AIBU to not make my son wear a coat

[choosername1234]

My son is 8 (in Y4), he doesn't "feel the cold", he takes after my husband in that way. He will wear shorts all year round including to school - I've given up even buying him long school trousers
His school have said that the children can wear body warmers / gilets in the classroom as all windows will be open to help stop Covid spread. He has now taken to wearing the gilet to school instead of his coat as he says he gets too hot in the playground - he is never wearing the coat when I pick him up in the afternoon.
He has told me that a teacher has told him he has to wear a coat because it's winter. It hasn't rained during the school day for ages
We are in London where temperatures have been in double figures up to now.
So....WIBU to just let him wear the gilet rather than make him wear a coat because he doesn't need the coat?

DS (9) doesn't own any trousers at present. In the absence of school trips and scouting camps there's not even a need for an emergency pair at the moment and TBH, his long socks are probably warmer than thin school trousers anyway, but they can spent most of the day slouched at his ankles.

On days with a reliable dry forecast, I'd happy for DS to wear a gilet. DS isn't too bad with coats but we do sometimes have days where I just say my peace and let him get on with it.

The no school bags is driving me around the bend. Plus it means items are handled even more than they would be if they could be zipped into a bag and left to it.

So strange how some won't even let you bring a bag in!
Ours have book bags as normal. They still have they water bottle and reading books and spelling books and homework

My eight year old is in shorts year round, and if he ever says he's cold I know he's coming down with something or we're at minus seventeen. I pick my battles.

@Iwantacookie

We have one of these in ds2 class. We make a joke if we see his dad in trousers because hes in shorts all year round. I think once they are old enough to tell social services they arent cold your fine.

Hopefully it won't come to social services!

Going to disagree with most. The school is in loco parentis. Lots of kids are going to say “I don’t feel the cold” to deflect from the fact that they don’t actually possess a proper coat, and I think it’s important that the school is able to insist that a child is properly dressed for the cold weather. If he doesn’t want to wear it, fine. But he should take it in.

Seriously do not stress about this. As long as they have cardi in school bag and coat in their hand just leave them to it. I've found it much easier to just let my 7 yr old DD who thinks she's Elsa to just keep cold and carry on. The arguments while leaving the house are just not worth it.