“Mom/Dad says it’s too cold to play outside right now” .. what temperatures do you allow kids out to play?

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Anonymous wrote:Plenty of fit, thin kids don’t like to go outside when it’s very cold or hot. It’s weird that OP and others are trying to make it some moral virtue like we are in an LLBean commercial or something. We have neighbor kids to our house all the time indoors, and vice versa.

Op here. The issue with indoor play is that it becomes tablets and devices and not every child has one, so Billy, Bobby, Jackie and Jason all come over and start on Roblox but Leslie who comes over too, doesn’t have a device and then inevitably someone looks up something another child isn’t allowed to and it becomes an issue of policing what other peoples children are watching online. I stray from indoor play. I feel like I can’t see what your kid is looking up online and I don’t know what you allow or don’t allow and calling parents every few minutes to check on Jeff the Killer or the pencil nose character is annoying on both ends. Easier to just avoid it to be safe.

Right. So as I said in the beginning it is an inconvenience to you that other parents don’t force their kids outside to play with yours in the cold. This is the only reason you care. If it was just for the “health” of it, you would send your kids out alone and not worry about others.

Op here. I shared before that I do send my kids out alone. I posted because I was surprised that more families do not. My kids still while playing outside together stop by other homes to see if other kids want to join them. I see that as a nice thing to do.

People parent differently. News at 11.

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Anonymous wrote:Such little snowflakes can’t play in 40 degree weather. SAD!

Maybe ask yourself why you feel the need to constantly send your children outside away from you? I work at an ES, so I know exactly which kids are sent outside to “go play” away from Mom.

Volunteering to hover over your kid in the cafeteria doesn’t count as “working” at an ES.

Not even close. I work there full time for pay.

And yet you have time to poll each and every kid to know exactly which ones are allowed to play outside after school?

Jesus, no wonder Johnny can’t read.

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Anonymous wrote:Such little snowflakes can’t play in 40 degree weather. SAD!

Maybe ask yourself why you feel the need to constantly send your children outside away from you? I work at an ES, so I know exactly which kids are sent outside to “go play” away from Mom.

Or ask yourself why you need your kid close to you at all times? Why they can't have a bit of independence?

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Anonymous wrote:40 degrees isn’t heavy coat and hot chocolate weather. Are you all serious? Have some of you ever even seen snow?

This could be at least part of the difference. People's tolerance for winter weather will be different if they've never lived in cold (sub zero) temperatures. People all around have to function in very cold weather, and so do their children. People who haven't lived with it can't fathom the reality.

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If it's sunny and not windy my kids will play outside when it's in the 30's. We have a very nice fenced in back yard and they love to play with our dog and run around. When it gets too cold they just come in. It's up to them, not me, in terms of going out.

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Anonymous wrote:Such little snowflakes can’t play in 40 degree weather. SAD!

Maybe ask yourself why you feel the need to constantly send your children outside away from you? I work at an ES, so I know exactly which kids are sent outside to “go play” away from Mom.

I don’t believe you are a teacher.

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Anonymous wrote:Such little snowflakes can’t play in 40 degree weather. SAD!

Maybe ask yourself why you feel the need to constantly send your children outside away from you? I work at an ES, so I know exactly which kids are sent outside to “go play” away from Mom.

Or ask yourself why you need your kid close to you at all times? Why they can't have a bit of independence?

I don't need this. They are allowed to go outside in the bitter cold. They choose not to. Too bad OP's kids don't have that agency.

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Anonymous wrote:Plenty of fit, thin kids don’t like to go outside when it’s very cold or hot. It’s weird that OP and others are trying to make it some moral virtue like we are in an LLBean commercial or something. We have neighbor kids to our house all the time indoors, and vice versa.

Op here. The issue with indoor play is that it becomes tablets and devices and not every child has one, so Billy, Bobby, Jackie and Jason all come over and start on Roblox but Leslie who comes over too, doesn’t have a device and then inevitably someone looks up something another child isn’t allowed to and it becomes an issue of policing what other peoples children are watching online. I stray from indoor play. I feel like I can’t see what your kid is looking up online and I don’t know what you allow or don’t allow and calling parents every few minutes to check on Jeff the Killer or the pencil nose character is annoying on both ends. Easier to just avoid it to be safe.

You can tell the kids to put away their devices in your house. If the kids are bringing their devices over to play, they're bringing them outside too, and then no one is watching what your kid and friends are looking up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Plenty of fit, thin kids don’t like to go outside when it’s very cold or hot. It’s weird that OP and others are trying to make it some moral virtue like we are in an LLBean commercial or something. We have neighbor kids to our house all the time indoors, and vice versa.

