My money's on Boris being far away from those photos. They're a decoy. I think he's gone to some- or all- of the places on the quarantine list because he knows he'll have the beaches to himself. He was booked for 2 weeks in Bournemouth but with a bank holiday weekend coming up & after the recent "flocking" he had second thoughts.
I have counted my blessings all through this that I don't have a baby or a toddler or a child at primary school, or one doing exams this year. I feel for all of you. But this week we've (mostly me, but I've made DH be more involved) dealt with the teenage end of parenting & covid, & it's not easy.
To be fair, they've both been pretty uncomplaining & responsible, & the eldest is legally an adult so we have less of a hold even though she lives with us. But they've started to resume their social lives, and I'm stressed. I want them to be out doing normal things for their age, meeting friends, having fun. But as well as the usual worries about what even fairly tame teens might be getting up to I know that they are probably not sticking to the social distancing & limiting who they meet.
There's been some threads this week where parents of teens have been slaughtered for suggesting they might let their kids out socialising in the middle of a pandemic. That the kids could spread covid & shut down an entire school when they go back, & no decent parent would ever allow that behaviour.
I feel very mixed about it & what to do for the best, & whether "the best" means "for the greater good" or for the mental health of my children. We've had lots of discussions about risk & responsible behaviour- whether that's about covid or alcohol or generally being a dick. We've always had rules and boundaries but parenting a teen seems to involve also letting them go. So we've let them go out.
Perhaps I am a terrible mother, but keeping them locked at home isn't an option. There's been a spate of teens meeting secretly in woods round here after their parents have gone to bed, which I think is far more dodgy.
I love & hate this stage of being a mum.