# Kids keep losing their $350 beanies at school **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691 "2019-01-13T16:43:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/61 "2019-01-14T23:43:38Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I don’t have a son. I have two daughters in college. They buy their own clothes now. You sure about that? > [@Working parents - what do you do about school breaks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-parents-what-do-you-do-about-school-breaks/631108/4): > > My wife worked part time until our oldest daughter was 11. Then she became the babysitter for the other two siblings. Freeing up my wife to work full time. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/62 "2019-01-15T00:30:19Z")
Ok, now _I’m_ confused. Is the oldest daughter the one who banked her eggs in 2011, and the two siblings she babysat the other daughter and the son who disappeared? Or did she babysit the two daughters who have been away in college for 6 - 7 years? Did the missing son bank his sperm? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/63 "2019-01-15T00:38:37Z")
Kids these days…they have to have _hats?_ In my day, we covered our heads with _hair!_ ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/64 "2019-01-15T00:50:47Z")
Really seriously, when I was in grade school, if a boy wore a detachable hat (as opposed to a hood attached to his coat), the other boys would jump him in the playground, take away the hat, as play “keep away” with it, tossing it around the playground. Eventually it would land in a puddle or out in the street or whatever and they would get bored. I’d then get in trouble with my parents for bringing home a wrecked hat and refusing to wear a new one. I developed a long-time aversion to hats from this. Girls were much better behaved. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/65 "2019-01-15T01:00:58Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Yup. And for those label-conscious parents/kids who’d like a little systemic racism to go with their classism, note that [the hat comes in a variety of colors including a rachel-pink or dusty-rose-beige officially called “skin color”](https://store.moncler.com/en-us/hats_cod4146401443459735.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7Ie4vpzu3wIVF1mGCh0__gMMEAYYASABEgIR2fD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&tp=70950). :dubious: Obviously, if you’re aware that skin comes in more colors than basic “whitefolks beige-pink” then this hat is not meant for you! > > And speaking as an advanced-beginner knitter who’s just completing my first-ever handknit wool beanie hat, that bog-standard rib-knit ish from Moncler is NOT really anything special, people. The 100% wool yarn for the hat and the dyed fox fur for the pompom could easily be obtained for a total of less than $50. > > While I’m all about artisans and handcrafters getting paid a fair price for their one-of-a-kind products, it irritates the hell out of me to see vanity labels slapping artisan-handmade prices on their completely ordinary mass-produced goods just because they can con trend-addicted rich folks into paying them. Well, that’s it. I will never buy that product. I thought for sure the pom was faux fur. I’m calling ‘Peta’ ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/66 "2019-01-15T01:23:50Z")
Back in my day mom brushed the dogs…spun the yarn and made us matching socks and hats… > **[Dog Fur Yarn - Etsy](https://www.etsy.com/market/dog_fur_yarn)** > > Check out our dog fur yarn selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our sewing & fiber shops. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/67 "2019-01-15T01:24:57Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > That’s not a toque, [this](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/610HSSZuv8L._SY355_.jpg) is a toque. Now, now, don’t be so prescriptive. “More things in Heaven and Canuckstan, Horatio” and all that. > [@Oxford Canadian Dictionary](#): > > **Toque** 1. (also _tuque_. **Can.** **a** a close-fitting hat, often with a tassel or pom-pom on the crown **b** a long knotted stocking cap. ---
**Author:** ![Kiwi\_Fruit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiwi_fruit/32/12_2.png) [@Kiwi\_Fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiwi_Fruit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/68 "2019-01-15T01:30:29Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Well, that’s it. I will never buy that product. I thought for sure the pom was faux fur. I’m calling ‘Peta’ Are you sure you don’t want one? Look, it’s special… “Extremely soft pure wool to tackle the most hostile urban temperatures, like sudden snowfall on a ski slope.” How many urban ski slopes are there? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/69 "2019-01-15T02:49:24Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > Really seriously, when I was in grade school, if a boy wore a detachable hat (as opposed to a hood attached to his coat), the other boys would jump him in the playground, take away the hat, as play “keep away” with it, tossing it around the playground. Eventually it would land in a puddle or out in the street or whatever and they would get bored. > > I’d then get in trouble with my parents for bringing home a wrecked hat and refusing to wear a new one. I developed a long-time aversion to hats from this. > > Girls were much better behaved. Maybe in your town, but not in mine. I once stopped this dead in its tracks at Girl Scout camp by finally grabbing the person who had my hat, and then I bit her. :eek: It was the only way I had to defend myself, so I used it. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/70 "2019-01-15T03:35:31Z")
My mom knitted this red hat for my little brother. He was about 6. He got teased about it. He lost the hat. A few years later I found it — buried in the woods behind our house. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/71 "2019-01-15T04:47:46Z")
