Are you still letting your DC play out with neighbours kids?

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Are you still letting your kids play out with neighbours kids? Seems to be in my neighbourhood the kids are carrying on as normal, and out on the streets together. Mine are home as I won’t allow it.

No way. We saw kids playing today and were shocked. The virus won't stop if the kids keep playing with neighbours and friends. (They are the biggest spreaders)

No.

Same as I wouldn't allow them to play on the edge of a cliff, on a railway track or juggle with grenades.

I live in London so they never did that in the first place!

NB, I'd like them to have been doing that, but no one else is willing to let their kids out.

Nope.

And the Scary Woman who normally lets her 4 run riot (they steal, vandalise, swear, etc) has kept hers in. Thank fuck.

Though my other neighbours are having their grandchildren over half the week and they are left to roam the area for hours. One is 3! And she was at my gate begging to come in a few days ago. They aren't playing with other children and no other children are out! The are also riding round our square with a fucking quad bike. With a 5 year old solo on it. They did finally get him a helmet after a week.

And yes, my judgy pants ARE hoiked up high!

No kids out here unless with parents.

"They're talking across the gardens but that's it"

Do not let them talk across the gardens. It is irresponsible and selfish and will spread the virus.

Your children need to stay in the house at all times: all times.

Davespecifio i am tempted to report her, will they actually do anything? Will they have the resources to do anything?

Me and others are working from home and finding it really difficult with screaming kids in the road. I’m the other end of the street, I really feel for the people that live near her

We've seen quite a few children wandering around. We can't even see over the neighbours fence so dont have the problem of them all being able to see each other etc

Yes - closely supervised and told to keep a distance

Why can't the talk across gardens , ours are huge, I can chat to the neighbours and be far further away than 2 m , I'm sure lots of people are the same

managedmis which of the 4 reasons to leave the house as set out by the government do you feel it falls under?

Your children need to stay in the house at all times: all times.

They’re allowed in their own garden!

Report them

I would report to the police anyone I saw speaking across garden fences / walls - or actually speaking in even distancing in the road as I am sure all mumsnetters would also do. Mumsnet will endorse this.

No

What's the point of closing school, and any social distancing, if kids still play together?

Totally NO

No of course not.

You know due to the Covid-19 and not mixing of households - it's been all over the news you know! Perhaps your neighbourhood don't watch the news/don't have Covid-19 (yet) or are just a bit too thick to follow simple guidelines to keep the vulnerable in society safe

Nope I wouldn't even let mine out to play alone/ with each other. I can't expect or trust them or anyone else they might come across to practice social distancing.

If they leave the house and garden, I'm with them.

@Ostagazuzulum I’d report them without a second thought.
You can do it anonymously.

@Bubblebu I'm assuming you are taking the piss there

No. They are playing “together” in that they’re playing walkie-talkie bingo (when lockdown first came in one of the guys in the street loaned each house a radio from his business for the kids) and ‘when I go on holiday i take...’ by the same method.

There’s a bit of a rota going for playing in the street for the houses that don’t have a garden and that occasionally turns into them drawing with chalk and the other kids shouting guesses over the radios

My next door neighbour is having another child over to play with hers every day. It's making me grind my teeth!

No, I wouldn't. And I don't see any other children playing either.