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

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MagnusTheBrewer said:
Sorry CZroe but, zipping your jacket...falls under health and welfare when you're six years old NOT, preference.
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*sigh*
Are you going to make the case for that declaration or am I just going to have to call it baseless again?

Explain the health concern where a supervised child in a populated area could get sick or die or injured because she didn't zip up her jacket before getting uncomfortably cold. That's what is required to contradict the reasoning I used. I'll wait.

BTW: The 6yo undeniably expressed a preference. There shouldn't even be an argument there. Re-read the OP: She "happily" wears all of the things required to be healthy and safe. The only remaining concern was an invalid one... unless you can demonstrate a valid safety concern that would require her to zip up her jacket before she is uncomfortably cold in the scenario described in the OP. They aren't running the Iditarod in the Alaskan wilderness.
 
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CZroe said:
*sigh*
Are you going to make the case for that declaration or am I just going to have to call it baseless again?

Explain the health concern where a supervised child in a populated area could get sick or die or injured because she didn't zip up her jacket before getting uncomfortably cold. That's what is required to contradict the reasoning I used. I'll wait.

BTW: The 6yo undeniably expressed a preference. There shouldn't even be an argument there. Re-read the OP: She "happily" wears all of the things required to be healthy and safe. The only remaining concern was an invalid one... unless you can demonstrate a valid safety concern that would require her to zip up her jacket before she is uncomfortably cold in the scenario described in the OP. They aren't running the Iditarod in the Alaskan wilderness.
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Not wearing suitable clothing properly (as defined by an adult) increases risk of illness due to extra strain on her immune system. It is an unnecessary risk and easily prevented. You misunderstood my reference to preference. I didn't say she didn't have one, I said she wasn't entitled to one. Six year olds need direction not choices.
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
Not wearing suitable clothing properly (as defined by an adult) increases risk of illness due to extra strain on her immune system. It is an unnecessary risk and easily prevented. You misunderstood my reference to preference. I didn't say she didn't have one, I said she wasn't entitled to one. Six year olds need direction not choices.
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Nonsense. If being cold made you sick, Norse wouldn't exist. Also, everyone should have a choice, especially when the drawback to an incorrect choice is being uncomfortable until the source of discomfort is trivially fixed. Treat children like brainless children, and you get brainless children.
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
Not wearing suitable clothing properly (as defined by an adult) increases risk of illness due to extra strain on her immune system. It is an unnecessary risk and easily prevented. You misunderstood my reference to preference. I didn't say she didn't have one, I said she wasn't entitled to one. Six year olds need direction not choices.
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And children are constantly around other children, who pass illnesses around like candy.
 
lxskllr said:
Nonsense. If being cold made you sick, Norse wouldn't exist. Also, everyone should have a choice, especially when the drawback to an incorrect choice is being uncomfortable until the source of discomfort is trivially fixed. Treat children like brainless children, and you get brainless children.
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Now you're being intentionally obtuse. I never said cold made you sick. I can see you've never dealt with free range children. Try volunteering at a child care and get back to me.
 
Zip it up, if she unzips it she can deal with the consequences. Children need guidance, not hand holding. They need to feel consequences. If she gets cold, she will re-zip it on her own. If she doesnt feel cold then running around unzipped is fine for her.
 
WelshBloke said:
This is the weirdest question I've seen someone subscribe to a tech forum to post!
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Anand took the tech with him and left the Democrats in charge.

highland145 said:
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?
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Being cold is a state of mind, your kid has mastered mind over matter!

It’s wrong to make this little girl zip up her coat. If she’s comfortable with it unzipped then let her be.
 
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nakedfrog said:
I'm not sure I follow. So, it's not a tech site anymore since Anand left, and since the Democrats are in charge, it makes sense for OP to sign up and create this thread?
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Only a Dem would force a child to zip her jacket. A Rep would ask her out instead.

Back on topic: Zip up the jacket and run a safety pin through the top of the zipper. When your sister gets poked by the safety pin, she'll stop messing with it.
 
nakedfrog said:
I'm not sure I follow. So, it's not a tech site anymore since Anand left, and since the Democrats are in charge, it makes sense for OP to sign up and create this thread?
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It was a joke... if you view the forums like I do with the what’s new button the place is dominated by political threads which are dominated by left leaning posters. Those threads are a lot more active then anything tech based here.

I don’t remember this place being so off center since anand departed.
 
Scottish Leanne said:
Eh, pics of me, why would you want those lol?
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Its an internet thing. Forums especially tech ones like this have many males as active members. Obviously don't give out anything and its probably better not to divulge your age as well. No point giving scammers anything.

Its a sign that forums are dying and people are moving on to social media apps otherwise you'd probably have known why before asking your question.
 
A bit of advice would not go amiss and would be greatly appreciated instead of these silly or cheeky comments I'm getting.

At the end of the day, I'm the one in charge of this situation as parents work so sister has to obey my request. Plus, winter is coming so its a safety issue as well imho. Oh and the school have sent out reminders that all who attend the school must be appropriately clothed for the cold weather because some girls would go in to school in winter with a dress instead of long leg trousers! So I have explained to my sister that that includes wearing and zipping her jacket as well as putting up the hood, wearing scarf and gloves.
 
paperfist said:
I’d be baking if I had to wear a coat in that weather. That’s more like shorts and tee shirt attire.
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Damned near. That's the temperature it was today, and I had to take my ACU jacket off doing moderate work. I'd have had to remove more if I was doing heavy work. Probably will be later. Gonna split wood when I get home.
 
Scottish Leanne said:
A bit of advice would not go amiss and would be greatly appreciated instead of these silly or cheeky comments I'm getting.

At the end of the day, I'm the one in charge of this situation as parents work so sister has to obey my request. Plus, winter is coming so its a safety issue as well imho. Oh and the school have sent out reminders that all who attend the school must be appropriately clothed for the cold weather because some girls would go in to school in winter with a dress instead of long leg trousers! So I have explained to my sister that that includes wearing and zipping her jacket as well as putting up the hood, wearing scarf and gloves.
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Your parents should let your sister know that you are in charge when they are not around. You have to be firm with her and let her know their will be consequences if she doesn’t obey. It’s for her own good after all.
 
paperfist said:
Your parents should let your sister know that you are in charge when they are not around. You have to be firm with her and let her know their will be consequences if she doesn’t obey. It’s for her own good after all.
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The being firm doesn't work as she just sulks especially when I do it once she's disobeyed.
 
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