{"id":7322,"date":"2017-12-14T22:31:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T05:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7322"},"modified":"2020-07-03T03:55:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T03:55:29","slug":"stapleton-5th-grader-almost-considers-dressing-appropriately-for-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7322","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton 5th Grader Almost Considers Dressing Appropriately for Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/11-year-old-almost-dresses-appropriately.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7829\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/11-year-old-almost-dresses-appropriately.jpg 450w, https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/11-year-old-almost-dresses-appropriately-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Landon Heinz is a fifth grader at Westerly Creek Elementary. Like most 5th grade boys, Landon dresses the exact same way as every other male student in his grade. Long sports shorts, long socks, sports shirt, etc. The girls in his grade are more apt to wear cute outfits, do their hair, and even dress appropriately as it pertains to the weather. Not the boys, however. They are wearing shorts. Every day. All the time. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s 80 degrees or 20 below with wind chill. They are wearing shorts. And, unbelievably, it appears they actually are completely unaffected by the cold. You never see these fifth grade boys shivering in a corner. They\u2019ll be walking home in freezing temperatures, and be talking and laughing as if it is 75 and sunny. Nonetheless, parents still try to get these boys to dress appropriately. \u201cI lay out clothes or tell him it\u2019s going to be cold so wear pants or jeans all the time,\u201d said Meg Clinton, mother of a fifth grade boy. \u201cBut, he ignores me and puts those damn shorts on.\u201d Another local mom has even been called to the office because she \u201callowed\u201d her son to wear shorts. \u201cI literally got some sort of warning,\u201d said Kyle Fisher. \u201cAs if I am some neglectful child abuser. I told them I try to get him to dress right.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>On one particular day, Landon saw it was going to be cold out. On that day, for a brief moment, he thought about opening his jeans and pants drawer. Alas, it never happened, and Landon walked to school with his shorts and long socks on. When it was 17 degrees outside. Landon\u2019s mother, Stacy, hopes that the glimmer of hope will lead to more. \u201cMaybe, he will one day open the drawer,\u201d said Stacy. \u201cThen, eventually, take out a pair of pants and put them on. It\u2019s possible, right?\u201d Don\u2019t hold your breath, Stacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue157","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7830,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7322\/revisions\/7830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}