24.05.12
Is anyone else’s kid blue? Not Smurf blue, but even-handed kinda tinged in blue? If so, it’s because not only do many kids refuse to wear a coat, but they go to shape in shorts and t-shirts when the temperature has dipped well below freezing.
We all like to believe we are bringing up our kids to have more common sense than the common fruit fly, but when I see them in shorts and hoodies shivering at the bus stay in an ice storm in February, I have to wonder.
This week a reader emailed me asking how she can get her adolescent to wear a warm coat. My first thought was, “Good chance with that sista, because it ain’t gonna happen.” Then I thought, “This unreasonable woman sincerely believes I can help her. I should try to find an answer.” And so began my crusade.
First, I googled how to get kids to wear winter coats and found The Today Show indeed did a piece on this, as well as the NY Times. People were blogging about the anti-coat event from England to Canada, where they have serious winters. Clearly, it’s a universal issue.
Source: Patch.com