Parents, please check the weather and dress your children accordingly

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Anonymous wrote:Elementary age children? I don’t battle my kids on clothes. If they insist on shorts when it’s 45 they can be cold.

So unless you are talking about pk3/4 kids...well, it’s not a battle I’m fighting.

This... as long as the clothes are clean and match I don't care.

NP. We had a few kids dressed in jeans and sweatshirts today who ended up in the health room after recess because they felt nauseated/dizzy from playing in the heat. Do you care if you get a call from the health room because your kid threw up and you have to come get them?

I won't battle my kid on clothes, but I will tell him what the guidelines are (shorts vs. pants, t shirt vs. long sleeve) and he can choose whatever he wants within those guidelines.

You may not care but your lack of caring becomes just one more thing we have to deal with at school because you won't deal with it at home. --NP (and teacher)

DP. My kid learns best through natural consequences. Being too warm at recess because she didn’t want to take my suggestion on what to wear will teach far more effectively than us going a few rounds every morning will.

Stop wasting the time, attention and resources of the teachers, nursing staff, from office, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary age children? I don’t battle my kids on clothes. If they insist on shorts when it’s 45 they can be cold.

So unless you are talking about pk3/4 kids...well, it’s not a battle I’m fighting.

This... as long as the clothes are clean and match I don't care.

NP. We had a few kids dressed in jeans and sweatshirts today who ended up in the health room after recess because they felt nauseated/dizzy from playing in the heat. Do you care if you get a call from the health room because your kid threw up and you have to come get them?

I won't battle my kid on clothes, but I will tell him what the guidelines are (shorts vs. pants, t shirt vs. long sleeve) and he can choose whatever he wants within those guidelines.

You may not care but your lack of caring becomes just one more thing we have to deal with at school because you won't deal with it at home. --NP (and teacher)

DP. My kid learns best through natural consequences. Being too warm at recess because she didn’t want to take my suggestion on what to wear will teach far more effectively than us going a few rounds every morning will.

So in other words you don't feel like setting a boundary for your child because that means your child will get upset at you.

[Anonymous]

I love how all of these lazy parents claim “they don’t fight their children” when it comes to clothing. I read that, “im too lazy to be bothered with what my child is going to experience all day.” It is your job to parent them and that means directing them to seasonally appropriate clothing. If they were fully developed, rational beings they wouldn’t need us.

[Anonymous]

Parenting them doesn't mean controlling them. It means teaching them to make good decisions. If they insist on sweatpants, and are hot, they probably won't do it again.

Whereas telling them what to wear every day means kids who can't make good decisions because they've never been empowered to make any that matter.

So you go ahead and call people lazy. Good luck when your child rebels against all of your controlling ways.

[Anonymous]

Wow. I’m surprised this is a controversial request! And I’m equally surprised at the number of people who can’t handle the most basic of parenting tasks.

Have you really lost control to the point where you can’t even get your kid to wear weather appropriate clothing? Really? You’re mad that a teacher is requesting no sweaters on 90 degree days???

You guys need some parenting classes. Getting your kid dressed in the morning shouldn’t be a battle. Not even close. Get help guys. It’s not supposed to be this hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. I’m surprised this is a controversial request! And I’m equally surprised at the number of people who can’t handle the most basic of parenting tasks.

Have you really lost control to the point where you can’t even get your kid to wear weather appropriate clothing? Really? You’re mad that a teacher is requesting no sweaters on 90 degree days???

You guys need some parenting classes. Getting your kid dressed in the morning shouldn’t be a battle. Not even close. Get help guys. It’s not supposed to be this hard.

The voice of reason. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary age children? I don’t battle my kids on clothes. If they insist on shorts when it’s 45 they can be cold.

So unless you are talking about pk3/4 kids...well, it’s not a battle I’m fighting.

This... as long as the clothes are clean and match I don't care.

NP. We had a few kids dressed in jeans and sweatshirts today who ended up in the health room after recess because they felt nauseated/dizzy from playing in the heat. Do you care if you get a call from the health room because your kid threw up and you have to come get them?

I won't battle my kid on clothes, but I will tell him what the guidelines are (shorts vs. pants, t shirt vs. long sleeve) and he can choose whatever he wants within those guidelines.

You may not care but your lack of caring becomes just one more thing we have to deal with at school because you won't deal with it at home. --NP (and teacher)

I would love for our health room to call us. Not an issue and we'd be right over. They've only called us once in several years and I was there within 5 minutes. My kid was bleeding in a place they should not have been and the teacher emailed me at 5 PM telling me (even though I asked her to send the child home if it happened so we could go to the doctor again). I am far from uncaring. If anything, we lucky if the teacher or her sub shows up most days. I heavily supplement at home because of it. Our teachers don't care at all and the kids spend all day on the computers playing games.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. I’m surprised this is a controversial request! And I’m equally surprised at the number of people who can’t handle the most basic of parenting tasks.

