It’s been a cold winter so far. We had one cold snap so deep that the temperature was hovering around 0 when the kids were headed out to the bus stop. They don’t normally wear coats, let alone hats, gloves, scarves, or boots. I let that slide most of the time. Parents have to pick their battles, and this issue usually doesn’t seem worth the fight. I figure if the kids want to be cold, that’s their problem. But, on those several frigid mornings, I tried in vain to talk the kids into wearing any winter wear, even if it were only gloves. They absolutely refused. “It’s not that cold,” they said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was<\/em> that cold, however, and as a mom, all I could think about were freak situations in which they’d need warm gear and didn’t have it. Like, say the bus broke down and there was no heat, or there was a fire alarm at school that forced the kids outside. I know such things aren’t likely, but I also know that it’s good to have a jacket when the temperature is below freezing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I mention this to other people, they say, “We were probably the same way when we were kids.” Were we, though? I definitely didn’t do everything my parents suggested I should, but I’m pretty sure I wore a jacket when it was that cold outside, because duh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s been a cold winter so far. We had one cold snap so deep that the temperature was hovering around 0 when the kids were headed out to the bus stop. They don’t normally wear coats, let alone hats, gloves, … Continue reading