Comments on: What! No Hoodies?!!!!?!!!?!

By: sharon

sharon — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:01:19 +0000

I don’t care for hoodies. (Just a personal thing.) Andy had a hood on his jacket and will put in no matter the weather as well. But we don’t have to wear jackets too often in Florida.

By: Regan

Regan — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:40:59 +0000

I see that some locales in the UK and Australia also have shopping mall “hoodie bans”.

At least for now Eleanor has grown out of her hooded sweatshirts so we’ll stick to the sweatie track jackets with stand up collars and add a polarplus beret or earband for the cold days–haven’t seen any bans on those yet.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:53:16 +0000

@bonnie, that’s a hoodie, by your description!

@janny226, Charlie always has to pull the hood up but he does take it off once he’s inside.

@Joeymom, I do think the hood has noise-muffling properties. Charlie sometimes seems a bit impervious to cold and heat—he’ll still wear the hood up on hot days.

By: Joeymom

Joeymom — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:02:10 +0000

Wow, my Andy would be freaking this time of year without his hoodie. With a sniff of chill in the air, he asks for it, and wears it hood-up all day. They have managed to get it off him at school (reluctantly). He hates cold, and I think the hood also helps muffle noise.

By: Three Kindnesses

Three Kindnesses — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:07:20 +0000

[...] two of the Metrocard machines are working and of course my card has $0.00 on it. Charlie in his blue hoodie is not the easiest to see in a crowd of commuters and I grab the hem of the hoodie and we try to [...]

By: janny226

janny226 — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:54:57 +0000

DuckyBoy’s elementary school allows hoodies but no hoods up. he got told that last year — in kindergarten, thanks very much.

By: Bonnie Sayers

Bonnie Sayers — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:40:22 +0000

Here in Los Angeles it was 74 degrees the other AM and hit 100 and today the high was 74. My asthma is suffering in this weather change. Matt went from wearing shorts and then to wearing pants and jacket in AM.

Is a hoodie the kind that pulls over the head and zippers half way down? My kids never had one, cannot handle that pulling over the head, me neither.

By: Marita

Marita — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:38:05 +0000

Heidi currently has a snow hat (fluffy, pink with ear flaps) that she just adores and wears everywhere.

If the snow hat is missing or in the wash I can usually persuade her to leave the house in a hooded jacket. But if she can not cover her ears then she is not going anywhere. Ear muffs don’t work, she likes that fully enclosed feeling.

Australian schools all have uniforms and it will be interesting to see when she hits school age what happens. Hopefully the school will be as understanding of her sound sensitivity and need to be fully enclosed as the PreSchool has been.

By: Janice

Janice — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:13:05 +0000

Constance has a fleece hat she loves to wear and, so far, we haven’t lost it. But I’d be happier if she was into hoodies since they’re always attached: you’re right that they make a lot of sense for kids who need that sensory comfort.

By: Mrs. C

Mrs. C — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:13:36 +0000

Sigh. I’ve heard they also outlaw certain “gang” colours and symbols at schools as well. As if I’d know what those are when I went shopping!! I didn’t think the various gangs had official licensed products…?

I’ve also heard in other news stories teachers and children either wearing or being forbidden to wear political gear. And what “causes a disruption” in class would certainly vary by the area the child is wearing the T-shirt in question, I would think.

I’m thinking we either need some common sense or we might as well make all the kids wear uniforms and quit pretending to give any choice in the matter. It just sets up an adversarial atmosphere we’d all rather not have in schools about who gets to wear what when. :]

PS. I like hoodies, and I can see asking for hats and hoods to be removed indoors out of respect for the building, but come on!