Why do children not react to cold like adults do???!? Example could be kids at the beach loving the freezing water on a cloudy day, whereas an adult is physically hurting in the same temp. water.
In: Biology
Children are way more active than adults, for one. More active = more heat. Two, *feeling* cold is not the same thing as *being* cold. Our sensation of warmth isn’t the same thing as temperature, in other words.
Best example: touch a fluffy blanket in your room. Then touch a piece of metal in your room. The metal *feels* colder, but it’s literally the same temperature (room temperature). What you really *feel* is the transference of heat energy away from your body. Children may actually not feel like they are cold because compared to all the heat their activity is generating, the sensation of the heat leaving their body may feel kinda nice comparatively. But that doesn’t mean their body is not actually cold (temperature-wise).
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