To ask if you will let your children use playgrounds?

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Playgrounds are opening next week and already I've heard from a few parents who are saying they won't let their children anywhere near them.

DS has been desperate to go and I'm of the opinion that the risk is very, very, low. Just wondering what other people's thoughts are?

Mine will be going. They have been playing out with their friends the past few days 🤷‍♀️

That annoying shoulder shrug emoji sums you up. No sense of social responsibility.

Damn right they will! Good hand wash when they get home. Squirt of hand sanitiser occasionally. Job done.

Absolutely we are going and I will take some antibac gel with me

It’s fine . There are very few covid cases around. It’s outside . The risk is minimal.

Are they really opening next week?
If so, yes absolutely. Liberal doses of hand gel while out and a good wash when we get back.

Definitely. Anti-bac gel while we’re out and a good hand wash when we’re homex

I’ll be taking my baby, can’t wait to try her on the swings. But there’s literally only about 10 kids in the village so it’s a very quiet little playground.
I won’t be rushing there, but will go at some point in July.

Yes for sure , as others have said hand gel when we’re out and a good hand wash when we get home.

Yes the children badly need this.

Yep. We’re not really regular playground goers. I find it easier to tire DS out running around fields, forests, nature reserves etc. But it will be nice to be able to mix things up a bit. He’s just about the right age for sandpits now too.

We'll be there. He has the big. Slide to go down. He's been shouting wow at it all lockdown.

My little girl will be beyond excited to go on the park. Every time we walk past and she says sadly "the parks still closed, mummy" i still get sad.

Yes will be going regularly and see the risk as extremely low.

We have been a couple of times already as nobody appears to give a toot anymore and with three under 5 it’s been a LONG time.

For me this is a virus we have to live with. And I want my family to start living again.

Straight away, can't wait, I've got two toddlers who need to exercise and play

Yes definitely. Mine are back at school anyway so I can’t see how it’s any different.

Yes when allowed we will go

Sanitize hands before and after

The quiet one on our estate that only a handful of families can access? Yes

Big busy ones... Not sure. Im more worried about crowds than surfaces.

This is interesting to see the totally different responses to the ones I got from parents I know in real life.

We will definitely be going. Our local one has been locked throughout and my son is gutted every time we go past.

In Spain they opened this week. Masks on, handgel before and after, and leave of more than a couple of other kids show up or if kids or parents show up without masks. Good thing with masks is they prevent little hands going in mouths!

I am very cautious but parks we are going, yes.

@Bmidreams

That annoying shoulder shrug emoji sums you up. No sense of social responsibility.

Bit over the top, considering loads of kids are back at school and certainly a lot of younger ones aren’t social distancing at all. Lots of kids mental health is terrible due to isolation, it’s down to parents to make individual decisions that are best for their child. I haven’t been arranging play dates for my child, but did let him play with a friend he bumped into in the park last week.

I would be happy for them to use playgrounds as I think the risk of contracting covid from an outdoor surface in warm weather has to be extremely low. We'll take hand sanitiser. Is it any riskier than picking up a packet of pasta in the supermarket that someone has previously touched?

Defo going! Will hand gel before & after for the hell of it

I love that things slowly opening and getting back to normal for children is getting people frothing at the mouth. How sad.
We will absolutely be going and we will see their mates there too!