To feel I can't cope with schools only going back part time in August?

[jbonsor]

Just that. I was coping OK with lockdown, and trying to keep positive about juggling kids and working from home til June, then take a few weeks holiday over the summer just to do things with the kids even if still restricted. This week I have received a letter from my son's nursery to say he has a space for the 2020-2021 school year but that due to covid 19 they can't confirm pattern of attendance, as in, they can't confirm if he will have the 30 hours he was having since August. I also have read a lot that primary school might be 2 days only a week or a very day but only morning or afternoon session.. This has really tipped me over the edge as I am dreading having to keep juggling all this for over a year. This really puts a strain in family life and finances because now we have to basically decide on one income only, and not onky that but I don't feel I am that good at home schooling and feel like my kids are going to fall behind. Sometimes I can't believe how everything fell apart so spectacularly and how is the Scottish government deciding this is the best course of action without any regard for the mountain of problems this will bring to a huge amount of families.

None of those. I'm retired. I just care about people. Especially the weak and the vulnerable. Someone here has to.
So the second point then? No immediate money worries which would have a massive impact if you couldn’t work and no children who are missing vital education but you have the cheek to profess to care about people. You very obviously do not care about all people.
Many on this thread have repeatedly said that the sick and vulnerable should be supported in their own isolation, if that is what they choose to do.

@lemon it's all relative then you have a different view because yiu have no worries, no kids depending on you, no work to tend to. Is easy to go years on end when you are in your situation. And about your "someone has to care about weak and vulnerable"... we all care that's why we have been in lockdown for months and will continue to do so, but it's unrealistic to protect a very small minority at the cost of the general population, including other vulnerable groups like kids.

but it's unrealistic to protect a very small minority at the cost of the general population

No it isn’t a small minority. It is how a decent society works.

including other vulnerable groups like kids-
Kids missing school does not make the majority of them vulnerable.

@sitting yes it IS a very small minority that will go on to have complications from the virus. The CMO has said it, studies in medical journals have said it. Up to 80% are asymptomatic a d from that 20% only about 20% will have to be hospitalised. Where do you get your facts from?

Especially the weak and the vulnerable. Someone here has to.

You don't get much more vulnerable than a child stuck at home with abusive parents, missing out on educational opportunities their more privileged peers get.

We're lucky. My eldest is 5. I'm a sahm. Dh is working from home on his full salary for the foreseeable future (into next year). We have a big house by the sea, lots of books and my mental health aside, I'm confident in my ability to keep him interested in educational things. We also have enough tech for everyone to be on their own devices, plenty of money in the bank and part time will probably work out great. Ds will spend more time with his little sister (their relationship is blooming at the moment) and dh will spend more time with both. However, I doubt that's going to be the norm across the country. Many of my friends are already panicking about how they can balance their children's needs with their employer's.

There have been studies that place the deat rate at 0.18%, are you telling me this number is enough to put the whole world at standstill? There are many other infections with higher mortality rate..

This whole situation is ridiculous - children should be at school, people should be at work, our economy should not be going down the pan. We should not be disadvantaging young people, destroying their future, and saddling them with a bleak and debt-ridden life. There are illnesses, some are horrible and people die from them, that is life, I’m afraid. There’s an element of personal responsibility here, which appears to have got lost in the melee. Sits back and waits for very angry comments...

@CatPerson99 - totally agree

@CatPerson99 I agree with you.

@CatPerson99 in total agreement with this.

I agree, Cat!

Sorry but the opinion of someone sat at home retired on a nice pension with no school aged children counts for jack shit.

I am so glad we'll be moving to a place where they don't have this utterly stupid idea about throwing young people under a bus for this.

Mine will be going back on a trimester system, full-time. They're well into secondary level. They need full-time education and instruction, not some poxy lip service bollocks 'blended learning'.

I took chemistry at uni level. You can't teach yourself . Otherwise, why are there universities at all? FFS. SMH.

Fuck this country. They've lost the plot.

We should not be disadvantaging young people, destroying their future, and saddling them with a bleak and debt-ridden life. There are illnesses, some are horrible and people die from them, that is life, I’m afraid.

Absolutely agree. I feel desperately for anyone who has been negatively affected by COVID but that encompasses more than people passing away from it unfortunately. More and more people are understanding that.

Another in agreement with @CatPerson99

I spoke to my 89 yr old DM today who was horrified to hear about the dismal lack of support for my DD and the bleak future her youngest grandchildren are facing. Not all older people want young people thrown under the bus on their behalf.

jbonsor

40K DEAD is a FACT. Regardless of how much it does not suit you. We should be glad you aren’t in Gov!

Anyway complain all you like. It won’t make any difference. Like it or not, we all must get on as well as we can given our individual circumstances.

Hopefully we will look back at this time and have learNed from it by the time the next pandemic comes.

OP there’s isnt a cat in hells chance of social distancing bring in place in August and sept
It won’t happen

They’ll drop the rule to get the country going with it without a second wave

Like it or not, we all must get on as well as we can given our individual circumstances.

Or leave. I'd highly recommend that if you can, to places that actually have some sense.

Hmm, it's 24 May. Aren't we supposed to be in the middle of a huge second wave since VE day was on 8 May and supposedly all these people out were going to result in a catastrophic second wave?

@highmarking absolutely. I see my friends in other countries out of lockdown already, spent 2, maybe 3 weeks locked down.. With gorgeous weather may I add... But here the future just looks grey.

@daisymay133 I hope you're right but I don't see it. Can you imagine Nicola Sturgeon backing down and changing policy? No chance!

Maybe now now but next years school is 3 months away! We didn’t even have it 3 months ago in this country and already it’s peaked and it’s massively on the way down now - two weeks from now it’ll be couple hundred infections a day

Sturgeon has already hinted that she’s going to open up bubbles next week

I’m sorry, no advice, I just wanted you to know you weren’t alone.
I’ve been a single parent for ten years now & I’ve only just about managed to juggle everything. I literally have no idea how I’m going to do it all now. My dd’s are 10 & 13. I want to be here for them, but I’m struggling with schooling 13 year old now & we are all a bit fed up. I have been dating a wonderful man for just over two years, but we haven’t seen each other for months now. I need to get back to work, after recently buying a house, I’m stressing, a lot. I hate admitting I want them to go back to school... would never admit it in “real” life actually.

We had our son with no education for 9 months. ASD refusal to engage. Finally got him into a special school and 6 months later this happens. Not only that but because he needs restraining he can't be allowed back whilst social distancing is in place, understandably so. So things are looking pretty shit for my boy. And for me because he doesn't like going out. I'm stuck. Again. So whilst I have sympathy for everyone, I'm feeling more sorry for myself.

That is really shit supa. I hope children like your son get treated as more than an afterthought as they start planning out the detail of all this.

Thanks but what can they do? We also have a daughter in primary desperate to go back and running a business from home. Oh and we have a 4 month old puppy