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To not want to send children to school when there’s a storm

184 replies

Bestofbothworlds19 · 23/10/2025 07:52

It’s rotten today where we live. Throwing it down with rain all night and this morning, set to continue all day. Winds are strong too, I can see one of the trees along our road has lost one of its branches (not a small one either) which has snapped into the pavement and is partly in the road. I then worry about anything like that happening close to us when walking to school. Fairly certain my youngest won’t even be able to hold her own in this wind anyway lol. I’m not talking about a typical windy rainy autumn day here, it’s far worse than that where we are. Would you keep your children off or not? (Mine are primary school age but question applies for any age really)

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ExtraOnions · 23/10/2025 07:57

It’s not a Hurricane, don’t be so dramatic

HoskinsChoice · 23/10/2025 07:56

And we wonder why kids are growing up entitled and with zero resilience. Poor kid.

Harassedmum123 · 23/10/2025 07:56

There seems to be a storm every two or three weeks so yes I think you would be unreasonable to keep them off. Are you able to drive them if you are worried? Just so that they don’t get drenched on the way.

Owly11 · 23/10/2025 07:56

No.

EmeraldShamrock000 · 23/10/2025 07:55

Take a taxi, walk back.

Ooogle · 23/10/2025 07:54

As long as school is open, mine go in. There are often storms so I wouldn’t want to keep them off every time

xla · 23/10/2025 07:54

I’m in the southwest where it’s predicted to be the worst and it’s literally a normal autumn morning here. I think you’d be very unreasonable to keep them off for a bit of wind and rain.

Thankyourose · 23/10/2025 07:53

And no, I wouldn’t keep them off unless the school closed.

Thankyourose · 23/10/2025 07:53

Presumably you’re talking about the current storm in the U.K.? Take your kid to school, it’s hardly life threatening!