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teenagers and rainwear

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loveschoolblazers · 16/06/2012 21:11

my kids are 13 and 15 and both go to high school, today it was raining amazingly hard and i insisted they wear their raincoats (plastic ones from poundland) and their wellies. my 13 year old didnt mind but my 15 year old said no but in the end he wore them due to me saying if he dosent he is grounded.
what is wrong with wearing raincoats and wellies?

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Bunbaker · 18/06/2012 13:12

At DD's school there is nowhere to store wet raincoats and wellies. The lockers aren't big enough and they can't carry them around school all day.

LynetteScavo · 18/06/2012 17:59

Now, when I read the OP I thought he was just informing us that his 13 and 15 yo both go to high school (unless they are HE, well yeah!), not that they were actually going to school that day....but maybe some schools in Mitcham are open on Saturday.....

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loveschoolblazers · 18/06/2012 19:11

well done it is a joke but the people who believed it u mugs!!!

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TequilaMockinBird · 18/06/2012 19:34

Hilarious Hmm

WingingItBadly · 30/06/2012 10:27

Don't despair.

I shelled out £70 on a pair of black Hunters for my 15yo son before Christmas 'against his will' (his words). After two years of snow with him refusing to allow me to buy him any, I took my life in my hands and bought them for him. To my surprise he took it quite calmly - it helped that they were black and a label! But equally he hasn't worn them either! After several years of welly rows it was a truce at least.

Until last weekend when he suddenly demanded to know where they were. My first thought was ebay (I'd had the same thought myself), but no. Cynical old me!

I had to hold onto the counter with the shock. He actually wanted to wear them! They were off to some thing in a field and his mates had turned up in wellies (£10 jobs I noted bitterly). I held on tightly and tried not to smirk or look at all pleased as he retrieved then from the depths of the cupboard and pulled them on.

He went off happily in his wellies and I took an early slug from the 'rescue remedy' in the fridge door. Same again Sunday and they now sit muddily by the back door. He is now demanding tickets for festivals so I'm anticipating a conclusive victory for me in the welly war.

Next step, geting the dd to stick to just one new pair a year!

FallenCaryatid · 30/06/2012 10:35

The majority of healthy, well-fed teenagers can take a soaking and have no ill effects other than discomfort.
So I provide mine with waterproofs and it's up to them to make the choice.

rubyrubyruby · 30/06/2012 10:37

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WingingItBadly · 30/06/2012 10:50

Maybe my ds is growing up - he had a new friend who is a strong influence on him

hottiebottie · 30/06/2012 17:21

I thought wellies would be the ultimate in cool - provided the mud plastering them is from Glastonbury or Reading, of course...Wink

Rezolution · 01/07/2012 13:13

It does them no harm to get wet. The problem is for the teachers when they have to sort out a class full of dripping, steaming (smelly?) teenagers who are too wet to settle to any kind of work for the first lesson. It does no harm but it doesn't do much good either. Depends how keen you are on making academic progress.
Mine won't wear any kind of outer wear, even though they bus in every day and have to wait for a bus home. They take an umbrella in their bag and that seems to work ok except it gets a bit damp in their bags.

WingingItBadly · 01/07/2012 15:58

I'd give up when it comes to school - peer pressure outweighs parent power!

Ds will wear wellies and coats other than to school. Ds wears a jacket (superdry) if its really cold or wet. Has recently worn his wellies. No chance of him wearing either to school though.

WingingItBadly · 01/07/2012 15:59

Sorry should read: dd will wear wellies -all the time in fact but never to school. Ds will wear a jacket

JellicleCat · 01/07/2012 19:11

Have insisted DD wears wellies to school when 8 inches of snow on the ground, but for wet weather WTF? Shock No way. I have learnt. If she wants to be wet so be it.

In winter in minus whatever temperature it is a different matter. I pointed out to her that if the car broke down she would have to walk in deep snow and she got the point.
Bet you dcs didn't arrive at school in the cheap rainwear.
My dd would have insisted her civil liberties were being infringed!

WingingItBadly · 01/07/2012 19:52

You mean the school was open with snow on the ground ?

Not round here - any excuse to close

JellicleCat · 01/07/2012 21:59

Yes WingingIt, school is frequently open when there is snow. We live in the frozen north. It rains a lot too (when it's not snowing!).

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