Children thinking lockdown lasted years 😢

[Mayflower282]

Was talking with my kids about Covid (they were in primary school when it started, now in high school), they asked how long lockdown lasted and I couldn’t actually remember, but I said around 6 months…they were shocked and said they thought it was 2-3 years. I guess their perception of time at that age it felt longer. Felt so sad hearing this 😢

Anyone else had similar from their kids?

That’s not right as we had Xmas alone as they were deciding about bubbles /households then and my dad could have joined us but was then poorly do I played him a roast up and drive it to him

think they said yes you can have Xmas. Then you can’t

and my work Xmas meal got cancelled as was in a diff teir. Think Kent couldn’t but Surrey could

There was no lockdown in septmeber 20. The second lockdown began end of october, the third end of December but those 2 you could bubble up with someone if you should chose and it was again only around 3 months you couldn't visit. Tiers didn't prevent you visiting one person outside

Again it was really only a few months on 2 occasions you couldn't visit people. As adults we should be able to rationalise that.

COVID was terrifying for a lot of people. I’m sure the people who still have long covid and those who lost close family members found it worse than what was going on with the Govt.

During a war, people willingly put other people’s families at risk. During COVID people did the same. They were happy to infect them because ‘fuck the rules’.

It’s the fact they can’t rationalise it to their children that’s a concern. We are led to believe that teenagers who were relatively okay for say 13 years are now incapable of living normal lives?

There were restrictions of one kind or another on and off for about two years (except in Downing Street). The six months is the period where almost all social contact was limited and schools were closed to most children.

We should never forget how long it was, and how much longer it was because of inaction in early March 2020. Nor forget the dubious procurement, the nest feathering, and the impacts of long Covid.

Yes, it was the tiers, we were in tier 2 so could have DS for Christmas from another tier 2 but all the counties around us were tier 4 and couldn't mix but our shops were rammed because they all come to our shops from the forbidden areas

Six months - and they weren’t isolated. They had their families, statistically they are likely to have siblings. Older children could be in contact digitally with their friends.

It was about two years

Others have stated the timeline (Copilot and ChatGPT has been very busy).

Even then it was FOUR years since it finished. Plenty of time to go to school, play and go places. People are holding their children back.

While some restrictions might have been necessary, so many things the government did were cruel, inhumane, and pointless. This is a hill I will die on.

dragging it out months.
frightening the pants off the public.
partygate - pure spite.
restricted purchases in wales.
gaslighting with eg “an hour a day”. Gove (bastard) improvised that on the spot, and it became gospel. The government failed to correct the record.
bullying the public into taking vaccine (and it was bullying). Some of them are now dead as a result.

And the fact that Johnson is still making millions, when he should be in fucking PRISON, for the lies alone. People have been sent to prison for lying about who was driving a speeding car, while he walks free.

Nicola was being taken to task by a television interviewer and she pointed out that hindsight's a wonderful thing but that she did what she felt best at the time according to what was known at that time. So did other politicians.

Were the politicians “doing what they thought best” when they frightened the pants off the public, and partied (at our expense) while people could not have funerals?

I’m still wondering if there might be further scandals yet; for example, it might be revealed that the “crying nurses” were actors, or a WhatsApp is leaked saying “let’s seize the opportunity to experiment and find out exactly how much we can control the public, using the power of fear, and the media”.

Maybe in England not in Scotland who had flag waving trying to be different Nicola.

Glasgow went back into what was meant to be a 6week lockdown August just after the schools went back.
Surrounding areas followed about 2 weeks later.

Policies changed bla bla the no visiting restrictions eventually lifted about May 21.

Glasgow had the longest and harshest restrictions in Europe.
The October week if you had a holiday booked you could go.
But if you didn't then don't leave your council area.

And more of them are dead from actually, ya know, getting covid.

Outside of certain professions (which is an internal thing) nobody was forced into getting the jab. They weren’t exactly coming to people’s houses and dragging them off at gunpoint.

I think people who are still bitter about the whole thing are using their children to make a point about how a whole two years was lost and they were robbed because they were unable to go out. Ironic given most would be happiest on screens anyway.

Making your children think they are victims to prove a point is not quite the flex you think it is

Nobody is trying to hold children back. But people aren't able to plug the gaps in children's development.

