Please help- my son went to school in his hoodie

amother

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Today at 11:54 am

Where can I buy a warm winter coat- today?
It’s cold outside and he doesn’t have a coat.
He’s 12 and cares about style.
I think he does not want something bulky because that’s his complaint about the coat I ordered online (plus that coat isn’t warm at all).
I think he might like a bomber style coat but so far whatever I found was more like a jacket than a coat.
I would spend up to $150.
Please tell me where to go.

amother

DarkRed

Today at 12:17 pm

alot of kids stores have a collection of coats probably including that size. I think whimsy and juvenile planet have alot of coats. Also probably shoppers paradise. Some kids wear those very thick T.O. Sweatshirt hoodies that are heavier. Not great in 30 degrees, but probably 40 degrees and up he can be ok in it.

amother

Linen

Today at 12:19 pm

amother Mistyrose wrote:

Take him to a boy/ men store and let him choose the style he wants.

This is your best advice. Choosing in real life is your best chance at getting something he wants to wear. I don’t know if you have time for this. If you can manage it, just giving him the time will mean a lot even if you have to shlep other kids along and serve pizza that night. Can you make it an outing? Tonight we’re taking Zev for a coat and going for pizza afterwards. Extra fries for whoever makes the least noise and mess at the coat store. Unfortunately I don’t live near you so I have no idea where you can go. Hopefully others will have good suggestions.

amother

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Today at 12:22 pm

amother Linen wrote:

Yes, I’m taking him out of school early to shop for a coat and I plan on buying pizza 😊

SingALong

Today at 12:23 pm

Dh took my boys to his place on Clifton to choose coats this year. They are super warm, bomber style I guess but with a warm hood.
Shoppers paradise and juvenile planet also sell coats for these sizes

amother

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Today at 12:26 pm

SingALong wrote:

Good idea
Thank you

keym

Today at 12:26 pm

Just a piece of advice.
He's 12.
Some boys decide AT 13 that they're doing wool jackets and refuse to wear their puffer or bomber jacket or whatever. (I had one of those). If he's that type, you may want to take him somewhere cheaper like the mall or Burlington since he's only going to get a year out of it.

He may be willing to agree to wear this coat after his bar mitzvah. Talk to him. But if he agrees to wear it next year also, make sure it's roomy enough for him to wear his jacket also.

amother

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Today at 12:37 pm

keym wrote:

I know… he will probably want to wear a short woolen coat next year. That’s why I tried ordering a few things online so I could spend less but nothing worked and I’m desperate now.
I would love to spend less but it has to be warm and he has to be happy.

amother

Pistachio

Today at 1:24 pm

Ds 12 is also going to school in his Abercrombie sweatshirt every day. He says thats what all the boys wear... Apparently its nerdy to wear a coat. Drives me crazy

amother

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Today at 1:49 pm

amother Forestgreen wrote:

His place has a TO warm coat all the boys are wearing. There’s one on clifton and one on route 9 by augenbraun, perroquet and French press

That looks like something he might like. I don’t like the price though…
I guess I don’t have much of a choice now.

amother

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Today at 1:51 pm

amother Pistachio wrote:

Ds 12 is also going to school in his Abercrombie sweatshirt every day. He says thats what all the boys wear... Apparently its nerdy to wear a coat. Drives me crazy

I think he might be willing to wear a coat if it’s cool.
I can’t imagine wearing a sweatshirt and feeling warm when it’s 20 degrees.

amother

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Today at 4:58 pm

Update-
He got a coat!

It wasn’t simple at all…

First ordered 2 Abercrombie coats that weren’t good
Then I ordered 3 more from amazon.. nothing good

Today I called Marcy’s and they said they have boys coats- puffer style but when we got there they did not have that at all. Only men’s coats. For boys it was only shabbos coats or rain coats.
So we drove to his place- Clifton. The whole way there he was saying that he doesn’t want a T.O coat…. So I said I would go to juvenile planet but he said only girls go there so he reluctantly agreed to go to his place.
They did not have his size…. But he found a coat he liked and they called the other store for us.
We drove to his place river Ave and bH they had the coat he liked in his size!

Was “on sale “ for $135 instead of $150.
It’s not even so warm but it’s a coat which is better than his hoodie and he agrees to wear it.

And that’s the story of my son’s winter coat.

Thanks for all the advice!