Getting anoyed with all my parents grr!(venting)

[sunnydays]

I'm in the middle with this one. I do require parents to dress their kids properly, but at the same time, I am more lenient during seasonal transitions such as right now, because sometimes the weather catches us off guard and we don't always realize how cold it is until we are out already. I find some people dress their kids more warmly than others in general...I am one who likes my kids to be very warm (I look all over to find a down jacket or snowsuit), but many people don't seem to get that polyester is not really warm. I dress them in what they come with, but if I have one child accidentally missing a hat etc, I will use a spare one from my kids so that we can go out and the child doesn't freeze...usually when they come to pick-up their child and find little Tommy wearing a bright pink hat with flowers on it, they don't forget his hat again

[Inspired by Reggio]

.....usually when they come to pick-up their child and find little Tommy wearing a bright pink hat with flowers on it, they don't forget his hat again

yes this works like a charm for the boys who forget to provide what is needed ~ when I worked in a centre many a little boy when home in bright pink hot pants cause well 'girls hand me downs' tend to be more readily available than boys for some reason!

I do agree at times of the year like this I give a little more leaway to my rules as well ... I myself got up this morning and dressed in shorts and a tshirt out of habit and paid the price of being freezing when we were out and about ~ did not realize it was so cold out cause the sun is so gorgeous!