Does your kid still use an umbrella ?

[Anonymous]

17y did this morning. It is a long walk from student parking to the school.

[Anonymous]

Still? Neither of mine (boy, girl) ever did.

[Anonymous]

My twin 6th graders both use umbrellas and prefer them to raincoats. They only use raincoats when we are going out hiking in the rain because it is inconvenient to use an umbrella.

They both keep an umbrella in their backpack along with a plastic bag. When it's wet, the put the umbrella in the plastic bag and toss it back into the backpack. When they come home, they open the umbrella in the garage and put them on the car hood to dry (we all do that with our umbrellas).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids will take one if I hand it to them (as I did this AM when it was a downpour as they left for the bus). The oldest and youngest dutifully stick the wet umbrellas in an outer pocket of their backpacks and have no issues with them getting other things wet and manage to use the same umbrella for months or years.

The middle child never ever brings his umbrella back home. He apparently thinks its disposable, which is why we told him that today is his last umbrella. He can get wet or buy future umbrellas with his own money.

This line made me LOL, sorry. "Your last umbrella" sounds like a good name for a band.
FWIW, my high schooler won't be caught dead with an umbrella either, beats me why. What's so cool about sitting all day in wet and wet-smelling clothes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My twin 6th graders both use umbrellas and prefer them to raincoats. They only use raincoats when we are going out hiking in the rain because it is inconvenient to use an umbrella.

They both keep an umbrella in their backpack along with a plastic bag. When it's wet, the put the umbrella in the plastic bag and toss it back into the backpack. When they come home, they open the umbrella in the garage and put them on the car hood to dry (we all do that with our umbrellas).

Enjoy it while it lasts because it won't for long!