Originally Posted by Unregistered:
Hello,
I moved to USA from Russia 3 years ago, and I have a 4yo child. As you know Climat in Russia is colder then here.
In your post, Im very much surprized about kids being out for such a long time, coz mostly we face an opposite problem - nobody thinks that being out enough is important for growing kids. While In Russia they really think that going out (at least twice a day) is a MUST when you have a child. So, I can only wish my kid to be out a lot here also, but I can only dream...the maximum they do is up to 30 mins
Yes, 45F is pretty cold weather, but also, in my opinion, american parents dress kids very strange, and never according to weather during cold time (in my eyes). coz the lifestyle here is an "always driving" style. Just pay your attention to what your kid is wearing during cold time and you can avoid a lot of problems with colds.
what also kills me,,,they never ever here get any fresh air inside,,,the air is always stuffed, looks like they have no idea that the rooms should be aired out from time to time.
Sorry if my post hurt somebody. its just my look.
This post makes a lot of sense, to me!
45 here in the North is pretty warm, in my mind, but honestly, if I had a sick child I would not go out that long. A lot would also depend upon the wind and whether it was sunny or cloudy.
When I got up this morning and the first kids arrived it was 46 degrees. It is now 51. It has warmed up 5 degrees in two hours! So while the children probably went out at 42 degrees, I'll bet by the time they came in it was well over 50 degrees. Yesterday the kids were out at 9. They had light jackets on, and the temp was probably around 45, no wind and sunny. By the time we left 2 1/2 hours later, all the kids had stripped their jackets - I had, too, and the temp was about the mid-50's. I live in WI, very near to MN.