Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.
For poor families, lack of winter clothes might be an issue. It ought not be for other folks.
Says you. A lot of people don’t want to tromp around raincoats and boots. And that’s fine. We have shelter now. And heat. Lucky us.
Anonymous wrote:Sounds like the kids don’t like the cold. That’s fine. One of my kids won’t play outside voluntarily in the winter, the other one will. It’s not a big thing.
Anonymous wrote:Any weather is fine. They should dress appropriately and come in if they're cold.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Sorry your free childcare is gone OP. My kids don’t like the cold.
Op here. None of the parents were outside, just the kids. 6-13 year olds in elementary and middle school.
Do your kids play at recess?
I’m curious, do many kids not like cold weather?
We are in the DMV, not too cold not too snowy in these months either.
Anonymous wrote:There is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.
For poor families, lack of winter clothes might be an issue. It ought not be for other folks.
Anonymous wrote:The only reason OP posted is that her kids playmates have vanished and now she is put out. It is, effectively, a childcare issue. Or a “I don’t want to have to entertain my own kids” issue. If it weren’t an issue, she wouldn’t have posted.
Anonymous wrote:I’d say high 40s or above is okay. Nobody wants to get dressed for the snow just to play outside for an hour.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The only reason OP posted is that her kids playmates have vanished and now she is put out. It is, effectively, a childcare issue. Or a “I don’t want to have to entertain my own kids” issue. If it weren’t an issue, she wouldn’t have posted.
Op here. Again, we have lived in a neighborhood without kids for 14 years prior and have lived here since Spring. My kids are old enough to play outside alone so it’s not an issue of playmates vanishing. I’m simply curious why people are weather averse so early in the season. Winter isn’t officially here. If you don’t go outside now, do you not go back out until Spring?
I think I anticipated neighborhoods with kids who have play outdoors to be year round. For the past nearly year, all the kids were outside sun up to sun down.
You are starting to catch on. And to the German PP, no we don’t want to wear all that stuff just to go outside. We have a lovely climate controlled home! If I want to go outside in winter I fly south.
Oh, my children just can't bear to get dressed on a weekend! But we'll spend hours to get to and from an airplane because we want to brag about how we're so rich that we too soft to outside our own home on a normal day!
This modern American weakness is why China is taking over the world.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The only reason OP posted is that her kids playmates have vanished and now she is put out. It is, effectively, a childcare issue. Or a “I don’t want to have to entertain my own kids” issue. If it weren’t an issue, she wouldn’t have posted.
Op here. Again, we have lived in a neighborhood without kids for 14 years prior and have lived here since Spring. My kids are old enough to play outside alone so it’s not an issue of playmates vanishing. I’m simply curious why people are weather averse so early in the season. Winter isn’t officially here. If you don’t go outside now, do you not go back out until Spring?
I think I anticipated neighborhoods with kids who have play outdoors to be year round. For the past nearly year, all the kids were outside sun up to sun down.
You are starting to catch on. And to the German PP, no we don’t want to wear all that stuff just to go outside. We have a lovely climate controlled home! If I want to go outside in winter I fly south.