Doing this to a child is wrong

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BBC report : His said his 14-year-old daughter had not left her bedroom for four days, with meals being left outside her door, until the family learned the result was void on Thursday

This is so wrong to do to a child

thats exactly what my cousin asked her teenager to do when she had to isolate. Its pretty much what youre supposed to do I thought? She was bored, but she had telly and the internet and admittedly a bigger room than most kids.

When me and one of my dcs were waiting for a test, the rest of the family stayed well away from us

PurpleDaisies:

Apologies, that came from Lyra. But if you are defending it, it’s the same thing. You are right that the article doesn’t say she was forced to isolate. I hope not. But IF she was (which is the AIBU), that is wrong and no, the guidance does not support it.

My teen would love it!

As would i tbh. As long as room service was up to scratch.

I’m not on a wind up, and I don’t feel embarrassed or stupid. I just think it’s wrong to imprison people in their bedrooms. 🤷🏻‍♀️

From what I've heard of the symptoms of somebody seriously ill with Covid and struggling to breathe- as might well happen with a vulnerable parent- this would be an incredibly traumatising thing for a 14yo to watch, even if the parent didn't die. Watching videos and skyping in your room, not so much.

@PurpleDaisies

You really are embarrassing yourself here *@flaviaritt*

Agreed - the contrary view to everyone being expressed doesn't even make sense - there's no hint of coercion, for all we know the 14 year old is happy to do this .

14, big enough to act if she considered it too much to bear. I'm sure she was fine. Local family did this with the 11 year old. The only thing upsetting her is that her parents marriage didn't survive lockdown.

Agreed - the contrary view to everyone being expressed doesn't even make sense - there's no hint of coercion, for all we know the 14 year old is happy to do this .

I’ve said several times, it’s not an issue if it’s not been coerced.

(I’m not on a wind up, and I don’t feel embarrassed or stupid. I just think it’s wrong to imprison people in their bedrooms.*

Asking someone to consider vulnerable people around them is not the same as imprisoning them. By the time they were 14, my children knew about considering others,

@nancybotwinbloom

I wish my husband had to isolate in our bedroom for 14 days

Would be bliss that!

flaviaritt, what would you say to a distraught 14yo who had brought infection into the family and had her parent in ICU?

@flaviaritt

PurpleDaisies:

Apologies, that came from Lyra. But if you are defending it, it’s the same thing. You are right that the article doesn’t say she was forced to isolate. I hope not. But IF she was (which is the AIBU), that is wrong and no, the guidance does not support it.

There was no "pretence that it was guidance forcing people to isolate" in any of my posts. You're making stuff up now.

Total isolation was my goal at 14.

Asking someone to consider vulnerable people around them is not the same as imprisoning them. By the time they were 14, my children knew about considering others,

I agree. Of course that isn’t imprisonment. But I didn’t say it was.

On the other hand, pressuring a 14 year old to spend four days in isolation in one room is wrong.

There was no "pretence that it was guidance forcing people to isolate" in any of my posts.

You used it to defend forcing a 14 year old into a room for 4 days.

flaviaritt, what would you say to a distraught 14yo who had brought infection into the family and had her parent in ICU?

“It isn’t your fault.”

Hardly unusual for a teenager to 'self-isolate' for a few days. What's the fuss about? She'll be fine.

Normal for my 14 year old as long as I fed him and let him use the bathroom.

@flaviaritt

There was no "pretence that it was guidance forcing people to isolate" in any of my posts.

You used it to defend forcing a 14 year old into a room for 4 days.

Give yourself peace.

I used it because you demanded to be shown proof of the guidance that those who can isolate from their family should.

Most 14 year olds can, therefore they should.

You are the only person banging on about forcing and imprisonment.

Lyra

No. You said the guidance was relevant if a person forced their child to stay in their room for four days.

@flaviaritt

Agreed - the contrary view to everyone being expressed doesn't even make sense - there's no hint of coercion, for all we know the 14 year old is happy to do this .

I’ve said several times, it’s not an issue if it’s not been coerced.

So stop making no sense posts assuming that it was ffs!

So stop making no sense posts assuming that it was ffs

‘If’ is not assumptive, it’s conditional. It makes sense, just not to you.

@flaviaritt

So stop making no sense posts assuming that it was ffs

‘If’ is not assumptive, it’s conditional. It makes sense, just not to you.

Or anyone else in this thread apparently