Today was a typical California winter, as in, it rained. And as expected we had the horrible drivers, but that's for another day.
What really got me today was watching a woman walking her kids in a stroller while they were dressed in clothes meant for summer! I understand that it's "Mommy's right" to dress the kinds until they're five or six in whatever the hell she wants. But since when is a tutu appropriate attire for cold, muggy, rain? You may be working out pushing that two seated stroller around town, but their little butts aren't!
This is a perfect example of Mommy pretending her kids are dolls, dressing them up in whatever cute little outfit she wants to see them in. While I'm not against dressing up your kids in cute outfits, I feel like you've just crossed the line from responsible parent to sixteen year old idiot. If it's cold outside, you would dress yourself appropriately, wouldn't you? You would wear pants, a sweater or jacket, and maybe a scarf or gloves if you're into that. Why? Because it's cold outside! So why do you think it's a good idea to put a tulle tutu skirt on your kid? Why isn't your infant wearing a hat? Those little bodies are more sensitive to temperature than you are.
Use your heads when you dress your kids, please. For their shivery little sakes.
Love, Polly.
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