Play dates at houses

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Child has been invited to a play date next week at friends house. From her class.

Given recent changes in Covid I am considering cancelling - I will be really unpopular all round but it doesn't seem right. We have done any inside play dates since January and it doesn't seem the time to start.

What would you do?

I’d probably appreciate your judgement, but if play date can be moved to a garden or park that would be best of both worlds

I'm doing play dates but only with one other household at a time and only outside except for going to the loo.

I take them cycling or they can play football in the garden. I give them a snack outside. While the weather holds it works quite well.

Not sure what we'll do when it gets really cold.

If the child in question is in the same bubble at school then they will be sharing germs there anyway? If it is a different child then I would be cautious of mixing although in our school the bubbles all seem to be mixing out of school regardless

Child is same bubble. Child Sibling obviously not.

Don't know family at all. Not even met them. So have no idea how much they are respecting the guidelines.

Maybe suggesting to meet in park would be better.

Think you're perhaps worrying about the wrong thing here?

In this situation, the risk to your DC from Covid is (IMO) dwarfed by the risk of sending your DC into the home of a person you've never met.

It's surprising that you'd be so over the top worried about a non-risk, while ignoring an actual one.

@NikeDeLaSwoosh

Think you're perhaps worrying about the wrong thing here?

In this situation, the risk to your DC from Covid is (IMO) dwarfed by the risk of sending your DC into the home of a person you've never met.

It's surprising that you'd be so over the top worried about a non-risk, while ignoring an actual one.

You've nailed it for me. I've been uncomfortable about this from the start and i think I am looking for a reason to change the the plan....

Ty

I won't be popular with child but he will understand if I can arrange something else.

At 9 so I'm sure he can suck it up!