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To ask WHY there are little girls with bare legs and ankle socks in this weather ?

201 replies

BlahBlahYeahYeah · 11/12/2014 22:39

Are you the owner of one of these amazingly resilient (possibly frozen) little girls, sporting bare legs and ankle socks in Mary Jane type shoes in this weather?

Can someone PLEASE explain this mystery to me, because I just cannot get my head round it.

As a parent to a school age dd and toddler dd, I couldn't contemplate bare legs in this weather for either of them.

Are these parents BU? Or am I??

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Trumpton · 12/12/2014 07:09

Amrapaali

Primark do fleece lined leggings for adults and micro fleece line tights as well. Toasty !

GreenEyedMonster14 · 12/12/2014 07:11

My 17 month old will take his shoes and socks off and blanket. I force put them back on but he will be taking the first shoe off before I've even finished putting the second on.

So I have up with shoes and made sure his blanket was tucked up under his feet but he kicks that off after 5/10 minutes and WILL NOT have it back on. He will kicks it back off the secon I put it back on him.

So what am I supposed to do? Stop every 5 seconds to replace his blanket? I'd be late for nursery if I did that. I've tried a cosy toes but he just kicks it down and lays his legs on top of it.

So now he wears his baby grow pjs on the school run so that at least his feet are covered. I get judgy looks every day but there's not much I can do about that. DD on the other hand has leggings, hat, scalf, gloves, mittens.

DoIknowitschristmas · 12/12/2014 07:18

We are a household where there are major tantrums in the morning over tights. My dd hates them. Some mornings I am not up for the battle and off she walks to school in bare legs and ankle socks.

meglet · 12/12/2014 07:21

I'm shocked there are schools where girls aren't allowed to wear trousers Sad.

DD has been known to tramp along without a coat in the winter, but it's usually because she's got winter boots and trousers keeping her toasty on her bottom half.

WhoKnowsWhereTheMistletoes · 12/12/2014 07:22

Same reason quite a few boys wear shorts year round, they just don't feel the cold.

Rosa · 12/12/2014 07:23

Green eyed monster socks Under tights trousers on top ....or socks under baby grow jamas if its warmer.

TimelyNameChangey · 12/12/2014 07:26

Rosa can you even imagine how uncomfortable that would be!?

Mehitabel6 · 12/12/2014 07:29

I am surprised that children let their parents dress them in socks, tights and trousers - must be very uncomfortable! It must be hard having a mother who feels the cold if you don't!

NobodyLivesHere · 12/12/2014 07:32

In my daughters case it's because she chooses too and I can't be arsed to argue about it.

NobodyLivesHere · 12/12/2014 07:34

I have children who point blank refused hats and gloves as toddlers. None of them died.

Frusso · 12/12/2014 07:36

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thewalrus · 12/12/2014 07:39

Our school uniform is shorts year round and no tights (school suggests they wear joggers for school/playtime if get cold - part of rationale is that it is always warm inside school).
I thought it sounded barbaric and was quite prepared to overrule the rule as soon as they complained. Kids have racked up 6 years at school between them and they never have! I think it's strange, but can only conclude they don't feel the cold like me!

GhoulWithADragonTattoo · 12/12/2014 08:20

My DC's school is skirts / dresses for girls and shorts for boys whatever the weather. There are joggers in PE kit but no kid ever puts them on themselves. My DD hates tights so both my 2 are in long socks which do generally fall down and shorts / skirt. We have tights for DD and I do generally offer them but I'm not in the business of forcing her if she's not actually feeling cold. The school is local state school so not private.

ohtheholidays · 12/12/2014 08:22

Because our youngest DD7 is disabled,she finds trousers uncomfortable and she can't cope with tights bless her.She goes to school by car(we live to far away to walk)and is picked up in the car also.

She does have a polo shirt,cardigan and a warm winter coat,gloves,a hat and scarf for playtime.

Songofsixpence · 12/12/2014 08:41

My DD2 refuses point blank to wear tights, trousers and long socks.

She has sensory issues and hates things on her legs - too "spikey"

Occasionally, I can convince her to wear her school trousers, but not very often.

The school run is 5 minutes tops, the inevitable meltdown if I insist on tights/trousers just isn't worth it. 99% of the time she's coatless as well when she comes out of school. She insists she's not cold, and if you feel her hands they're toasty warm (even if I'm shivering and my lips are blue) so I let her get on with it.

LittleBoxes · 12/12/2014 08:45

DD (8) refuses to wear tights on PE days, because she has trouble putting them back on and they lose their break if they take too long getting dressed. It's a 'pick your battles' thing - slightly cold purple legs is not a huge deal. She wears tights every other day.

DeWee · 12/12/2014 08:54

Well, my girls are wearing trousers at present... but my ds is wearing short socks and shorts by his own choice. he may choose to go into trousers if it goes below freezing, but he generally doesn't. If the school allowed it, he would probably be wearing sandals too.

lacksdirection · 12/12/2014 08:57

DD wears little ankle socks, has bare legs and a short school skirt. She also wears a polo shirt.
Yesterday, she left my house without a coat too, to walk to the taxi parked outside my house to take her to school.
She has tights which she refuses to wear despite my best efforts.

She is 6 and has PDA. There are battles that really aren't worth having imo and she will learn far quicker by herself that tights are warmer than socks.
She is not outside for more than 10 minutes per day during school hours.
I hope people do not look at her and pity her. She is coping the best she can with the hand life has dealt her. To force her to wear tights against her will would cause untold anguish for her and immeasurable stress for me.
I pick my battles.

bottleofbeer · 12/12/2014 09:05

Not ankle socks but mine continues to wear socks as she has eczema up the back of her legs and tights irritate it.

Chunderella · 12/12/2014 09:05

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sallysimpson · 12/12/2014 09:08

I have come to the conclusion that children don't feel the cold! My DD goes to school in tights and a vest because I make her- she has no choice! But she always comes out of school with either no coat on or it undone, gloves and scarf shoved in her book bag then complains she's too hot when I make her put them on for the walk home!

TimelyNameChangey · 12/12/2014 09:10

One of mine won't even wear a coat half of the time and I simply refuse to chase her and tell her off in the playground.

I see other Mothers getting all worked up....we don't live in Antarctica. They won't get frostbite in 15 minutes.

Tykeisagirl · 12/12/2014 09:12

At DDs school it seems to mostly be the "big" girls, y5&6 who have bare legs so I'm guessing with them it's fashion/too grown up for tights thing going on. The school is pretty relaxed about uniform though, leggings under skirts are fine as long as they're in the same colour as the skirt (ie navy blue) and I would have thought leggings are a good compromise between keeping warm and not wearing something "babyish". Or they could just wear trousers.

TimelyNameChangey · 12/12/2014 09:17

How are tights babyish? All the year 6 girls wear them at my DC school and the high school girls do too!

CowboyJoeFromMexico · 12/12/2014 09:20

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