To think the gathering of teens/twenties in the park/skatepark are not doing any harm?

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Particularly now?
it has been tough for them and this is their new normal

YANBU. Children have been made to sacrifice quite enough.

Teens/Twenties are not children though are they Seasonally

They're outdoors, they tend to have space between them.

Teenage/ twenties are sociable age groups and they need something to do with their lives especially if studies/ employment have been disrupted.

They're not causing damage like an illefal rave often does, nor is it that crowded.

As a teacher, I hope the teens that have been put into my bubble in school have not been mixing with all their mates. It makes a mockery of the bubble doesn't it. In effect I will then also be at risk from not just my bubble, all of their families, all of their mates, and all of their mates families.

I have not seen any of my own family since March as I have kept to the rules.

Teenagers are allowed to mix outdoors with 5 other teenagers a day according to the rules. I hope that they are seeing friends as it will do their mental health the world of good.

I let my teens go out but only in roughly the same group of 6 each time. They are the sensible type and I think it's really important for them

Are you a teacher with the keyworker bubble? My teen has returned to school but there's no bubble as her subject combinations differ from her classmates.

Not really apart from the mess they leave. It seems like none of them where I live know how to use a bin.

I have been in with key workers children. That was one bubble. I am soon to be moved to another bubble. Of course, if the teenagers are meeting with their friends in the open and keeping 2m apart that is fine. But, so many of them are now. I can see them hanging out in groups, messing about, mock fighting etc.

Of course, the person behind me in the queue in the supermarket could have the virus, but it's not the same. I am not with them inside in a poorly ventilated room for hours at a time.

I have sacrificed a lot to try to keep myself and my DH safe. I expect others to do the same.

Are you a scientist? Do you know it wont do any harm?

I saw a group of about 30 teens in my local park the other day. No social distancing. All those children will go back to their households - some of which may then have to mix with vulnerable people.

It makes me really cross. Any of you who think teens will maintain the 2 metres unless they are in your garden in plain sight are living in a dream world.

We all need to stick to what we've been asked to do, not just make up the rules to suit ourselves. I want rid of this lockdown as much as anyone but that means it has to be a proper lockdown and social distancing has to be maintained.

I think outside they should be allowed to meet up. They’re already allowed to do that in a group of 6 in the morning and then a different group of 6 in the afternoon. Meeting up all of them together doesn’t seem like it would increase the likelihood of catching it by very much tbh.

We saw quite a few of them when we went for a picnic yesterday and I thought it was lovely to see them out and about. They weren’t causing any trouble and left the place pretty tidy when they cycled off.

Someone in their twenties hanging out at the skatepark could have just spent the whole week working in a supermarket or hospital or care home or as a bus driver or paramedic or any of the 100s 'key worker' jobs that are high risk for catching Covid.
Still think it's ok for your 13 year olds to be there?

YANBU.

They have given up so much. The disease is under control. They should be able to live proportionately.

Far far too many old people expect too too much from young people.

I have not seen any of my own family since March as I have kept to the rules.

There are no rules that prevent you seeing your family.

Prime county lines recruitment locations in my area , and especially in more rural/suburban areas IME (I know this through my job not the media etc). I wouldn't let DS hang out at one regardless of Covid

I would say there were not much more than 6 of them, certainly not 30,

as long as they dont leave rubbish i say it is fine.

There are rules that prevent me seeing my own family. I live in Wales. All of my family live far beyond the 5 mile distance allowed for travel.

It’s isn’t unreasonable for them to meet friends according to the guidance. It is unreasonable for them to meet in large groups, ignoring the guidance.

It’s gor nothing to do with older people expecting too much and everything to do with taking sensible precautions to minimise the risk to themselves and others.

i dont think they work in care homes, they would be too concerned for their job/people they care for imo

the only two who i knew are aged 23/4 and one is wfh

Why would someone who works in a care home not also be a skater? So ok then - the 13 year old whose Mum or Dad works at a care home or any of the other jobs I mentioned. Do you know the jobs that all of your teens friends parents do? How do you know that the teens your teen has arranged to meet at the skatepark has a parent working as a 'keyworker'. Someone in their twenties could be married to a key worker.
Basically you simply DO NOT KNOW who else is hanging out at the skatepark. Just because your teen is meeting up with a few select mates doesn't mean that another teen is doing the same thing with their select mates. Skateparks are popular. You could be sending your teens out to what would essentially be a mass gathering.

Those teens mixing could then get on the bus, be in a supermarket, be in a different bubble at school
I dont know why people think it's ok to let their teens hang out in groups clearly not social distancing (playfighting hugging etc as they are around here) when the rest of still have to or are sticking by it because we have people to protect

My mental health is suffering too but I don't have a choice.

I’m surprised teens weren’t rebelling and rioting much sooner. At first, lockdown was a dream come true to some: no school, no homework, unlimited screen time. Far better to have them doing something reasonably innocuous outdoors than the things teenagers are often demonised for doing.

And yes, they have made massive sacrifices, and will be for years to come with the recession, and they are still very low down that government’s pile. Many will be anxious/depressed/obese/unemployed because of lockdown: the government would do well to remember they are the future.

Exactly,
it is good for their mental health.

There are a lot of things good for everyones mental health that we are still waiting to do.