Will you be sending your child on 'June 1st'

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I've done this in AIBU for the voting feature. IF (and a big IF) schools go back on June 1st, will you be sending yours?

YABU - NO

YANBU - YES

Mangled

Yes as soon as the school reopen, teenage DS will be back as many hours as they are allowed. Nothing will change for DD, we are both keyworkers so she will stay in nursery.

We have duly followed all guidelines & abided by restrictions but as soon as any are lifted we will take advantage of that.

I have no opinion on what other people do with their children, that's up to them.

I will be sending my DS back (I think), but he (and I) are in the vulnerable category. We are not in the shielding category but are supposed to be taking special care. I'm a key worker and initially DS was going to school (and still technically could), but his headteacher (and I) was concerned as he was the only one there with a medical condition (asthma). I'll be interested to see what the plan is with this group when school's re-open.

Mine will be, I can’t see them going back full time, there will probably be a rotation system to allow for social distancing. I am working from home and educating two primary age children. I would snap off your hand for even two days a week of schooling for my boys.

Yes, yes, yes. As soon as the schools open. The long term impact of lockdown on children (especially teenagers) is a resoundingly negative one.

Some companies have already closed, and many more will close due to cv. People think they are furloughed so they are ok, but unfortunately they are not and furlough is on borrowed time. Would be happy to send my children to school tomorrow if need be. My logic is during the lock down the key workers children have been going to school and that was during the peak so feel confident for children to go back to school not. This is about the education that is needed for our children:

No I won't be sending my children back,it's far too soon.
I would prefer to wait for a vaccine if possible. Or if it's proven the measures they are planning to put in place work then maybe I will send them back.
I know people are worried about the economy but I cant see how lifting lockdown so soon will work it just seems to defeat the object,more than likely people will get covid19 and spread it about, people will die and most people will catch it from where they work so if there are people still catching ,spreading and dieing from covid 19 there will hardly be anyone left to work for the economy. I'd rather wait it out for a few more months for a vaccine or another cure than risk more lives.

No point in letting your own kids be the guinea pigs, when other people are so willing!

indeed. I'd rather wait for the 2nd wave to be over.

Yes mine will go back as soon as schools reopen.

My logic is during the lock down the key workers children have been going to school and that was during the peak so feel confident for children to go back to school not.

Ten or so children in an entire school is very different to classes of 30 or more and schools of 1000 plus.

With UK having the highest death rates in Europe from coronavirus, I find the gung ho attitudes towards sending all kids back to school a bit worrying. I really dont think the country should be in any rush.

Yes

I'm very surprised anyone wants to send their kids back to school in the near future after the UK stats we've heard about today.

TimeforDinnerDinnerDinner

Indeed. On that basis, I don’t think they’ll be going back any time soon. Certain 3 more weeks will be announced tomorrow.
What else can they do with those figures, highest death toll in Europe.

Sorry, Thursday. I’ve lost track of time!

Hm. This Government has a track record of serial dishonesty. Britain now has the most deaths in Europe, because Boris Johnson chose to prioritise the economy over health and give handwashing lessons instead of follow WHO advice. (Didn’t work out well for Boris, that). Do I trust them to tell me when it’s safe for my child to go back to school? Are you joking?

One option, at some point, would be to begin by opening schools to some of those who urgently need to go (eg families with 2 working parents who can’t work from home) but allow those who don’t want to return yet to learn at home without losing the school place. But I doubt the idea of allowing parents a choice would even cross this Government’s mind.

Anyway to answer your question, my child will not be back at school before September, even if that causes us to lose the place at the oversubscribed school in an area full of oversubscribed schools.

It’s a slightly more complicated decision of a parent or other household member is in either the “shielding” or “12 weeks” group.

Yes, children need their education and social environment, but they also need their parents and siblings alive and well.

We’ve told so many times that children are very efficient spreaders of the virus. Some families have harder decisions to make.

I wouldn't send my child back to school in June.
Yes she would love to return, yes education is important, yes she misses her friends, but I value her life more.

My dd is younger and really missing her friends. I feel the damage to children from isolation, loneliness not to mention the effect on their education is far worse than cv. utter batshit and sincerely depressing

You do what you think is best and I will do too. eye roll

I wouldn't send my child back to school in June.
Yes she would love to return, yes education is important, yes she misses her friends, but I value her life more.

The chances of a child dying from the virus is very very low though. I appreciate that for some any risk seems too high, hence staying at home but it’s a stretch to say that other posters’ views are utter batshit and sincerely depressing because they are looking at the overall picture for their own children. For some, whose children are sad and socially isolated and struggling with school work at home concerns about their mood and education are valid.

Reported Covid-19 deaths are the highest in Europe, but adjusted for population it is Belgium at the top with 694, Spain 544, Italy 484 and UK 426. France is 368 and the US is at roughly 217. Source is Sky/ECDC.
The media is yet again not reporting accurate Information.

@Pollymalex104 you are right but the data suggests we will overtake those other countries soon enough. I think 4th worst country in the world is still pretty horrendous!

@BlueStocking007 how is that batshit? I feel the same. The risk to children from CV is minuscule. My DS is far more likely to suffer if I can't go back to work and end up losing my job. That's why I'll be sending him back as soon as school opens.

Do what's best for you but don't call other people "batshit" for having a different opinion on it.

It is not helpful to degenerate into rudeness. It is understandable, considering the very low level of risk - to children in particular but also to most healthy adults - to look at all of the issues and want children back at school.
We do however as parents need to learn from this current situation to look far more widely at the risks we create every day for our children, who are some of the most obese in Europe and who suffer some of the worst levels of mental health, not to mention the effects of air pollution on their lung health.
We have taken very risks with both the quantity and quality of our children's lives and whatever happens short term with lockdown, we must stop being lazy - physically and intellectually - and do something positive about this society of ill-health that we have created.

Every country has a different way of reporting so we can not compare numbers.

My DD is year 11. She isn’t going back. Exams are cancelled. No point at all in returning. She was planning to do sixth form but is reconsidering that.