Aibu to feel sorry for these school girls?

[greeneyedlulu]

It's freezing out, snowing in fact, and so many girls out and about with just socks and skirts (and the rest of their clothes) but my God, aren't they cold?
Every morning I walk past the local primary school on the way to the station and see these young girls and they look so cold. I just wonder why they don't have those thick tights or trousers on?
I honestly do feel sorry for them and want to give them a hot chocolate and a blanket!!
Is it just me?

You could give them a hot chocolate and blanket but if they're anything like my tights/trousers refusing children they'd sneer at you and accuse you of being 'untrendy' and 'trying to ruin their entire lives'.

DD is 8 and does not want to wear tights or trousers. To be fair to get she's a difficult shape so they never fit well but she's very clear about it. I could force her to but really, it's not worth it. She'd bite your hand off for the hot chocolate though!

DD14 walks to school every day in thin blouse, rolled up skirt + unbuttoned blazer. Won't wear coat / hat / scarf / gloves however cold it is. Her only concession when it's really cold is to wear tights instead of trainer socks.
I've given up fighting with her about it but can't understand how she does it - brrrr!!!

I spend half my life arguing with my teenager about whether or not she's going to wear weather-appropriate clothing. She says it's untrendy (with a sneer). I say hypothermia is more untrendy. She says she doesn't feel the cold.

Int he end she always leaves the house in weather-appropriate clothing. And comes home with it in her bag. I suspect she takes it off round the corner from home on her way to school.

Lots of the boys here are in shorts because they just prefer them to trousers, even in the cold. I think I remember being similar as a child! DD (secondary school) just will not wear a coat over her blazer 🙄

You cam feel sorry for them all you like but spare some sympathy for their mothers.

My DD refused coat, gloves, hat and tights thos morning. Shes 12 and forcing her into them.would not be easy!! She agreed to wear a jumper "just to shut you up mum". I put coat, gloves, scarf, hat in car but DP says she point blank refused to take anything but the scarf... grrr

I hate cold mornings they seem to be a battle zone.... DS on the other hand is 5 amd looked very sweet in duffle coat, hat, scarf and gloves!!

We managed. Have we had a sudden return to the ice age or something?

It will be their decision. They could wear tights and possibly trousers but choose to freeze.

I eventually won the coat battle in a fashion by taking her to the beach in the snow. She relented and reluctantly allowed me to buy her a £120 SuperDry coat, which she will only wear if there is actual snow on the ground

I remember thinking grown-ups were crazy when they kept on about coats. I don't think children register the cold like us.

You should have seen the look I got when I suggested that dd might need a coat today, though she conceded and put a hat on.

Yavu to feel sorry for them as you don’t know the facts. You don’t know whether they have tights and trousers at home that they refuse to wear.

Now if you’d said, ‘these girls are crazy, no tights / trousers and it’s freezing out there’ then that would be fine and I’d totally agree with you.

You'd hate our school. The boys wear shorts year round until y3!

Haha I'm obviously so out of touch with the youth of today!! I'll keep the hot chocolate and blankets then and save the sympathy for the mothers!!

Your idea might work on my 3 year old though. Will try it later ...

Alright devil... calm down

My friend’s grandmother used to say to her (when she was a stubborn teenager) “your vanity will keep you warm”

It is not cool to be cosy, warm and dressed for the winter

My ds is begging for shorts as well.

Is it because they are only supposed to wear a limited choice of uniform coats/jackets?

It's not a thing here at all (no uniform).

Even teens would rather look stupid than be cold!

Why or why did I waste #90 of my hard earned cash to buy the most lovely gorgeous warm coat for my dd, only for her to refuse to wear it point blank. -5c to day and I found the coat hidden and buried and she ran out with just a jumper on and opaque tights I just don't get it.

teens would rather be cold trust me

No one in my primary school wore tights. Ever. No matter his cold it was, I went to school in a skirt and ankle socks. I don’t remember being in the least bit bothered by it either.

These days I’d be bundled up like I’m going on an Antarctic expedition and still complaining that I’m cold.

Maybe the bare-legged girls will look back and wonder how they braved the elements too.

I remember primary school taking me to one side and mentioning, very casually, that there were lots of coats in Lost Property if I wanted to buy one at very low cost, since I was obviously struggling financially...

Actually, I was, but mostly because I kept buying the little buggers expensive coats that they would NEVER EVER WEAR!

One daughter actually waded into the sea and swam off during an October half term beach visit. Sigh. They don't feel the cold.

It is not about style of coats, it is the refusal to wear one at all, so that they looked edgy and unloved and down with the hood. Not the loved and cared for teens they are. It is all about their credibility. They styled it out in -6c snow conditions with no coat bruv. Every teen today rocked up the same, no coat with or without even a jumper.

DS1 has always been an odd teenager. He’s never seen without a coat, whether he needs one or not.