Children playing out

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We live in a cul-de-sac and will often let the children play out with a parent hovering around nearby. We are considering doing this while schools are shut, eg giving them breaks every couple of hours so they can play together. Don’t want to be irresponsible but their playtime is important to them. AIBU if I let them play out with their friends in current climate?

Yes YABU. Let just your children play in the garden or take them for a walk whilst practicing safe social distancing.

Let them play. They need to keep a distance though

YABU.... why do you think the schools closed?
No friends, go for walks ( no playgrounds) , kick a ball out the back. No mixing for now I'm afraid .

YABU as that would not be not social distancing

YABU I can’t believe you had to ask

This is a great example of where people think the rules don’t apply to them

The government was clear: no play dates. Playing outside with friends is still a play date.

@Theresnobslikeshowb I can't believe how many posts like this one I've read.

MN is rife with people who don't understand the consequences.

Madness.

I live in China. My children haven't been outside in sixty days. Keep them in.

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There must be at least 2m between each child at all times, that means they can't play "together".

Lots of people are going to die soon and the health system will struggle to cope. You have to make sacrifices to help other people right now.

We have been isolating for a week - in Ireland - and my children have adapted. My 8 year old has been chatting lots with school friends on skype and other than that is busy doing schoolwork or reading or lego or watching TV.

I do feel a bit sad that our children are missing their normal lives but by keeping them in I might be saving ourselves and other people. I’ve heard it said that our grandparents were asked to go to war and we are just being asked to stay home.

I live in Paris. Children haven't (and wont) leave our small apartment until this is over.

Each seemingly small decision like this that we all make will collectively determine the depth and duration of this crisis. The more playdates / haircuts / visits to family that people decide are ‘okay’, the more people die, the more jobs are lost, and the more companies go bankrupt. These decisions define if you are fighting the virus or helping it.

Children should be seen but not heard
Dickensian Trollope
Let them play, and joyfully, loudly, what else is there?
Good luck to anyone trying to stop children being children !!!

WHY is the concept of distancing and no unnecessary contact so fucking hard to comprehend?!?
Honestly, I despair for humanity. I would think it was some sort of natural selection but sadly the children and their parents doing this will probably have it mildly and it will be the loved ones of others, that they’ve spread it to, that will die.

Goodness me, I should téléphone the constables if I were you !
Children playing out on the street, what nonsense indeed!
Their mothers are probably no better than they ought to be !
Put them all into institutions for those not of sound mind, lest their children stray onto the street

FFS no no no no and no again. Why is this so hard for people to get their heads around.

You do know that in Italy old people are dying horrible deaths in nursing homes and at home because there are not enough ventilators.

I care for a girl with multiple disabilities, if she gets it she will die no doubt about it
But of course kids miss playing out so why not take the risk!!!!!
Can’t actually believe people can be so dumb. If people carry on like this we will be on full lock down soon. This virus bloody kills people and it has also got people who had underlying health conditions they did not know about.

Children should be seen but not heard
Dickensian Trollope
Let them play, and joyfully, loudly, what else is there?
Good luck to anyone trying to stop children being children !!!

For goodness sake children used to go down the mines and in the mills and still do in some third world countries. So not playing out for a bit won’t do them any harm, they are still better off then a lot of children used to be and are.

I want to know if those carrying on as if nothing is happening and think they won’t get seriously ill (its only flu brigade) would be willing to sign something saying they are as they certain they won’t get ill they wont be taking up a ventilator. I am guessing they wouldn’t

Let them play out but not with friends. Do you want to get sick? Honestly you're lucky yours have each other, my son has no siblings to play with and I'm not going to endanger him, myself and others by engaging in the unnecessary contact we've been asked to refrain from. However long it takes.

We’re a week in, in Canada and are not having play dates or basically seeing anyone aside from our own family. We’re speaking a lot on the phone, what’s app and messenger and checking with family and friends but no physical play dates.

We‘re playing in the house, going for walks either late in the evening or in quiet areas, playing LEGO, making crafts, games, baking and watching a lot of movies! And trying to work from home.

We’re taking it day by day and trying to be patient and kind. The advice is very clear - no play dates, playgrounds or group gatherings. Kids cannot maintain the distance. People are losing their lives, their jobs and possibly their homes over this. If you can stay home, stay home.

I have rejoined after a long time lurking, just to answer this post and any other post like it.
You are being massively unreasonable.
I am one of the people who 111 says is “highly likely” to have Coronavirus. I haven’t been tested because they aren’t testing anyone who hasn’t been admitted to hospital.

I am in my 30s, and normally fit and well. I feel like I have been hit by a truck. The pain in my back when I breathe has had me in tears. When I start to cough I can’t stop, to the point i’m gasping for breath. I make a noise when breathing in. I am awake at 3:30 in the morning because I can’t get comfortable. I am terrified anyone I love gets this, my children, my husband, my parents, my friends, though many are showing the symptoms I started with.

In my area we have two official cases!

I am a teacher, I probably picked it up at school. I did everything I was told to do regarding hand washing etc. I stood with my pupils and showed them how to wash their hands, but children are known as superspreaders for a reason!

Please don’t put people at risk by unnesseserily throwing children together! If it has effected me like this I can’t imagine the suffering for those most at risk.

How could you even consider this? Are you exempt? Are you very special? In Spain children have been isolated and inside for 10 days now. If they need air , you open a window. They cannot go outside for walks. The beaches and playgrounds are shut. Police and army make sure of this. We now have a form to fill in to go for food or drugs. But your kids will be ok because you live in a culture de sac ?? Everytime they meet you start your 14 day quarantine over again.

I have a 13 year old (acts younger due to hidden disability) who is fine apart from having a cough. We don't know if he has coronavirus but I'm not letting him out to play with the other children in the street.
One family has a dad in a wheelchair, another has a dad recovering from cancer. We cannot risk my son passing the virus onto other children and onwards.