to get angry at parents who don't put their children in coats when its cold!

[Cezzy]

Going to school, parents all dressed up in warm clothes, coats etc but their children are just in a school fleece. Sorry but it's bloody cold in the mornings and the wind blows right across the playground from the fields so it feels even colder, it's not as if you have to pay a lot for a warm coat nowadays (for £16 I got a bundle with warm coat, 2 shirts and trousers). It really makes my blood boil to see these kids all hunched up and cold. So maybe they don't want one leaving the house, getting into the car etc but they still go out playtimes and lunchtimes. My children don't always want to wear one but I insist and usually they are glad they have them once we get out. Rant over, thank you.

[Chestnutx3]

YABU

I really hate seeing children wearing jumpers, padded jackets, hats, scarfs and gloves and its 12 degrees not -12. Kids sweating and can hardly move - that is child cruelty.

Listening to your children rather than dictating to them how they feel may be helpful but your opinion is not uncommon. Do you want to come round and have a lovely chat with my MIL you would get on well.

[LizzieMo]

My DD has sensory problems, most clothes are sent by the devil himself just to itch & irritate her as far as she is concerned. Just getting the uniform on and putting her shoes on is tricky enough. She has a lovely coat which sometimes she will wear, other times it is the most irritating & annoying garment in the known world and she will not put it on. Ditto gloves & hats. I always take her coat with me, but I let her chose if the coldness she feels is worse than the itchiness she feels. Incidentally, I would love it if she would just put her clothes and then her coat on in the morning without a fuss, as most children do. But the reality for us is different and that can be exhausting for the whole family. But don't stop to consider that there might be a good reason for the uncoatage, whilst you are busy looking down your nose at us.

[GypsyMoth]

Well op didn't stick around long?!!

[Hungrydragon]

Yeah Hully I told dd that at the time about her behaviour, but she still kept undressing

[JosieRosie]

'I think the OP has a point and so unnecessary when people express opinions on here and the reactions are 'wind your neck in ' who do you think you are ....?' Judgey pants ' etc'

What dustwhatdust said

[MrsStephenFry]

Get. A. Life.

[LittleMissWoodscommaElle]

Ds is still in his blazer (he left his school fleece at school on Friday when I don;t dopick up.

Besides you are supposed to wear lots of thin lyers when it is cold to keep warm not necessarily thick coats.

So when ds wears a vest, shrt, jumper and fleece with h is actually warmer (and boy he sweats for a 7 year old) than when he wears what some would call a winter coat. Those fleeces are pretty snug, I wear something similar myself some days.

The pastcoupe of days he hasn;t even wanted his jumpe onm he takes it off and puts it in his school bag becasue he gets too hot.

[Hullygully]

sorry MissHungry - obv I meant the op...

[IdjustassoonkissaZombie]

My son kept dragging his shoes along the pavement today, whilst in his buggy, despite repeatedly asking him not to (he's very tall for a 2 year old ) so I took them off and his socks, and he soon stopped. Bet I got a few cats bum mouths It was the quickest way I could think of to get the message across whilst in hurry.

He also was too hot and having too much fun for a big coat today at DD's school drop off (although I did have it with me) but he had layers on. So YABU imo

[bishboschone]

My dd is ht all the time..has always hated her coat , she is now nearly 8 and can decide for herself if she is hot or cold. I always out her a coat in her rucksack but I don't think it gets worn. Stop being a wooly woofter..we walk to school it's a long way and by half way I am stripping off. Why be so judgey??

[TheLittleFriend]

my 2yr old dd went to playgroup in a fleece earlier and felt toasty & warm when we got there. Her only complaint was "windy hair"!

[naturalbaby]

i've just been reading bits of parenting advice to help me deal with a v.strong willed child:
pick your battles, explain the outcome, do not try to bend your child to your will, they are independent human beings with their own minds. therefore explain why they should wear a coat, if they refuse then take it with.

[manticlimactic]

Anyone got any tips to make a grumpy 15yo goth-ish teen wear a coat? Been looking for weeks for something she likes. She won't wear the duffle type , no fur on hoods, doesn't really like hoods full stop, nothing that makes her look fat never mind that's she's like a twig. She just doesn'get it that a zip up hoody (yeah yeah I get the irony - she doesn't) won't keep her warm OR dry.

[ln1981]

think YABU OP.
I was telling my mum the other day about my three and how its a battle to get them in the right clothes for the weather, never mind putting a coat in (am in Scotland, and it has all of a sudden become very chilly!! Brrr!!). Last winter, when we had a few feet of snow, they regularly came tearing out of the school in shirt sleeves. Anyways, she just laughed at me- as apparently I was just the same!! I really dont think kids feel the cold that much, and dont even get me started on bloody gloves...

[mrsruffallo]

What about leaves? They make my blood boil, fluttering around onto the ground. And the wind. Makes my blood boil.

[dustwhatdust]

what is wrong with judging ?
I think the culture in today's society that you must never judge is totally misguided .
Why is this discussion 'moronic bollocks ' ?
What i think is facile, is comments like that !

[usualsuspect]

My teenage ds hasn't worn a coat for the last 10 years ,in fact I gave up buying coats for him

Judge me

[CroissantNeuf]

I stood in the playground with some other Mums of 6/7 yr old DSs this morning discussing how and why our sons don't wear coats or even fleeces.

As parents we'd all said "wear a coat" but the children all declined. Some of us had even carried the coat with us hoping their DC would see sense but no such luck.

Other than force them into it and somehow make it so they can't remove it, I don't see what we can do other than wait for the temperature to drop a few more degrees and let them decide for themselves that its coat weather.

[sallymonella]

YABU

Really, who cares? One of mine was out building a snowman in flip flops last year. Obviously I told him to put his boots on, but he refused, and so i left him to it; afterall, he's in the best position to judge whether or not he's cold.

[SpringHeeledJack]

hahahahahahaaaaa

for years I have seen mums chasing after their dcs brandishing coats/hats/gloves etc

kids loathe 'em

oh, and YABU. Mind yer own fucking business!

[mrsruffallo]

It's moronic bollocks because the OP thinks she knows better than all these terrible parents who don't do things they way that she thinks they should. Lots of us have explained why our children don't wear coats, and that we don't even consider it particularly cold. But she prefers a catsbum approach to life, thatis bad for your looks and even worse for your mind.

[WoTmania]

manticlimactic 'The Crow* style long black leather jacket?

[Hullygully]

[TipOfTheSlung]

My first fight would be getting ds2 into something more sensible than a pair of shorts and thin t-shirt for playing in the garden after school

coats meh

walked into town this morning with ds3 and he refused to wear his coat. He was snug as a bug but then I was wearing a vest top and a thin jumper too and I was fine

[TipOfTheSlung]

the word nesh springs to mind