Did anyone listen to or look out their window today? Why is your son in shorts and a sweatshirt?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Tween/teen boys are not middle aged women. Their bodies are heaters and they simply do not get cold like we do.

My own kids have been known to wear shorts and a light jacket on sub zero days. Drives me nuts.

Although, I dunno. They appear to be suffering from hot flashes ...

It's called a high metabolism. Their bodies stay warm. If they bundled themselves up as you would like to see them bundled up they would feel sweaty, hot and uncomfortable.

A tween/teen boy is old enough to dress himself and he is old enough to figure out if he needs to wear pants or feels fine in shorts. It is strange that you don't appear to trust your own son to figure this stuff out for himself. I am going to guess that your own children are under the age of 10.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh. my. God. I thought DCUMers believed in science. It’s like I am stuck in a Pentecostal nightmare on this thread.

At least five posters have said being cold makes children ill. What the bloody hell.

Doesn't your body have to fight to bring it up to "body temperature"?

Any physicians here?

[Anonymous]

Some of the holier than thou parents on this thread are going to be in for a mighty rude awakening when their own kids hit the teenage years. You will find that your children not only dress themselves, they decide what they will eat, they will choose their own friends and they will select their own music/books/interests.

Just you wait.

[Anonymous]

My boy hasn’t worn his winter coat once this year. Sweatshirt everyday. My girl always bundled up with coat, gloves, and boots. Both are over 10.

[Anonymous]

I'll take this thread to another level.

Why are millennial women wearing ballet flats and bare legs in December/January/February? Seems to be 'the look' among a certain demographic; their legs are purple and their noses are red, but they persevere.
I guess you will now say that they are hot rather than cold, but the way they look just doesn't support this theory. I was driving down Massachusetts Ave the other morning and saw this bare-legged 20-something shivering at the bus stop. She looked like she needed a shot of whiskey to warm herself from within!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll take this thread to another level.

Why are millennial women wearing ballet flats and bare legs in December/January/February? Seems to be 'the look' among a certain demographic; their legs are purple and their noses are red, but they persevere.
I guess you will now say that they are hot rather than cold, but the way they look just doesn't support this theory. I was driving down Massachusetts Ave the other morning and saw this bare-legged 20-something shivering at the bus stop. She looked like she needed a shot of whiskey to warm herself from within!

Fashion, baby. They are slaves to fashion.

Tween/teen boys..not so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because this is the easiest natural consequence ever! They won’t die, and if they are cold they’ll take a jacket next time. Get over yourself.

Yup. Natural consequences, learning from your own mistakes, all good life lessons and not mine to learn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tween/teen boys are not middle aged women. Their bodies are heaters and they simply do not get cold like we do.

My own kids have been known to wear shorts and a light jacket on sub zero days. Drives me nuts.

Although, I dunno. They appear to be suffering from hot flashes ...

It's called a high metabolism. Their bodies stay warm. If they bundled themselves up as you would like to see them bundled up they would feel sweaty, hot and uncomfortable.

A tween/teen boy is old enough to dress himself and he is old enough to figure out if he needs to wear pants or feels fine in shorts. It is strange that you don't appear to trust your own son to figure this stuff out for himself. I am going to guess that your own children are under the age of 10.

Yep to this. I have a 20 year old son who rarely ever wore pants. And he ate a truly incredible amount of food every day. I’m talking 5 meals. We were happy when he finally got to 150 pounds at 5’10’’

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh. my. God. I thought DCUMers believed in science. It’s like I am stuck in a Pentecostal nightmare on this thread.

At least five posters have said being cold makes children ill. What the bloody hell.

Doesn't your body have to fight to bring it up to "body temperature"?

Any physicians here?

Saw this today and thought of this thread:

https://www.today.com/parents/it-s-freezing-boys-just-want-wear-shorts-should-you-t65566?cid=sm_npd_td_fb_ma

[Anonymous]

you should look closer

They have their annoyingly bright socks pulled up to their knees, so they’re essentially wearing pants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh. my. God. I thought DCUMers believed in science. It’s like I am stuck in a Pentecostal nightmare on this thread.

At least five posters have said being cold makes children ill. What the bloody hell.

Doesn't your body have to fight to bring it up to "body temperature"?

Any physicians here?

Saw this today and thought of this thread:

https://www.today.com/parents/it-s-freezing-boys-just-want-wear-shorts-should-you-t65566?cid=sm_npd_td_fb_ma

Thank you! I knew it.

These kids are mostly just trying to look cool!
And they've got their naive parents bamboozled!

Forget about frostbite. "I'm hot!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of the holier than thou parents on this thread are going to be in for a mighty rude awakening when their own kids hit the teenage years. You will find that your children not only dress themselves, they decide what they will eat, they will choose their own friends and they will select their own music/books/interests.

Just you wait.

+1000 It is smooth sailing until teen years. Even tweens is piece of cake. You’ll see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh. my. God. I thought DCUMers believed in science. It’s like I am stuck in a Pentecostal nightmare on this thread.

At least five posters have said being cold makes children ill. What the bloody hell.

Doesn't your body have to fight to bring it up to "body temperature"?

Any physicians here?

Saw this today and thought of this thread:

https://www.today.com/parents/it-s-freezing-boys-just-want-wear-shorts-should-you-t65566?cid=sm_npd_td_fb_ma

Thank you! I knew it.

These kids are mostly just trying to look cool!
And they've got their naive parents bamboozled!

Forget about frostbite. "I'm hot!"

So what if they are doing it to look cool? Nobody is getting frostbite from standing in 30 degree weather for a little while.

It's no different than women suffering with high-heeled shoes or bare legs in winter for fashion. I think those look stupid too but they're not my legs/feet so not my business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh. my. God. I thought DCUMers believed in science. It’s like I am stuck in a Pentecostal nightmare on this thread.

At least five posters have said being cold makes children ill. What the bloody hell.

Doesn't your body have to fight to bring it up to "body temperature"?

Any physicians here?

My body has to fight to stay warm but I have a thyroid issue. I assume many younger people don't have this issue and have a higher metabolism.

I was also one of the bundled up teenagers because I was usually cold. Not everyone is like that....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A message of home for all you moms who are letting your kids wear shorts in the winter because (A) if they're cold, that's on them and (B) you realize, intellectually, that they respond to temperatures differently than you do:

At the end of the day yesterday, my kid asked for waterproof footwear.

So you’re saying it works, awesome!

+1 Natural consequences work! Early in the school year, 14 yr old DS didn't want to be bothered to bring a jacket and/or umbrella when where was rain in the forecast. He got soaked walking home. He lived (and didn't get a cold because that's not how it works). Now he checks the forecast and keeps his umbrella in his backpack. Had I *forced* him to put on a jacket/bring an umbrella we'd be in a face-saving power struggle and he would never admit he needed either.

+1

Either he's cold/wet, which won't kill him, and then he learns for himself to dress appropriately/be prepared for the weather, or he's not cold or wet, in which case, he didn't need the coat/umbrella anyway.