"You are trying not to shiver while bundled up in a coat, scarf, hat and mittens. In the meantime, your child is wearing ... shorts. It's shocking. And confusing. And somehow personally upsetting. Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones discuss the trend in the fourth hour of TODAY on Jan. 29. "Why is it that middle schoolers wear shorts, even in the bitter cold?" Sheinelle said, introducing a clip of Amy Poehler discussing the topic with actress Claire Danes on her "Good Hang" podcast."
""My little boy still does what I ask," said Jenna of 6-year-old son Hal. Apparently, her older daughters, Mila, 12, and Poppy, 10, do not. "The girls, they're not shorts, they're ... no jackets. Why don't kids wear coats anymore?" "It's definitely in this middle school era," Sheinelle said, noting that her oldest son, Kayin, is in high school and wears his coat regularly. "But for some reason, if you pull up to the middle school, all of the kids are in hoodies and shorts.""
Many middle school students wear shorts and hoodies in bitter cold, creating parental confusion and embarrassment at school events. Younger children often follow parental requests to dress warmly, while middle schoolers and some girls resist wearing coats or pants. The phenomenon appears more common in middle school than in high school. Some parents report social norms discourage coat-wearing and reduce mom shaming. Medical guidance recommends requiring children to wear pants and proper winter clothing at least until the teen years to reduce risks of frostbite and hypothermia, with susceptibility varying by individual and environmental factors.
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