Do your kids wear poppies?

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Do your kids wear poppies?

No.

Yes.

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No, neither do I.

What type? Is it the paper ones?

I think this year is more important than ever as normal fundraising events are cancelled

Not on school uniform (due to the fact they will likely lose them within 5minutes. But generally on Remembrance Sunday. They've attended services/parades from quite young- 2&4. The year before that they helped their Dad sell them. They know what it means.

Yes

How long are we talking about?

With 98% of the population under 12, for around 24 seconds, yes. And then they're lost, Francesca's complaining that Alfie has picked up her poppy off the floor, Freddie's got five shoved up his left nostril and the remainder of Miss Bentley's class come out at the end of the day to say 'I need another £2 for a poppy tomorrow'.

Yes

Yes

No. It was enforced one year at dd’s school. She’s not worn one since.

If they want to.

Yes. We have the pin ones that we wear every year. I still donated to the British legion when they were outside supermarkets collecting, but have donated online this year.

I dont mind either way but it's enforced at school (which is ridiculous imho)

Yes, either the pin ones or a wristband, all through school. They are older now but they still do.

Yes usually pins or wristbands.

My 14,year old does, his own decision

Of course. We have a strong military background in our family and he wants to join himself when he’s older. He is a Junior Sea Cadet and did his first Remembrance Day parade last year with his uncle who is in the Army and Grandad who was in the RAF. He gets a paper poppy and has a special metal badge that is from his uncle’s regiment.

Yes. Pins this year from RBL website. Prefer pins as otherwise everyone lost them just as they were needed on the Sunday! Eldest understands (8), youngest is a bit vague (4).

Mine have done. I am a bit relunctant due to the amount of waste they produce.

Yes, all my family (even the dog) wear one.
At school we sell them (no minimum donation) for 2 weeks prior to 11/11 and on the day every child is given one to attend the Remembrance Service (School makes a blanket donation to ‘pay’ for them)

This year there isn’t a Service but weather depending the children will be doing a minutes silence on the field or in classrooms and will be given a poppy for that.