Use your God-Given Common Sense

Soooooo I'm in the circle to drop off my daughter for school, and notice a little boy in the car in front of me!! Granted we're in NC and the temp is in the low 20s. The little boy had on a short-sleeved shirt. My first reaction was, "I know his parents aren't sending him to school without a warm coat?" A few seconds went by and he did put on a coat, but I was still on the short-sleeved shirt. As parents it's our duties to ensure our children are properly dressed for the weather. While we were at home I ensured my daughter was warm by: putting long sleeves on her, warm thick pants (velour material) attaching her liner to her coat (she has a 2-in-1 coat), I put her hood on, ensured the coat was snapped around her neck area to shut out the cold (complained about it hurting her neck), and put warm mittens on her. Now she may have felt I went overboard, but I'd rather go overboard than have my daughter freezing!! It wasn't just this incident I've been to her school and seen several kids dressed INAPPROPRIATELY for the cold weather. Kids in capris, kids with no jacket or coat, or kids in shorts!! Now this just breaks my heart!! Now I don't know they're situation and I'm certainly not going to judge anyone, but regardless of one's economic status we need to make sure our kids are dressed properly!!!  We've got to do better as parents!!!