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You can take it that way of you wish and feel free to do so. My comment:tough crowd I see. New here....
Dad - relax! You're overthinking here. Time to step back. I can't remember any problems with head-sunburns and more importantly, you need to STOP trying to "help" with every decision at every turn. Your new plebe will not have you around to watch over and will need to make these sorts of decisions constantly. This is a really, really minor decision with little impact pro or con.
If you really want to help, keep on encouraging physical prep as in running, push ups, etc right up to leaving for Plebe Summer.
Was intended to be gentle. If I had not intended to be gentle, I'd have led off with some commentary such as
. . . I've been associated with USNA for well over 40 years now as a Mid, Grad, Midshipman Training Officer in the Fleet, BGO and Parent and throughout all of it, what I've seen is the mids who have never had to do their own thinking/deciding tend to have a much tougher time then those who have made more of their own decisions before I Day. I certainly get that it is hard to let go but in my experience, holding on too tight will hurt them more than it will help them.
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And on reflection, I'm still choosing my words carefully to try to not stomp on people's feelings and beliefs. I actually feel a lot more strongly about this.