Op here. The issue with indoor play is that it becomes tablets and devices and not every child has one, so Billy, Bobby, Jackie and Jason all come over and start on Roblox but Leslie who comes over too, doesn’t have a device and then inevitably someone looks up something another child isn’t allowed to and it becomes an issue of policing what other peoples children are watching online. I stray from indoor play. I feel like I can’t see what your kid is looking up online and I don’t know what you allow or don’t allow and calling parents every few minutes to check on Jeff the Killer or the pencil nose character is annoying on both ends. Easier to just avoid it to be safe.

You can tell the kids to put away their devices in your house. If the kids are bringing their devices over to play, they're bringing them outside too, and then no one is watching what your kid and friends are looking up.

Op here. This is the funny part. When you ask them to put them away, magically everyone would rather go outside. I do notice no devices seem to make it outdoors as they run across yards or kick soccer balls, footballs, boomerangs, sometimes frisbees are out. Lots of tag and freeze tag so I suppose it’s why no one brings devices outside. I’m surprised more do not bring devices out but so far, maybe two times has a kid brought out a device and when that happens all of the kids took turns using it but it seemed they were over it quicker than when they bring them over inside to the houses.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry your free childcare is gone OP. My kids don’t like the cold.

Op here. None of the parents were outside, just the kids. 6-13 year olds in elementary and middle school.

Do your kids play at recess?

I’m curious, do many kids not like cold weather?

We are in the DMV, not too cold not too snowy in these months either.

Your kids were still out of your hair and now their entertainment is gone. I’m in the DMV and no my kids don’t want to play outside when it’s 40. Do you let the neighbors play inside your home?

My child (7) still plays outside but bundles up. The issue is it gets dark early and he now gets more homework. He had 3-5 neighbor kids who would come over with their bikes and play in the various yards until it was almost dark then go home for homework, and dinner. Now I invite the kids over during the week, but usually parents say no because it's dark/dinner/homework.

Also before dumb daylight savings, kids would walk/bike home on their own (I would text a heads up they were leaving), but now since it's dark I have to walk them back or a parent picks them up. Weekends they still hang out, but I have seen the majority don't want to play outside as much anymore. My child loves being outside (I don't project this on him, I don't like the cold).

My kid always wants to play outside, but many of the neighbor kids don't when it is cold. Many are still wearing shorts ?

The other neighborhood kids also all have video games (we do not), so when they are at those houses they get put in front of screens. I don't mind if a parent asks or if it is for some of the playtime, but 99% of the time every other playdate that is inside at these other homes revolve around some type of screen. We don't do that unless we specifically say "movie night" or we are watching them for more than 4 hours then sometimes they can watch, but I usually text and confirm. We also only use iPads on long car rides not as a form of child care daily.

We buy those flying airplanes, boomerangs, laser guns, archery, and all sorts of outside toys so the kids can have fun activities outside. You could always buy some things so the kids will run around in your yard and text a couple of the parents and see if the kids want to play in your yard for a bit after school?

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Anonymous wrote:Plenty of fit, thin kids don’t like to go outside when it’s very cold or hot. It’s weird that OP and others are trying to make it some moral virtue like we are in an LLBean commercial or something. We have neighbor kids to our house all the time indoors, and vice versa.

Op here. The issue with indoor play is that it becomes tablets and devices and not every child has one, so Billy, Bobby, Jackie and Jason all come over and start on Roblox but Leslie who comes over too, doesn’t have a device and then inevitably someone looks up something another child isn’t allowed to and it becomes an issue of policing what other peoples children are watching online. I stray from indoor play. I feel like I can’t see what your kid is looking up online and I don’t know what you allow or don’t allow and calling parents every few minutes to check on Jeff the Killer or the pencil nose character is annoying on both ends. Easier to just avoid it to be safe.

You can tell the kids to put away their devices in your house. If the kids are bringing their devices over to play, they're bringing them outside too, and then no one is watching what your kid and friends are looking up.

So many parents don't have parental controls on anything. My child went to a friend's house and came home terrified because the child put on an R horror film. There was no supervisions whatsoever and no parents controls on the devices. It is not THAT hard.

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No such thing as bad weather just inappropriate clothing.

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It's fine. Just dress them warmly. Outdoor play is important.

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Its so healthy for kids to play outside. I truly believe its never too cold for them to run around!

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Anonymous wrote:There is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.

For poor families, lack of winter clothes might be an issue. It ought not be for other folks.

Says you. A lot of people don’t want to tromp around raincoats and boots. And that’s fine. We have shelter now. And heat. Lucky us.

And that’s why your ass is like cottage cheese

Just gonna say, my ass has been like cottage cheese since I hit puberty at 12. I’ve never been fat. Even when pre-kids I had defined abs and weighed 112, I had a cottage cheese ass. Cottage cheese ass is genetic. Misogyny is evergreen.