They wanted to bring a proof from the Torah for wearing a long jacket. It says borrow keilim (cloth) from the mitzryim and place it on your children. Why not on themselves? So they said, because it was too short. Maybe, there is no proof. If your children need clothing and you do then your children come first as we say in bentching that I have not seen a tzadik forsaken and the children look for bread because you will do everything to feed them.
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