Getting my little 6yr old sister to zip her jacket.

[Scottish Leanne]

Hi guys, I am new to this forum so here is a little bit about myself 🙂. I am an 18yr old Scottish girl who lives at home in order to babysit my little sister whilst parents are at work. I am currently at college doing a course on childcare so that works well as both me and my sister finish at the same time which means I can pick her up from school.

My sister likes being active outdoors a lot so, when it's not pleasant and especially now that winter is approaching, me and my parents like her to be appropriately dressed for these conditions.

During winter, we get really cold temperatures with the liklihood of lying snow so we always advise her to fully wrap up by wearing a nice warm jacket, a hat, scarf and gloves. She quite happily wears all these, however, she will always battle us on if she requires the jacket zipped. We advise that she does zip it due to the freezing conditions but she just sulks which results in me having to zip it, but she just complains that I have zipped it to high up, I zip it right to the top then do up the velcro.

 

[lxskllr]

My daughter wore what she wanted. I supplied her with appropriate clothes, and she could wear them or not. Unless the kid's a vegetable, they'll figure out what it takes to cool down/warm up.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Sometimes I wear fingerless gloves so I can handle the zippers. But I often get frostbite. Once I get a real job, I can afford full-fingered gloves.

 

[Scottish Leanne]

I have clear instructions from our parents to make sure she is suitably dressed as she is only 6 and does not understand or realise when she is cold.

 

[lxskllr]

she is only 6 and does not understand or realise when she is cold.

Oh, she's a vegetable. Well, you gotta do what you gotta do.

 

[Scottish Leanne]

What do you mean by vegetable 😱?

 

[lxskllr]

Brain dead. Not a fully functioning member of society. If a six year old doesn't know when they're cold, they probably also need to be spoonfed, and have their nappies changed. It happens. Gotta play with the cards you're dealt.

 

[Scottish Leanne]

No, she does not need to be spoon-fed, or anything else, she's fairly independent!!
It's just that she needs to be asked to wear and zip her jacket, especially during winter.

 

[WelshBloke]

This is the weirdest question I've seen someone subscribe to a tech forum to post!

 

[FeuerFrei]

Make a cute noise when you zip it up.

or

Punish her for being disobedient. Have your parents tell her that if she doesn't zip when told, she'll get ... uhh ... up to them.

 

[Scottish Leanne]

Oh yes, they have told her that she won't get out when it's cold or a loss of certain priveleges such as her playstation.

We have even sat her down to explain that by zipping her jacket, she is going to be nice and warm in winter.

 

[highland145]

pics of....oh, snap...nvm


My kid, now 17, has worn shorts year round. Whatever he can get adjusted to and makes him happy.



pics of OP?

 

[Scottish Leanne]

Eh, pics of me, why would you want those lol?

 

[highland145]

Eh, pics of me, why would you want those lol?

Uh, it's how we support this site. We sell pics of members to cover the costs.

Doesn't work so well with the older effs like @BoomerD and @Perknose but...since you're new blood.....pics?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

You don't reason with a six year old. You tell her this is the way it is.

 

[Scottish Leanne]

Eh but surely there is a way of wording it so the child understands?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Eh but surely there is a way of wording it so the child understands?

No, there is not. Six year olds are not developmentally able to relate cause and effect of relative conditions.

 

[Scottish Leanne]

Help me out then lol, what can I say to her her to listen because it's clear that simply saying "zip up your jacket" is not working?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

You zip it up and slap her hands of she tries to unzip. Along about the 48th time, she'll get the message.

 

[Scottish Leanne]

You zip it up and slap her hands of she tries to unzip. Along about the 48th time, she'll get the message.

That is what I end up doing after about 5 minutes once I have accepted that she won't obey me lol but, in fairness to my sister, she never tries to unzip it, instead she sulks.

 

[highland145]

Sulks? Who gives a rats ass. She's quite. Do Not Be A Pleaser.

Remember, elections have consequences.

 

[Scottish Leanne]

Sulks? Who gives a rats ass. She's quite. Do Not Be A Pleaser.

Remember, elections have consequences.

I know that lol but I think she gets embarrassed that big sister zips her jacket in site of her peers who do their own.

 

[highland145]

I know that lol but I think she gets embarrassed that big sister zips her jacket in site of her peers who do their own.

Life isn't fair. Do not propagate or spread "woe is me" B.S. to younglings. Bust their asses if they need it. Love on them all the time. Simple.

2nd thought, do not subject the rest of humanity to your bad parenting.

pics?

 

[Scottish Leanne]

Life isn't fair. Do not propagate or spread "woe is me" B.S. to younglings. Bust their asses if they need it. Love on them all the time. Simple.

2nd thought, do not subject the rest of humanity to your bad parenting.

pics?

I am the sister not parent lol and, do I have to lol?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

That is what I end up doing after about 5 minutes once I have accepted that she won't obey me lol but, in fairness to my sister, she never tries to unzip it, instead she sulks.

Sulking is good! At least until they're older.