Are you letting your kids play out?

[Bananas17]

Lots of kids are starting to play out together on our street. Mine are nagging me but I'm not letting them play out yet. Are you letting your kids play out?

7 & 9 so slightly young to go out around the corner to the green as there's a lack of older children. There is a cluster of 7 year olds, so in future years it will be viable. The last cohort of kids playing out are GCSE ages now.

I would if the age group was right. Social alienation is not healthy for children.

I live in a large village

All the kids are playing out now and I'm glad

It's great to see teens, no more than a group of 3 I've seen, walking chatting and laughing

Teens are the lost group in all of this, their age group need peers not to be locked up at home with their parents

When I was a teenager I only saw my parents for meals

I think it's awful most secondary school kids arent going to school too

Not a single child is playing out in my area.

I’m not allowing them out alone, we take them out where we know they are safe and fully aware of their actions.

No because I didn’t before (sen). Lots of children have been out playing around here in groups for the last week or two. It doesn’t really bother me as such but it seems everyone has gone back to normal which isn’t really right. The parents are social distancing buy the kids are not. I really don’t know what’s best or not right now.

Of course. Meeting with groups of friends outside and keeping a reasonable distance.

I’ve never agreed with the stringent measures put in place for children. The bonkers posters above saying it’s to keep their kids safe. To be honest, they should keep them inside and wrap them In cotton wool forever if they feel like that as their kids are way more at risk of other dangers like traffic and accidents.