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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't believe that "tons" of parents bragged on Facebook that they planned, in advance, to send their kids on a field trip dressed inappropriately for the weather because "I don't have to hear my kid whine." Perhaps one idiot did that. But this isn't a widespread problem.

Also, kids do have to learn to dress appropriately for the weather. These were MS kids. That's prime age for this kind of dumb rebellion but it's also when parents have to let it go and let them learn. If you were talking about elementary age kids, I think you can just force the kids to wear real shoes and raincoats. A 13 yr old? You tell them it's raining and suggest proper attire, but if my kid walks downstairs in shorts and flip flops, all I say is "you're going to freeze in that" and then let it go. They have to learn.

I've chaperoned a million field trips of all ages, plus done like 24 dance recitals as a backstage parent. I also used to work at a summer camp and teach dance to 4-8 yr olds. I've been wrangling other people's kids for a long time and the truth is that whining is really common and you have to develop a thick skin and treat it the way you would in your own kids -- ignore it or suggest a solution if you think it will help. But it's always something. Some kids got wet and cold, oh well. They didn't die.

I would not have bought them ponchos or sweatshirts. I might have advocated for a change in schedule if a significant number if kids were miserable and there was a way to keep them out if the cold and rain for longer so they could at least warm up.[/quote]

Oh, so punish the prepared kids whose parents give a crap about them? Got it. A schedule change mandated for all because of the dumb kids and the selfish parents?[/quote]

Schedules change all the time due to weather. How weird that you opt for rigidity. Not really a great trait. I’d prefer my kids go with the flow and adjust even if had a jacket on. Fortunately my children would never refer to another child without a jacket as dumb or their parents stupid. We all make mistakes. I guess that kind of language and rigid thinking is the province of “mature” adults. [/quote]

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