To still not let kids play out

[tortoiseandtomato]

Just that really. I feel like a totally miserable unreasonable old grumpy woman because just about every kid in our street is out playing with each other. They're a mix of preschool/primary age, from at least 5 or 6 households and being kids social distancing is not exactly top of their agendas. I have a preschooler and have told them that they can't go play. Others are openly laughing at our pearl clutching and I feel like a completely overzealous idiot. Just looking for moral support really. Is anyone else still not letting their kids out to play with other kids? Have I got this totally wrong?

YANBU - I have a yr1 (6yr old) and he has not left the house in approx. 9 or 10 weeks except for a walk with me around the block holding hands two or three times a week. He is also not returning to school in June. We pulled him out a week before the schools shut and I’m not feeling safe enough to send back yet. I’m aiming for September.

@DamnYankee that’s two sets of parents watching two kids Outside in an open space . Not one teacher watching a class full in a confined area.

You neighbours are idiots and so are the ones in here saying yabu .
We have lockdown rules for a reason , you don’t pick and choose

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YNBU

My dd is 17 so a different situation but she hasn't been out once to meet her friends (she's very sociable and was always meeting up before lockdown).
If she was younger and still playing out in the street then I wouldn't be letting her do it now or any time in the near future.

It's one thing to let one or children play at a distance in a quiet place with both parents/sets of parents watching to make sure they stay a few metres away from each other. Completely different to let kids run around the street together as if everything is normal.

I let my 12 year old go on a walk with her best mate under instructions to social distance, which I'm sure they kept to. I don't think my 9yo would be able to stick to the rules so I'm not letting him play out. It feels mean, but I'm working and if he were to pass it on I'd feel awful.
You are doing the right thing, but its so crap isn't it.

@MamaKarmaLlama

The OP's concern was that she was BU about her child playing outside. How did we jump to the classroom?

I don't know anyone in real life doing this.
My nearly 15 year old went for a SD walk with one friend yesterday and I know I was able to trust them both, it was the first time he'd even suggested anything like that but lockdown is getting to him now.
If he wanted to mix in a group he'd have no chance of being allowed out. Same goes for 20 year old ds!

DC 9&10. No way would I allow them out in the street to play with friends while all this is going on. If they were in the right age group to be going to school on June 1st and I sent them to school I would not be allowing them to play-out after school either. It's an unnecessary added risk and the DC may be in different bubbles/classes at school and it's really making a mockery of trying to social distance and keep safe.