To expect DD to wear her tracksuit for hockey?

[pugsandseals]

Am seriously not happy at DD being told she couldn't wear her school tracksuit for hockey yesterday. Rain was forecast for goodness sake! She came home drenched to the skin, soaking wet hair & this was 2 hours later. Woken up with a seriously snotty nose this morning, which she will no doubt pass around the whole family. If I take time off either for her or me, I don't get paid.

Would you complain to the school? There were a couple of times last year when I thought it was unreasonable to do hockey without a tracksuit at minus something daytime temperatures, but I let it go. Is now the time to kick up a fuss or am I being a helicopter parent?

How do you get a teen to do any thing they don't want to do like wear a coat yes DD I'm looking at you?

mydog you buy them one with Superdry or the girls' equivalent of 'cool'

YABU, I don't think track suits are suitable for hockey in the rain.
Rain does not cause colds btw, a virus does.

seeker

My hair is very thick. I wash it and just leaving it to dry would take about 5 hours.

But it's not "soaking wet" after two hours, is it?

And I suspect the reason teachers put a ban on taking clothes on and off is that the entire games lesson would be take-up with kids going backwards and forwards ton their games bags swapping clothes!