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?

Find someone to look after them.

Sure, in a lockdown there will be loads of available people won't there!

fedup I got straight through to both Aldi and Asda.
Aldi was chatty and Asda gave me a reference number to quote from head office if a manager tried to stop me entering with my children.

Strangely, I called them as I have children to feed not so I could take up valuable time.

I can't feed my children on 'the greater good' and I didnt want to stand in a queue to be turned away with them.

Agree with PP about this showing up divides in our society. This thread is really depressing.

This thread has upset me too because once again we are seen as being the root of all problems and then told we are selfish for being cross at not being able to feed our children. The worst in society is coming out under a guise of "the greater good"

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.

What is wrong with these absolute thickos that they would willingly put their children at risk unnecessarily? There is no need whatsoever for children to go shopping with two parents. Or for two normally functioning adults to go shopping together for that matter.

Are single parents really saying that they don’t have a single friend/neighbour who could pick up some groceries when they’re getting their own

Yeah. All mine neglected me and turn their noses up at me when I became a scummy single parent. I'm actually still the same person and a damn good mum. I just got my heart broken, pieced myself back together and now I work harder.

I don't believe they can do this. It's total discrimination, neglect, child abuse...

On another thread someone shouted that a single parent should have made alternative arrangements than asking another household to look after her child while she had surgery.

And now single parents are being urged to leave their children with other households to go shopping when we are in lockdown.

FFS

mumof202022 i agree in times like this people are unearthed for who they truly are and from what see here a lot of blinded people whom think everyone has someone to help or that their kids must be awful or that they must have other options whilst they are cosy at home with their husband to go fetch at every whim

I live in a small market town with not a lot of choices in supermarkets
The town square is full of pubs, nail bars and bookies. There is one big Tesco a
Co-op and a Nisa.

Nisa and Co-op have already banned kids if Tesco join in I will have the choice of leaving my 9 and 7 year olds at home or outside Tesco.

Yes I have friends, they have their own jobs and children to worry about. How are they supposed to pick some stuff up for me when the supermarkets have limits on what you can buy?
There are no delivery slots for weeks and weeks.
The neighbours around me are old so I won't be asking them.

I ltb and I've had to call the police three times since he left.
I start thinking we are doing OK as a little team and feel proud of myself but then I see something like this and read some of the comments and it hits me in the gut how some people must look down on us and how alone I actually am

Straycats - my friends/family did that too - well almost all of them. I already know what isolation feels like, I've been doing it a very long time.

I have find out those astonishing, when only last week we were told massive international footy matches were fine and 70000 race meets were ok and the risk of transmission was small. Now a toddler can't go into a supermarket?

I hope this isn't a universal rule. Most single parents are not able to leave their children at home, and do not have anyone else available to look after the children.

There are a lot of selfish families travelling about en masse at the moment that are ruining things for those of us that have no choice.

I agree it's starting to make me think this thing is massively airborne

Apparently Morrisons does a basics box for £35, designed to last 2 adults a week. Apparently they do a next day delivery.

There was a thread on here saying that they are not taking any more orders as they have been overwhelmed!

Yup no slots for that here either

I could in theory go at any time because I have a dh.

In reality for some it's a tough choice of starve or leave a vulnerable child at home which is wrong but no one is watching the vulnerable right now.

There needs to be sensible rules. I think kids are already in more danger from my local pitch fork FB community group who are posting pictures of people buying their max 3 items. Because people can only tolerate buying enough food for one adult a week. Forger feeding a larger family. Kids are going to suffer all kinds of neglect while parents struggle just to get by

Find someone to look after them.

Yep cos right now is the perfect time to dump your kids on other people or for people to take in random kids!😂😂😂
What part of stay out of other peoples houses are you missing?

In normal circumstances, everyone tears into single parents for leaving their children alone to shop even if they're 19.

Now they're supposed to?!

Lego
Pitch fork face book group indeed. Social media at it's very worst

If this does happen across the country, I really hope people will look out for their friends and neighbours. One of my friends is a single mother of two under five, so we will do her shopping if necessary. It’s not like she can leave them at home ffs.

The email I got says to try not shop with more than one person which suggests a pair of people is fine. No mention of children.

@RightOnTheEdge

I know how you feel- but honestly - all of this says far more about society, than it does us.

Not that that feeds your kids.

I’d recommend emailing your local MP your concerns now, don’t wait to have nowhere to shop

THIS IS IN THE ISLE OF MAN. It's not even the UK, just in the Common Travel Area, like Ireland or the Channel Islands. So it doesn't affect you. Yes it's Tesco but they have shops all over the world. Calm down!

Access to food is a basic human right under the convention of human rights and also under the children convention the have in schools (unicef).

Yes, ban unnecessary family groups where they don't need to be out. But don't prevent LP and children from eating.

I had my Asda browser open for 6 hours today just to be able to make my order.

Tesco have nothing for weeks - not even click and collect.

Morrison's the same.

Also and Lidl don't deliver.

Find someone to look after them

Yeah, great idea when we are supposed to be doing the OPPOSITE of that.

This thread has really pissed me off. I'm going shopping tomorrow with my DS, I don't have any choice but to take him. Hopefully Asda will be accommodating!