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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously people. Except for the under 5 kiddos, you shouldn't be wasting energy and disrupting otherwise calm, loving moments fighting with kids over this kind of crap. We don't live in Canada--they aren't going to get frostbite if they don't wear gloves. It's perfectly appropriate to let them figure this crap out themselves. When and if they get cold, TRUST ME, they know how to ask you for what they need. Don't waste the money on it until they ask you to. You're teaching them how to be more responsible with money in general and with the things you buy them, which are important life skills. [/quote]

I'm from Canada. Yeah, it doesn't get as cold, or last as long, but no way am I letting my kid go without hat and gloves. If it's 10 degrees out, you better be prepared. We walk and take transit a coat hood absolutely does not cut it on the coldest days, so I'm guessing I'm coming at this from a different perspective than most people who have posted.[/quote]

10 degrees is a whole different ball game. We get that about 1 day per year in DC - and You will get no complaints about wearing mittens from my crew on days like that![/quote]

It's that temperature more than one damn day, PP.  You obviously have a "fair weather" memory.[/quote]

Since 1994 there have been exactly 10 days where is has gotten below 15 degrees. So, on average we get extreme cold one day out of every two years, PP.

[img]https://images.washingtonpost.com/?url=https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/files/2014/01/2-top10-coldest-2decades-ending2014.gif&op=noop[/img]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/01/28/january-2014-the-coldest-in-decades-in-d-c-by-many-counts/[/quote]

This is an average, not a low. And it doesn't include windchill. [/quote]

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