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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids don’t dress for cold because it is known no outdoor recess most days in the winter.

Kids can play in cold weather. It is great for their lungs, getting vitamin D, and decreasing fighting/fidgeting.

Being outside in 20 degrees for 30min is doable if you PLAY. If kids compllain? Have them run some lamps. I volunteer at recess and most kids, especially girls are lazy and just sit around.

Also, in our school the lazy paras complain about cold and damp weather. That I think is the main issue. We were in BOTH days last week. Ridiculous. [/quote]

I don't think the girls are lazy.  I think the girls are using their only really unstructured time at school to play with their friends in the ways they enjoy.  They just enjoy playing in ways that don't involve a lot of running around.  Running around is not the only way to play.  That said, I don't think it would be wrong to force them to be outside in colder weather, and I do think it is probably the paras who supervise recess who complain the most about being out in bad weather.  But I think that is ALSO due to the DC area just not having a culture of bundling up and being outside in cold weather.  The whole region has a culture of running around in a jacket/lightweight coat and impractical shoes bi***ing about being cold.  [/quote]

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