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[erbie]

Grr. Afterschool program teacher has been making Bob wear her sweater when they play outside. I trust her to know whether she's cold or not. The kid is five years old, fer crissakes. I already had a conversation with one teacher, and it was passed on to her main afterschool teacher, who made a point to tell llnaughty that she doesn't force the kids to wear

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[merina]

welcome to schools in the 21st century. Here they dictate these things even for 2nd and 3rd graders!!

[erbie]

Not for my kid! ;) I talked to the other teacher. She tried to argue with me that it was REALLY cold, and I said "Even so, I trust her to know if her body's hot or cold." Raar!

And it's not like it was all that cold anyway. She's there from 1:30-5:30, the warmest part of the day. It was cold enough that I'd wear a sweater, but not cold enough that llnaughty would,a nd she tends to be in the same temperature zone he is. Even if it were 40 degrees, I'd liek her make that choice on her own. She'll put her sweater on if she gets cold. She's not exactly quiet about it. This morning she probably woke up half the complex with her loud complaining about being cold and she was wearing a sweater!

[merina]

Well, you are teaching your child to be responsible for herself. And if she is chilled she knows what to do. I'm the same way. It is ridiculous the schools don't try to do the same thing. The times E has told me that they HAD to wear their coats.

I think it is great you speak up about it. More of us should.

[lietya]

Grrrr. I think it's impressive that you DON'T want them doing that, though, which tells you what my mother was like. :) To this day she's the "I'm cold, you go put a sweater on" type. Of course, it's not like the kid can freeze to death in CA....

[erbie]

It's all part of respecting her body. She knows when she's cold and she's not at all reticent about letting everyone in the entire universe know about it. She also runs hot. If she says she's hot, I respect that, even if I'm cold. I can't tell her what her body feels.

[raithen]

MY mom's very first day of school, she got the strap because when the nuns told her to hang her sweater up on the hook, she refused, because she was cold and didn't want to take the sweater off and freeze. It seems to me the more things change, the more they stay the same....

[erbie]

Poor kid.

I simply refuse to allow that type of treatment. She's my kid, so I say whether she has to wear a sweater, and I say if she's not cold, she doesn't have to. Only she can make the determination of whether she's cold, not the teacher. She tried to argue with me that it was *really* cold that day. (It wasn't. It hasn't been REALLY cold in weeks.) But I cut her off and told her that I trust Bob to know when her body is cold or hot. I was holding Bob at the time and she buried her face in my shoulder when I started talking to the teacher. But I wanted her to hear me do it and know that I will stand up for her. She was VERY happy after we left that I had done that.

[merina]

I've made a point of letting the girls KNOW I stand up for them too - I think it is important