No children allowed in supermarket

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My sister went to Tesco with her toddler and was told no children allowed from next week. Understand this is wise for infection control but what if you're a single parent with tiny kids and can't do online shopping?

"It's the idiotic and selfish idiots to blame for this."

Yup-the same ones who have led to just being allowed out once for exercise.

Yep i agree selfish idiots and all that but little children v.s teens totally different. Some people don't have help, and what are they to do. It's all very good saying don't blame so and so but what is a single mum with no help actually supposed to do to feed her children?

Good!

If this is one particular Tesco-are there at least other supermarkets nearby that can be used instread?

Good idea. I’m sorry but I won’t be taking my kids anywhere near one. Luckily I have hubby and my 15 year old to watch the others if I need to go out.

Some of the responses on here are vile.

Good for you sweetpea, you have absolutely no problems getting food, you have totally missed the point.

If nothing else, I hope this crisis helps people to get to know their neighbours and get involved in their community. Where I live there are many schemes to help people.

Before all this happened so many people seemed almost proud of their insular lives and ‘no need of anyone outside my own little family’. This shows that it really does ‘take a village’. A mother of four children posted that she knew no one to ask for help, what will happen if she dies? We all need a support network, and to be able (if possible) to offer support within our community. It is heartening to see so many volunteers signing up under the new scheme.

'I went to Morrison’s this morning that has a one in one out policy. Security stopped a family with young children coming in and made the parents chose which one wanted to shop and which stayed out to look after the kids.'

This is about children with one parent being turned away which is a totally different situation.

To other PP I'm not sure telling people to lock young kids in the car is such a great plan.

Parents/ single parents especially are always wrong. Before this it was, you can't leave them at home before 13 or other really old ages, you can't lock them in the car etc

Now parents are told they're irresponsible if they don't do that!

Most moaning on here about not being able to take children in supermarkets are probably the same ones that posted on other threads wanting severe lockdown measures. You reap what you sow.

It's for all our safety. It's hard on your sister, but pls think about the greater good.

You have no way of knowing that, whenthedeal.

I don't see how it's in the greater good to push families already in poverty, into even more dire situations. We will be getting more single parent families as this progresses feels like adding insult to injury and then of course people like PP fading saying gleefully that they brought it on themselves.

I wonder what they are doing in Italy? They have that rule there. Fact is that children are super spreaders and they will touch things. So difficult, another challenge every day.

I think it is a sensible move - sorry if i'm repeating, haven't RTFT but it has been pointed out that children are more likely to be carriers of the virus without symptoms and likely to have lower hygiene standards so it is wise to keep them away from flashpoints like supermarkets where possible.

I hope that this won't be introduced as a specific government rule though because for some it just won't be practical. The trouble with all the measures is that they throw up additional problems.

Week I'm a single parent with disabled children, so that is me unable to shop at Tesco. They should really set up a click and collect service specifically for single parents

The greater good?
Are lone parents and their children not part of that?

Thinking of the greater good is not going to get food in the cupboards.

It's not for the greater good if it results in kids being passed between households and picking up germs before taking those germs onto the next place is it.

@WhentheDealGoesDown1 Bored are you?

All it has been on here is total lockdown, lockdown, close the schools etc. Now moaning because shops don’t want their little darlings in them

The uk has a higher proportion of single parents where one parent is not involved at all. As opposed to co parents where in this situation the parent without the children would do the shopping and drop it off, as separated parents are still allowed to see children. Or the parent goes whilst children are with other parent.

I will try and dig out the exact figure

You reap what you sow the fuckers not behaving like adults and ignoring rules are NOT the same as the people pissed off by them.
Or did you miss that difference?

I don't think this is company wide. I had an email from Tesco about an hour ago updating me on their special measures and this wasn't mentioned.

It said one member of the household, where possible, but didn't ban children.

Sorry for you, OP, but yes it is no doubt because of the feckless parents who let their kids run round as if the shop is a playground. As with many other things, the small percentage of idiots ruin things for the sensible majority (well I hope it is a majority!).

@WhentheDealGoesDown1 no need.

Are you one of those armchair experts who think this is all scaremongering/gone too far/taken away our liberties for no good reason, incidentally? Because that's what you sound like.

www.statista.com/statistics/730604/family-structures-italy/

9% single parent families in Italy

I agree with it there really is no need for the whole family to go food shopping
I appreciate it will be harder for single parents but there are other ways around it
Where I live we have people on hand who will do your shopping for you if you aren’t able to get out yourself
Also a lot of farm shops and butchers are doing deliveries or you can order by phone or online and collect it yourself
If people had listened in the first place and been more responsible then these measures could possibly have been prevented