Back in the Paleolithic when I was in high school, the kids from the rich band of hunter gatherers wore Izod shirts and Nike shoes. My mom would only shop at Sears for us. There was a dividing street where if you lived to the west of, you could pretty much count on not breaking into the popular cliques, even if you spend the money on clothes. This sort of thing has been going on forever. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/72 "2019-01-15T04:51:47Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I am pretty sure that you mentioned a son before. A foster child that my wife & I sponsored. Old history. We did the best we could for the short time that we had the teenager. He hasn’t been in contact with us since leaving. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/73 "2019-01-15T05:04:53Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Maybe in your town, but not in mine. > > I once stopped this dead in its tracks at Girl Scout camp by finally grabbing the person who had my hat, and then I bit her. :eek: It was the only way I had to defend myself, so I used it. Way to go! Hats off to you. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/74 "2019-01-15T05:16:30Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Okay, so hold up here–you have two daughters in college right now, but one of them was a CPA who [banked her eggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16265630&postcount=27) in 2011, eight years ago? > > I’m finding these timelines a little confusing, a little help here? 😕 That was my cousin’s daughter. My cousin wasn’t married, unemployed and liked to party. We took her 4 year old daughter in and raised her. She often babysit after our biological children were born. She’s grown, has her own life and career. We are in regular contact and wish that she lived closer. My wife had trouble carrying a baby and we wondered at times if we’d ever have our own kids. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/75 "2019-01-15T05:35:22Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > Back in the Paleolithic when I was in high school, the kids from the rich band of hunter gatherers wore Izod shirts and Nike shoes. My mom would only shop at Sears for us. > > There was a dividing street where if you lived to the west of, you could pretty much count on not breaking into the popular cliques, even if you spend the money on clothes. > > This sort of thing has been going on forever. When I was a teen I was a member, and had a jacket that proved it. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/76 "2019-01-15T06:20:04Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > That was my cousin’s daughter. My cousin wasn’t married, unemployed and liked to party. We took her 4 year old daughter in and raised her. She often babysit after our biological children were born. Ah, good for you. Taking care of the children, of fuck-ups, is a noble profession indeed. > [@](#): > > She’s grown, has her own life and career. We are in regular contact and wish that she lived closer. Thank goodness for technology, like Skype and the telephone, that we are able to keep in touch with our loved ones. > [@](#): > > My wife had trouble carrying a baby and we wondered at times if we’d ever have our own kids. Sorry to hear about your wife, but at least your cousin was such a terrible person that she gifted you, and your wife, with a child you could raise as your own. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/77 "2019-01-15T06:39:00Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > A brief conversation I had back when I was still working in prison. > > Prisoner: “Lieutenant, can I talk to you for a second?” > Me: “Okay.” > Prisoner: “I left my radio out on my bed this morning and when I came back later it was gone.” > Me: “I’m sorry to hear that.” > Prisoner: “Can you do something about it?” > Me: “Saying ‘I’m sorry to hear that’ was pretty much it.” Prisoner: “…Do you want to come back to my place?” You: “…Yeh, all right.” ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/78 "2019-01-15T06:46:48Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Ah, good for you. Taking care of the children, of fuck-ups, is a noble profession indeed. > > Thank goodness for technology, like Skype and the telephone, that we are able to keep in touch with our loved ones. > > Sorry to hear about your wife, but at least your cousin was such a terrible person that she gifted you, and your wife, with a child you could raise as your own. Yes, our cousin’s child filled a void in our lives at a difficult time. We love her dearly and we usually refer to her as our daughter. Although she was never formally adopted. Thank goodness for Skype. I use it regularly. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/79 "2019-01-15T12:58:51Z")
Thank you, Aceplace, your explanation of your son is pretty much what I expected it to be. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691/80 "2019-01-15T13:28:25Z")
> [@Fiveroptic](#): > > Thank you, Aceplace, your explanation of your son is pretty much what I expected it to be. I’m sorry for any misunderstanding. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-keep-losing-their-350-beanies-at-school/827691.md?page=5)