Have you really lost control to the point where you can’t even get your kid to wear weather appropriate clothing? Really? You’re mad that a teacher is requesting no sweaters on 90 degree days???

You guys need some parenting classes. Getting your kid dressed in the morning shouldn’t be a battle. Not even close. Get help guys. It’s not supposed to be this hard.

We were at once school for several years that insisted kids wear pants to school as they had a blacktop and kids fall. Made sense to me. So, my kid often does out of safety. There are reasons to wear pants and cover up (including some kids are sensitive to the sun).

[Anonymous]

OP sounds like a teacher. Shouldn't you be writing the parents of your students, not DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary age children? I don’t battle my kids on clothes. If they insist on shorts when it’s 45 they can be cold.

So unless you are talking about pk3/4 kids...well, it’s not a battle I’m fighting.

This... as long as the clothes are clean and match I don't care.

NP. We had a few kids dressed in jeans and sweatshirts today who ended up in the health room after recess because they felt nauseated/dizzy from playing in the heat. Do you care if you get a call from the health room because your kid threw up and you have to come get them?

I won't battle my kid on clothes, but I will tell him what the guidelines are (shorts vs. pants, t shirt vs. long sleeve) and he can choose whatever he wants within those guidelines.

You may not care but your lack of caring becomes just one more thing we have to deal with at school because you won't deal with it at home. --NP (and teacher)

I would love for our health room to call us. Not an issue and we'd be right over. They've only called us once in several years and I was there within 5 minutes. My kid was bleeding in a place they should not have been and the teacher emailed me at 5 PM telling me (even though I asked her to send the child home if it happened so we could go to the doctor again). I am far from uncaring. If anything, we lucky if the teacher or her sub shows up most days. I heavily supplement at home because of it. Our teachers don't care at all and the kids spend all day on the computers playing games.

Wow, what does it say about you that you keep sending your child there?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You don't have to fight them, just put the winter clothes away. They can pick from anything that's in reach, and sweatpants are not it.

Natural consequences doesn't mean heat stroke.

That might work for summer, but the temps are still swinging too much for that. It will be in the 50s when DC leaves for the bus tomorrow.

Seriously, a couple days ago it was highs of 50 for the day. Believe it or not, I haven’t put away the winter stuff in the intervening 4 days.

They are indoors at school. A light jacket will be sufficient. Put the winter clothes away and keep out 1-2 pairs of pants and a few light jackets. It was warm this morning and hot during both recesses. Plus when they were at lunch and P.E.

Are thee kids wearing jackets and sweatshirts with nothing underneath? Why can't they just take them off?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had kids wearing sweatpants and sweatshirts today and some even had coats on. It was nearly 90. The kids were sweating and red faced. They were so uncomfortable. If it’s hot, please dress them in a T-shirt at least, and shorts, if possible. The ac in the classroom may not be working.

Oh eff right off!

My DC insisted on wearing long sleeves. We went back and forth 3 times about that fact that the weather would he very hot today, like yesterday. DC said they are wearing the long sleeves.

Parenting is about letting kids learn by experiences some times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love how all of these lazy parents claim “they don’t fight their children” when it comes to clothing. I read that, “im too lazy to be bothered with what my child is going to experience all day.” It is your job to parent them and that means directing them to seasonally appropriate clothing. If they were fully developed, rational beings they wouldn’t need us.

They will keep needing you if you make every decision for them. And then they will have anxiety because you raised them to believe they can't make their own decisions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You don't have to fight them, just put the winter clothes away. They can pick from anything that's in reach, and sweatpants are not it.

Natural consequences doesn't mean heat stroke.

That might work for summer, but the temps are still swinging too much for that. It will be in the 50s when DC leaves for the bus tomorrow.

Seriously, a couple days ago it was highs of 50 for the day. Believe it or not, I haven’t put away the winter stuff in the intervening 4 days.

They are indoors at school. A light jacket will be sufficient. Put the winter clothes away and keep out 1-2 pairs of pants and a few light jackets. It was warm this morning and hot during both recesses. Plus when they were at lunch and P.E.

Are thee kids wearing jackets and sweatshirts with nothing underneath? Why can't they just take them off?

And given that some of them even had coats on I’m extra surprised these children were wearing coats with nothing underneath

But maybe I need a parenting class since I don’t care if my kids bring coats to school even on days that will get up to 90.

[Anonymous]

I’m a teacher and instead of lecturing parents on clothes, I’d rather all of you buy deodorant for your kids. Many need it sooner than you think.

I understand. Kids are odd. They wore shorts all winter now they want to wear pants and long sleeves. My own DS insisted on summer clothes when it was freezing now he wants to wear his favorite hoodie every day. Fine, but he’s wearing deodorant. Yes, he’s in elementary school and needs it.