It's All Relative

I live in a cold place. And run a child care.

Right now the kids are suffering from a little cabin fever (and perhaps the teachers as well, though I’m confident they probably are okay without standing outside in the cold), because it’s too cold to go outside. Apparently our limit is 10*. When talking with our director of children’s services, I learned that for some parents this is unacceptable. But for different reasons.

In September, we start getting concerns from parents that think it’s too cold for their kid to play outside. Those folks are from places like Trinidad and Tobago. On the other hand, some parents think that our 10* rule is . . . well . . . surprising. They want their kids to be playing outside – they don’t understand – it’s not that cold out.

Because they’re from Russia and Iceland, and “cold”  is more like -30*.