Would you expect your grandchildren to be layered up?

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.

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

It's expected here to be layered up

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

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.

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 !

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.

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.

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?

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.

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

At 44 he has finally grown out of it.
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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.

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.

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

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

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!

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

You can get inexpensive thermal underwear for children from the likes of Aldi in the winter months. I’d have thought they’d be ideal for layering. I discover thermals a few winters ago and haven’t looked back since! They’re really cosy.

My son and family moved from the balmy climate of California to the extremes of Ohio a few years ago. The children learnt to ‘layer up’ PDQ, when they realised that no matter how much the heating was on, shorts and a vest top just would not cut it when the outside temps were 27 below freezing and there were several feet of snow on the ground.

No doubt the older children who demand their 'right' to be kept warm in the house how ever little they are wearing and however cold the weather are no doubt the ones that spend their summers protesting about the need to save the planet by stopping generating pwer with fossil fuels

lemsip

as if you'd ask a 3yr old to 'layer up' just shove another jumper on them

Oh but they might me traumatised forever and need serious counselling, especially if you add socks (or something!).

It seems obvious to me that if you feel cold you put on more clothes - I presume that’s what layering up means, though the term isn’t familiar to me. I’m bemused by people talking as if wearing a jumper in winter is a problem. You also put more, warmer clothes on your children. Simple.

lemsip

as if you'd ask a 3yr old to 'layer up' just shove another jumper on them

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Of course, makes total sense. this idea that it is one's 'right' to live in shorts, t-shirts and no socks all year round is just ridiculous.

as if you'd ask a 3yr old to 'layer up' just shove another jumper on them

Well, I layered up in the winter months as, no doubt, did many of us on GN.

Born during the war living through the winter of 1947, when despite the cold fuel was limited. Growing up in houses when heating consisted of a boiler that heated the water in the kitchen and a fire in one living room, my usual layers in winter were vest, liberty bodice, sweater, with below the waist, thick large knickers, long woolly socks and a pleated woollen skirt. When I left the house, all I added was a coat and gloves. At night I had a warm wincyette long sleeved night dress, a warm dressing gown and ahot water bottle to warm the bed with.

I think children faced with the choice of wearing an additional layer or two or freezing will make the sensible decision.

Bear in mind that we have had a long and exceptional hot and dry summer, something experienced all over the world directly due to our consumption of hydro carbon fuels, so in fact, if the price of gas and electricity means that we consume less, it can only be good for the world. Yes I am aware of the terrible increased prices will have on most families, I am just pointing out an unforeseen gain that will benefit the planet.