I'm tired of fighting Penelope (my 4yo) on her clothing options for the day. It's getting cold in buffalo and shorts aren't an option when she spends most of the school day outside.
Do I force warm clothing on her or give her bodily autonomy to suffer the consequences of being dressed inappropriately? Note: I also don't want to suffer these consequences bc I assume she'll just get sick. And then everyone will get sick. Not really sure what the happy medium is here.
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Ugh, feel you on this. If I can't influence them to make the right choice, I just pack extra clothes with them to school so that they have something to put on when they inevitably get cold. It's not ideal.
I try to buy clothes that my daughter wants to wear. I recently found store.betterme.world/products/slee... and I think I need long sleeves for myself and my daughter since it's autumn and it's already cold. I try to explain to my daughter why she needs to dress warmly and at the same time I do everything I can to make her want to dress warmly herself.