Kids do feel the cold. So why won’t they wear a jumper?

Zachary Kadolf/Unsplash It happens just when you need to leave. Bags are packed. Shoes are on. Then your child decides a jumper is impossible. You say, “put your jumper on”. They say, “I’m not cold”. Do kids really not feel the cold like adults do? Or are they just expressing their independence? And when should you insist? A clue from pain research I study how children experience pain, and pain research offers one clue about this jumper battle. A child may scrape their knee during a game and…