Vent: Clothing

[Suzie_Homemaker]

I absolutely don't think I over stepped my boundries. The pants she has been wearing all winter have been light weight stretchy pants since I have been potty training her. She has tonnes of them and I wasn't asking the mom to buy anything at all. I wasn't meaning that she should wear sweatpants in the middle of an August heat wave!

And I think that if I can prevent scraped knees by just asking this little girl to continue wearing pants while she is gets her footing in her first year really doing any active outdoor play then I am not doing anything wrong. My group is all over 2 years old and when we go out they all walk, I rarely use a stroller. So the chances of tripping on a sidewalk are quite high. It is no different than asking for waterproof winter mitts to prevent frozen fingers or a summer hat to prevent sun burn.

I actually really dislike little kids wearing shorts at daycare and I really dislike having to deal with a little child screaming and crying because they have a bloody gravel filled scape that could have been prevented. My day is busy enough, I try to be as proactive as possible.

I tell the parents what type of clothes to send every season, right down to the type of foot wear. Do you not do this?

That is fine. You posted in public forum for views. I gave mine. I really not care if you agree with mine or not. This isn't a dispute. This isn't an argument where there is a "winner". You asked for views, you have mine. Take it on board or ignore it but this back and forth about whether or not you agree with me is irrelevant unless you were asking for people to just confirm your view.

No, I do not go down to details. I feel an adult who was old enough to have sex, and to have a child, is the parent and if they make poor choices it not my place to micro manage.

I tell parent that we go outside all seasons. That they need weather appropriate clothing for the season because if they come in flip flop in December feet will be cold and wet.