How do you deal with kids who will not wear warm clothes or coats on cold days?

My daughter is 14 years old and it's the same story. She always has an excuse for walking out the door without her winter coat. She was in a hurry..etc. I told her I was going to ground her for the whole winter if she didn't start putting it on. She also love to wear flip flops never mind it's only 20 degrees. It must be a teenage thing because when I drop her off at school alot of them seem to be without theirs too.

My 7 year old is horrible at keeping even her jacket zipped up let alone a hat or mittens/gloves on her hands. lol. She told me that classic line of BUT MOMMMMM! Everybody does it! (Never actually thought I'd have to deal with that line so early) so I sat and told her that it wasn't my concern what other children's parents let them leave the house with or if they let them leave the house that way, but it was my responsibility as HER mother to keep her from getting really sick. I then looked up some medical information on illnesses etc to show her and told her that if other children wanted to feel sick, that was fine but that I didn't want her to catch something very serious. That seems to work now, and I actually got the chance to test it this morning. She ran out to meet her friend and wait for the bus without her hat, and I said nothing for a bit, and sure enough, she ran into the house screaming, "Mom! I need my hat!"..chalk one up for mom!

My 5 y/o tries to argue about this. It can be a fight to get her to put on her hood or a hat on some days. It is a normal teen thing though. I know my sisters never wanted to wear anything but a hoodie even in the winter. I always told them they were nuts. I don't think my mom ever fought them on it, she figured they were old enough to make their own choices I guess.

I would let him wear wherever he wants, besides its him waring it not you, he is the one going to get sick not you, he is already 11 he don't want to be trated like a 5 year old, at that age the least they want is their mother be telling them things. You don't want to be arguing with him every day, that may hurt your relationship with him, he big enough to choose what he wants to wear.

I did like to wear a t-shirt, jeans and sneakers all through high school. When it got cold I put a flannel shirt on over it and those were the days before grunge was in! Now, I let them get cold usually. For the younger grades, there are rules about what they have to wear if they want to participate in outdoor recess. That makes it easy. No coat, no hat, no mittens, then no outdoors. My oldest one likes to wear sandals, even in the heart of the winter. We have had to threaten to throw them away. This is despite the fact that when it's not raining, snowing, or extremely cold they have a mile walk from the bus stop to our house. If she wants to do that to herself, that's her problem for the most part.

Your having better luck than me, our 11 yr. old is already refusing to wear a jacket and wants to wear totally inappropriate clothes. It is a fight everyday.

That seems to be the norm in that age group. Me I get cold when the temp dips below 75 my daughters same deal. My son's they seem to heat themselves from within with a fire that just burns in them. They don't like jackets either thugh they are both preteens at 9 and 11

My daughter hates wearing a jacket because her locker is so small and they aren't allowed to wear them to class. She does wear a sweater at times when it gets too cold. I think all teens are this way. If they get cold enough they will wear something warmer. Some kids are hotter than others and the schools are hotter because of all the kids in it.

My son is the exact same way. He's 14 and never wants to wear a jacket. My 17 yr. old daughter does that also. I say "fine if you want to freeze". It must be a teenage thing.

Kelsey is only 2.. and we make it a game to see how fast she can get her coat and what not on. This keeps her entertined.. and I also ask her to help button and zip it up as well. It does wonders with a 2 year old in the winter.

My 6 year old already starts this - lol. "Mommy, I left my coat in school!", etc. I hated hated hated my parents trying to "dress me warm" in middle and high school and I literally took my coat, etc off when they were out of sight. I think letting them wear something they think is cool is the key!

My son was the same way. And evan as an adult he still won't. I think he is nuts but hey if hewants to freeze thats on him.