I don’t want to send 10yo did to school tomorrow

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We’ve been really careful throughout the various lockdowns and in between. We sacrificed all our plans at Christmas and didn’t see relatives. DH and I work outside the home but we are both very careful about distancing and hygiene. With the best will in the world, we can’t expect a primary aged child to do the same. We rely on the other parents at the school and whether they’ve been careful over Christmas. It’s unlikely that they all have. I really don’t want to send dd into school: we’re in tier 4, the virus is rampant and I’ve read enough stories of 30- and 40-somethings being seriously affected.

It seems like madness to send dd into school tomorrow. I’ve never kept her off school for any other reason than illness or a family funeral, but I’m really in two minds over whether to send her in tomorrow. WIBU to keep her off? Looks like a lockdown’s coming anyway.

So I sent her in to school. The PM was telling us to, I didn’t want a fine. And now it’s not safe to send her to school, 24 hours later, and I’ve just taken that risk of bringing the virus into our house by putting her into a classroom of 30 children, some of whom will have mixed over Christmas and not stuck to the rules.

It is what it is. I feel for the parents whose children are losing SEN provision as a result of this. I feel for the kids with GCSEs and A levels, and the parents who can’t work because they’ve got kids at home (I’m lucky that I can work at home and the kids just get on with their work.)