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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 133436"><p>At 13 if my child insisted on wearing a sundress when it's 20 degrees outside, I would let them deal with the consequences. But, not at the age of 7. At that age, they don't fully understand just how cold and miserable - and potentially dangerous - it can be. I let almost anything else go when it comes to clothes, but I wouldn't let my 7 year old child wear a sundress in 20 degree weather. I just wouldn't.</p><p></p><p>I would offer alternatives, but that would stop at the 'you can't make me' remark and she would end up wearing what I told her to wear or she would go to school in her jammies. I'm not authoritarian, but not everything is up for discussion either.</p><p></p><p>I like natural consequences, but it can be taken too far. At some point, children have to learn that sometimes you just have to do things because that's the way the world works. Most people in the world are not going to tolerate that kind of behavior. And 'natural consequences' in this instance - aside from being cold - aren't really natural; it's letting the school enforce the rules rather than the parent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 133436"] At 13 if my child insisted on wearing a sundress when it's 20 degrees outside, I would let them deal with the consequences. But, not at the age of 7. At that age, they don't fully understand just how cold and miserable - and potentially dangerous - it can be. I let almost anything else go when it comes to clothes, but I wouldn't let my 7 year old child wear a sundress in 20 degree weather. I just wouldn't. I would offer alternatives, but that would stop at the 'you can't make me' remark and she would end up wearing what I told her to wear or she would go to school in her jammies. I'm not authoritarian, but not everything is up for discussion either. I like natural consequences, but it can be taken too far. At some point, children have to learn that sometimes you just have to do things because that's the way the world works. Most people in the world are not going to tolerate that kind of behavior. And 'natural consequences' in this instance - aside from being cold - aren't really natural; it's letting the school enforce the rules rather than the parent. [/QUOTE]
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