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?

We have a stay and shelter order in our State in the USA.
We can go out for a walk but only in our own family group.
Not to mix with others.

What is the reason you're all crying NOOO!...

Because if you read the OP it suggested that young children who live in a cul de sac play out together.

Apart from emotions?

Well it's an emotive subject, but that aside, common sense tells us it's a fucking stupid idea.

Kids were sent home to enforce social distancing and NOT for lockdown

That's the whole point. Playing out with neighbourhood kids is NOT social distancing.

Would the situation be different if OP knew that all the parents were working from home, staying away from elderly/vulnerable people, and having no other social contact other than very occasional trips to the supermarket? I'm wondering if social contact is essentially a very small circle (albeit from 2 or 3 other households) whether the risk remains high?

But one of the adults gets it in the supermarket or someone is in the incubation stage then because the kids play together, the entire street gets it. Elderly/vulnerable people are most at risk but that doesn't mean that perfectly healthy people can't be seriously ill and put strain on the NHS.

There are no children in my area except mine so they can go out on scooters etc together as only a year between them so will need to play with each other and no way would I allow them to play with other kids otherwise what’s the point in them being off school..think some of you are massively missing the point in this.

I think it's quite clear what they are asking us to do. Yet left pubs open until now....

People get mixed signals.

If they choose to be arsehole and interpret the rules as being different for them.

Can mix yet some kids will go to school and have contact.

This is an unfortunate method of essential childcare to keep the country from literally breaking. Anyone with an ounce of common sense would realise that this is unavoidable if we want treatment next time we go to the doctor, the lease of 2 evils. Only twats interpret it as being unfair.

I'm not going to get into a bun fight with you. Nobody said anything about it being unfair.

Self isolate but can jump on a packed train and go to a busy supermarket.

Well the advice is NOT to go on a packed train. Supermarkets are unavoidable, again, if people want tot stay alive... yet trains and public transport has been reduced meaning those essential workers are now packing into small spaces...again mixed signals

However you want to dress it up, look at the boards people are unsure. I'm not going to lash out at strangers on the internet but the uk hasn't taken this seriously and looking at how people have reacted it goes to show

Golden I can't make out which of that post is yours which is other posters and I see a bit that I wrote in there too. If you are trying to respond to something you can quotation mark, bold or italic to make it stand out. I'm not responding to what you have said because it's too hard to understand.

Your kids alone playing outside in the garden- no problem. With other kids: that means no social distancing. Rather than contain a potential virus to one family you have just exported it to the entire neighbourhood.

Mine are playing out the front with friends - I am not seeing anyone and the family of the children they’re playing with are not seeing anyone either. None of us high risk. Surely the rammed supermarket is worse than outside with a couple of friends... FWIW I am even avoiding my own parents who I am very close to even though they’re not in the high risk group either.

Mine are playing out the front with friends - I am not seeing anyone and the family of the children they’re playing with are not seeing anyone either. None of us high risk. Surely the rammed supermarket is worse than outside with a couple of friends... FWIW I am even avoiding my own parents who I am very close to even though they’re not in the high risk group either.

Unless you have been self isolating for the past two weeks then you/your kids could be in the incubation stage. Also, NOT BEING IN A HIGH RISK GROUP DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU CANNOT GET SERIOUSLY ILL.

Going to a supermarket - essential
Kids playing - not essential.

I hope we go on lockdown on Monday to stop things like this before we end up like Italy.

No. Your children can’t mix with others... that’s the whole point. If you have two children they can play out together but not with other households.

Self isolate but can jump on a packed train and go to a busy supermarket'

The advice is quite clear not to do either of those if you're self-isolating.

Social distancing is not self-isolating.

I can’t believe people are even asking this.

We all need to work together to protect the most vulnerable in society. DH is Italian so we are following the news there closely. People are dying painful deaths ALONE in hospital. Their only chance of saying goodbye to their loved ones is if an overworked doctor or nurse helps them to phone from their death bed.

The medical staff are also putting their own lives at risk and many of them have died.

It’s also quite naive to think young and healthy people are not at risk. 1 in 5 suffer complications - if there are not enough ventilators to go round because the NHS is in meltdown it doesn’t matter how low risk you were, it’s not going to keep you alive.

Just. No.

I can't believe how selfish so many people are. They'd literally rather kill someone than change their routine. Peoples lives depend on what we all decide to do here.

Children who live together can play outside together, mine will be going in the garden or out for country walk - no going in the park. The longer people don't follow advice the longer this will carry on for. Doesn't help all these celebrities not following the rules.

I've taken my own three children to play out on their bikes for half an hour, but not with any neighbour children.

When is it going to get through to people... we self isolating fgs

CaryStoppins Sat 21-Mar-20 14:03:51
I've taken my own three children to play out on their bikes for half an hour, but not with any neighbour children.
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Sounds good.

PleaseDon't:

"Mine are playing out the front with friends"

Why are you not following the Government guidelines?

FGS

Dr Jenny Harries said last night that it’s absolutely fine to go on a cycle ride together provided they only use their own equipment and don’t get too close to their friends. Group sports aren’t recommended, nor are play dates or even carpooling. So in short, YABU because they won’t keep a safe distance playing together on a cul de sac.

Also, self isolating isn’t recommended unless you have symptoms (so a fever or cough). I think people really need to understand the difference between self isolating and social
distancing.

If you are self isolating you cannot leave the house for any reason for 14 days. If you don’t have symptoms you are allowed to get some fresh air. It’s fine to walk in the countryside for example or any open space like that. It’s not fine to go sit in a crowded restaurant or pop down to the bowling alley.

Because we are not in lock down. I can tell you on my street nearly everyone is out the front gardening, I popped to the shops earlier (essentials, alone) and it was far from quiet. Clearly Mumsnet does not reflect real life in this instance. (No cases anywhere near here yet btw, which could be why people are a little too relaxed...).

I agree that YABVVU and it is still unbelievable that we are having to keep schools open for some children and expose them and the staff working with them when other children cannot have any contact with each other.
Please don't get me wrong, I am very willing to do this to support emergency workers, but some parents DO NOT need to send their children in, and we are opening school in the full knowledge that we are hugely increasing the risk to our wonderful staff.

You cant stop children from getting too close when they play together. They naturally migrate towards each other.
Please keep them at home. We can save so many people if we do this.

You cannot stop small children touching other children so telling them to keep apart simprly will not work so they will have to be only with siblings,

however one of this is going to work well. Try telling 14 year old boys now out of school for 6 months who have no parents around from troubled areas to stay away from everyone. Instead we will just have groups of youths committing crimes every day until September and school starts. it is not going to go well. For some the virus will the least of the problems.