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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

This... as long as the clothes are clean and match I don't care.[/quote]

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) [/quote]

DP.  [b]My kid learns best through natural consequences.[/b]  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.[/quote]

Totally lazy parenting, PP.
Sounds like a completely nightmare of a power struggle at your house. When did completely abdicate your responsibility for parenting in your home to your kid?...when they were 2?
You know, there is actually a balance here that doesn't require your kid "learning" through heat stroke in the classroom.  :roll: 
it's possible to slowly give your child some "power" and responsibility without being ridiculous. You can say "here are three options. Tomorrow will be too hot to wear long sleeves, but here are three options..." And if child says "but I wanna wear my batman sweatshirt" and you absolutely can't see "going a few rounds" with him about it, then you say "Okay...you may wear your batman sweatshirt over a t-shirt so that when it gets too hot in the classroom you can pull it off."[/quote]

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