Would you expect your grandchildren to be layered up?

M0nica! How could you think such a thing?
My childhood was a bit like Billy Connolly’s sketch about the duvet with sleeves! I hope this is the right link.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQT0CuR5Mhk

As a 1942 baby liberty bodies and combinations were the norm when I was school age, The latter , an all in one with a slit , made urinating very tricky. We must have smelled divine!

I very rarely wear layers ( grew up in a cold house so never again) so I wouldnt have much authority to insist.

And this is what happens if/when parents allow children to make all the decisions.

DS used to have no idea about hot and cold He would spend winter days in a vest and shorts but zip himself into a winter coat in the middle of summer. It took some really dramatic weather to convince him to either strip off or cover up. At 44 he has finally grown out of it. His son is exactly the same but that's not my problem.

There’s no way a 3 year old should dictate what they wear! In reality, I don’t think this is the case - I think that this is more an adult (even, dare I say it, media thing) to try to make a social/political point.
Let’s be honest here, we all wear extra layers when the temperature drops - if we didn’t, we’d be cold - fact! When we were small, our Parents clothed us appropriately for the weather/ time of year. This, surely, still applies nowadays. It’s got nothing to do with fashion, it’s a case of being clothed appropriately for the seasons/weather.

At 44 he has finally grown out of it.
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If its just me and DP we have l9g burner on only which heats downstairs....( we get free l9gs) ....when GC come round I always put on the heating ....I don't like the thought of them being cold

Where do they dig these daft people up from? I think they must seek out nutters on purpose, to add ‘spice’ to whatever programme it is.

Witzend

Where do they dig these daft people up from? I think they must seek out nutters on purpose, to add ‘spice’ to whatever programme it is.

Some of the members of the public interviewed on TV news are just unbelievable.
Where do they find them?

DGS2 age 4 insisted on wearing his winter hat, scarf and gloves yesterday! They were on for precisely 2 minutes outside though we are not as warm as the south. He is happy wearing layers of clothes as are his cousins age 5 and 8. The parents decide. At High School there is less parental influence. I remember turning my skirt over and over at the end of the street but did wear coats as there was a lot of snow in the winter.

Adelaide66

As a 1942 baby liberty bodies and combinations were the norm when I was school age, The latter , an all in one with a slit , made urinating very tricky. We must have smelled divine!

I was a 1940 baby, and never wore combinations. I did have liberty bodices though, very cosy.

We had eiderdowns as well as blankets on the beds.

I think there are going to be quite a few arguments going on in homes this winter.
The teens will be complaining bitterly about their cold bedrooms, and even the parents could have very contrasting views about what the thermostat should be set at.

Anyway with all this climate change/global warming talk, haven’t we been told we will now certainly be having mild winters along with hot summers?

Cue several inches of snow of course !

I think the younger generation of parents will have to get used to having a cooler house or they will be in for a bit of a shock this year. The prices are not as bad here as I read about in UK.

I have purchased undershirts for my grandchildren in the past, but their mum never actually put them on, so I didn't do it again. My little GD is as thin as a whip, and was never dressed warmly enough in my opinion. You can only make suggestions, but it is up to the parents.

It's expected here to be layered up

Wearing one item to do the job of 30 is something or other. (Uncool)

Actually i thought layering was a current fashion. Fashion writers are always going on about it in the papers.

Vests for children should make a comeback!

Unfortunately, the current trend is for awful crop tops, any girl wearing a vest would be laughed at in the PE changing rooms.

I hated wearing a vest!
When we went swimming at school it took me ages to undress.
Vest, full slip, blouse, cardigan...
I wanted to be like the girls who wore a dress and knickers.

I hope my DD's would have the sense to layer up their children without me having to tell them.
One has already got an allotment and supplies me with their surplus veg. They are very astute and buy next years clothes and school uniform in this years sales. No doubt they will have a cupboard of warm gilets etc. they bought in the spring sales.

Fortunately my grandchildren are old enough to make their own decisions.
Teenagers are a race apart. Even on the coldest days, I see them strolling home from school in short (shortened) skirts, blazers and - sometimes - bare legs. Never an overcoat in sight. Whatever happened to school scarves? Have they heard of gloves?

It’s a new turn of phrase for me.
I would say “wrapped up warm” but in any case it’s not my business but the children’s parents ’.

Unless the children, young people or anyone else in the house are actually paying the heating bills, they've got no room to complain about the temperature.

My DGS has got a fluffy (dressing gown thingy). We didn't use the heating much last winter. He wore his fluffy when at home. And warm socks. As did I.

Of course you expect all the healthy people in the house to 'wrap up warm' when needed.
It is also true that lots of kids seem oblivious to temperature. I have seen my kids wear puffa jackets to play tennis in temperatures of 27deg; and watched them cavort about in underwear, in a tent during a snowstorm! So I wouldn't care what they were wearing as long as I was in charge of the heating.

BUT there are many people: very small children, people with a variety of health conditions, for whom putting on an extra jumper or pair of socks is not the answer. 50 years ago I saw babies 'wrapped up warm' in cold houses who suffered from respiratory complaints. When I visit a cold house, my arthritis is much more painful, however many layers I have on, and it is worse for those who have respiratory, cardiac and circulation problems.

Mine already wear layers. They live in a draughty Grade 2 listed cottage. They only have single glazed, wooden framed windows, no double glazing allowed. Original stone floor in the kitchen.
Rather be warm than fashionable I say.