When you were a kid did the weather ever stop you from going outside to play?

When I was a kid the only weather that stopped us from going outside were thunderstorms. It was never too cold, or too hot, or too wet or too anything to keep us from going outside.

I remember playing outside playing in the snow, and finally coming in because it was SO COLD, and I’d run my hands under cold water to thaw them out (because you can’t make decent snow balls with gloves on! You need bare hands to melt them a little so they’d pack!) Oh, the pain!
And I’d break through the ice on the creek, up to my knees in water. By the time I made it back to the house my jeans were frozen solid from the knees down.

There was only one time that I would have told my kids it was too cold to go out, and that was the day it was -50 with the wind chill. But I didn’t have to say anything. They stuck one foot out the door and snatched it back. They ain’t dumb!

Anymore, though, I hear over and over that it’s “too cold” for the kids to play outside when it’s only 20* or so. Nothing that can’t be held off for a long, long time with movement, gloves and hats. And then the parents complain because the kids are underfoot all day.

Have you noticed that with this generation? None of the kids even seem to even OWN gloves or hats.