · 07/12/2022 11:10

Only in England do people excuse crap parenting with a “oh my child doesn’t feel the cold”. I’m sure you’re nicely wrapped up yourself. Wearing weather appropriate clothing is not a choice in our house.

I disagree once school age. The warm clothes should be available but I don't think they should be forced to wear them.
When I am on break duty I am covered head to toe in layers and a large proportion of the children have abandoned their coats and playing in just a shirt.

AddictedtoCrunchies · 07/12/2022 11:36

Yep DS14 only wears shorts. He has a pair of compulsory school trousers but as he is doing GCSE PE, he wears PE kit at least two days a week so they're not worn every day.

He went to an away football game last Saturday.and I had to threaten him if he didn't even wear a coat. He said he'd be ok in a hoodie.
Comes straight in from school and strips to pants while I'm in three layers plus a blanket on my knees!

I stopped worrying about it years ago. If he's cold he'll put more clothes on.

DrunkenBoat · 07/12/2022 11:37

My ten year old and his friends are. It's absolutely freezing here today, and I can see people wincing every time someone passes my blue-legged child on the street, but what can you do? I'm actually not sure he owns a pair of long trousers of any kind that fit any more, other than a formal occasions suit.

AddictedtoCrunchies · 07/12/2022 11:37

User135792468 · 07/12/2022 11:10

Only in England do people excuse crap parenting with a “oh my child doesn’t feel the cold”. I’m sure you’re nicely wrapped up yourself. Wearing weather appropriate clothing is not a choice in our house.

It's not crap parenting, they're not robots and can adequately express their feelings! They're quite capable of being hot or cold and doing something about it.