The little ones who need speach therapy because they couldn't see mouths while learning to make sounds.

The kids who were taught 2m socially distanced with poor handwriting as when they were trying to learn teachers couldn't physically correct their form.

The older kids and young adults with anxiety and confidence issues from the lockdowns.

Well presumably the parents and caregivers and siblings would be the primary source of a child’s speech - were they wearing masks in the house?

Same with the writing. Wouldn’t the parents support their child and help them with their writing?

I am surprised that parents have that much faith in schools that they will hand it all over to them to deal with.

And given we have had four years clear, how have they not caught up?

As for anxiety, it’s not restricted to children and young adults.

Nobody was forced into getting the jab.
Yeah, that old line. But we came very close to it. People were bullied and coerced into it, though, including on Mumsnet; those who refused were “selfish arseholes”. There was massive publicity. The government lied that the vaccine prevented transmission, and very strongly hinted that those who refused might be banned from doing everyday things. Care workers were threatened with losing their jobs (as if we’re not short of them). There was performative “I’ve been jabbed” on social media. There was going to be a campaign depicting children in superhero costumes saying “I’ve been jabbed”, but it was pulled. It’s mentioned in the inquiry, though, so I am not making it up, and I saw what these ads might have looked like. The Archbishop of Canterbury waded in, probably with thirty pieces of silver involved. (And incidentally, I’m disappointed by the church’s complicit silence on how the government treated the public, and my vicar agrees with me, I have it in writing.)

So while people might not have been “forced”, they were certainly bullied, by the same people who were now saying “nobody was forced”.

I completely agree, remember how at some points in lockdown you could go to the pub but children couldn't go to school. Then you had this silly situation where you had most of the class back because the parents were loosely defined as essential workers and the others were left at home with Twinkl worksheets.

Parks should never have been closed either.

No wonder kids thought it was long, children were an afterthought during the pandemic.

My mum was in a home in England, I live in Wales. I certainly couldn't visit her in July 2020. I couldn't even leave Wales! When I could, every time I tried to visit, if there was a case in the home, I couldn't see her. She had dementia, and must have felt abandoned - she couldn't hear on the phone.

Yeah they were focussing on keeping people alive (well before they fucked it up anyway). Perhaps they thought that that was the important thing and that children would be supported in their development by their parents.

And children don’t always have to be the priority.

How come all the kids were so upset about school? Are the schools really that great that they would prefer to be in a classroom than home

School isn't just about learning academic stuff for many kids is where they socialise and play with other kids.

Remember there was no club happening either.

Lots of parents were working from home. During the second full lockdown it was dark and horrible.
My oldest would go out and find his pal, but I didn't trust them to care for my LO, LO just didn't see daylight.
Between home schooling and work taking priority it was dark before LO got outside.

The danger was always said to be to older people so why the hell couldn't children still meet up together and use parks and groups? As long as they stayed away from the grandparents.

Many children certainly didn't want to be taught by their parents. And teachers weren't allowed to teach except an hour or two per day online- it was such a waste of everyone's time! And sanity 😔

There were so many rules that made no sense.

I think Sturgeon eventually admitted they targeted schools because they thought that would make society the restrictions iseriously.

@IkeaMeatballGravy Children weren’t merely an afterthought - they were an inconvenience to be thrown under the bus, as far as politicians were concerned. The covidians called children, and I quote, “vectors of transmission”. I’ve never been more politically angry about ANYTHING, than the way children were treated in 2020. Some of their parents lost their jobs and livelihoods, if they fell through the cracks in the scheme which Sunak pledged “would leave nobody behind”; and later, billionaire Sunak shrugged “we can’t help everybody”.

And some children were stuck in abusive homes. Never forget that. Some were never seen again. When I saw rainbows in windows, I did not see hope - I saw trapped children.

Who was focusing on keeping people alive? Were they at Boris Johnson's party?

How was it acceptable to have schools closed and pubs open?

A lot of children do enjoy school, they like the routine and being with thier friends. Plus most parents were still trying to work during the day and many had more than one child to teach. Some kids have shitty home lives and thousands of kids never returned to education after lockdown (The ghost children)

Children should be high on the priority list, they are extremely vulnerable.