If you don't want your child to go back, homeschool them.

[Mrgrinch]

I've seen so many people on here ranting about how they don't think the schools should open. Many even saying they won't follow any other rules anymore if they do.

AIBU to think they should just homeschool their DC then?

Do they not realise how badly this is affecting so many children and families? Do they not realise how many children have been having no education at all? Some parents are at breaking point trying to keep their jobs and make sure their children are doing some school work.

Homeschooling was always an option, even before covid so if you are so concerned then unlist them and provide their education yourself. We can't stay home forever.

Quick, quick flood the thread guys that might help, sign up for more accounts post quicker

I agree. I think it is time all kids went back to school. I don't understand why all school staff have not been vaccinated as the 8th March has been thrown around for ages. If families think it is not safe to send their child back then keep them at home but you can’t expect teachers to provide lesson plans for them.

[quote Mrgrinch]@Tiktokersmiracle do you really think I care if you post a biscuit emoji to me? Is that meant to upset me? It's childish to be honest.

Let's just lock our kids away forever shall we? In fact let's all lose our jobs and our minds and just somehow survive mentally and economically in a state of eternal lockdown.

Wonderful idea.[/quote]
Seriously stop being so dramatic. No one is suggesting you lock your kids away forever ?
There is plenty of measures inbetween locking children away at home and sending millions of them back into crowded classrooms at the same time that could be considered.

Parents and families where there are vulnerabilities need decent provision to enable them to carry on with homeschool if they need to

I DON'T WANT MY VULNERABLE CHILD HOMESCHOOLED. I WANT HIM IN SCHOOL, ALONGSIDE HIS PEERS, FOR THE SAKE OF HIS EDUCATION AND HIS MENTAL HEALTH. WHY IS THAT SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?

This is actually getting hilarious now turn the hyperbole up guys were just not getting it, not even with the 'shouting'

“You do know a 16 year old with no underlying health issues died this weekend right?”

Yes and I know a 16 year that took their own life. There is a higher risk of mental illness in these kids then dying from Covid.

@JustAnotherPoster00

Schools on the continent aren’t labouring under the toxic influence of militant unions whose lies and propaganda have kept teachers and parents terrified for months.

Let's just lock our kids away forever shall we? In fact let's all lose our jobs and our minds and just somehow survive mentally and economically in a state of eternal lockdown.

Doesnt take them long before they start heading for hyperbole and attacking those that want the schools to reopen safely better luck on the next attempts fellas

In fact let's all lose our jobs and our minds and just somehow survive mentally and economically in a state of eternal lockdown

but what about those of us who, if we have to make a choice to homeschool because either ourselves or our children are vulnerable, who will lose our jobs and our minds and just somehow survive mentally and economically in a state of eternal lockdown? Why do you matter but my family doesn't?

@JustAnotherPoster00

Quick, quick flood the thread guys that might help, sign up for more accounts post quicker

WANTING TO OPEN SCHOOLS IN AS UNSAFE A MANNER AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST MITIGATION IS A MAJORITY OPINION AND NOT A BATSHIT ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC HONEST.

@prettygreenteacup

Why is it with these discussions that people seem to forget there is more to life than Covid? Education matters, homeschooling is not really homeschooling for working parents - it is emergency measures in place during a pandemic and therefore my kids don't get an EDUCATION, they get mum and dad trying to juggle a thousand things and we are not qualified teachers giving them support!

People also talking as though there is no way out of this, seem to forget the vaccine?! Or would you rather eternal lockdown until we are at zero covid, ruining the economy and our kids futures? Covid gets blown way out proportion in these threads. For the majority of us it will be harmless, and those that are vulnerable are now being vaccinated! For god's sake, life needs to return at some point!

Oh yes, but all the vulnerable who aren't yet vaccinated (which is still many) or the children who are vulnerable who cannot yet be vaccinated, it is perfectly OK for them to accept the emergency measures of homeschooling and not get an education just so that your 'healthy' family can get your kids back into school full time to suit yourself.

@prettygreenteacup

Why is it with these discussions that people seem to forget there is more to life than Covid? Education matters, homeschooling is not really homeschooling for working parents - it is emergency measures in place during a pandemic and therefore my kids don't get an EDUCATION, they get mum and dad trying to juggle a thousand things and we are not qualified teachers giving them support!

People also talking as though there is no way out of this, seem to forget the vaccine?! Or would you rather eternal lockdown until we are at zero covid, ruining the economy and our kids futures? Covid gets blown way out proportion in these threads. For the majority of us it will be harmless, and those that are vulnerable are now being vaccinated! For god's sake, life needs to return at some point!

Well said!

@JustAnotherPoster00

Quick, quick flood the thread guys that might help, sign up for more accounts post quicker

Or you could just flood the thread with daffodils fellas

This is actually getting hilarious now grin grin turn the hyperbole up guys were just not getting it, not even with the 'shouting'

You find the situation some families currently find themselves in, including disabled children, hilarious?

People also talking as though there is no way out of this, seem to forget the vaccine

Is that the vaccine that the vaccine minister said would be first dose administered to vulnerable people by April which would mean they all had some protection by 3 weeks previously in March?

twitter.com/mikegalsworthy/status/1363802692599046144?s=21

Try not to hit your head too hard when you face palm.

YABU, parents should have a choice.
Expecting them to deregister and be completely on their own ito their child's education is wrong.
Education should be taught by the school, either by attending a building (school) or offered online.
Parents who want to H.ed can deregister, and have always been allowed to.

@Watchingbehindmyhands

Parents and families where there are vulnerabilities need decent provision to enable them to carry on with homeschool if they need to

I DON'T WANT MY VULNERABLE CHILD HOMESCHOOLED. I WANT HIM IN SCHOOL, ALONGSIDE HIS PEERS, FOR THE SAKE OF HIS EDUCATION AND HIS MENTAL HEALTH. WHY IS THAT SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?

Only 'healthy' children should be allowed to play with their peers, receive a proper education and don't forget their mental health doesn't get affected the same way every other child in the country has mental health problems due to not being at school. Or so it would seem if you read mumsnet.

@ineedaholidaynow

And do you think schools will stay open if we send all children back with no mitigating measures?

Schools never closed to think of new measures. This is not really possible we have been over this many times. I don’t know why anyone is clinging onto hope that the schools are going to put new measures in place.

You find the situation some families currently find themselves in, including disabled children, hilarious?

How would sending said children into schools with no safety measures help them?

How long do we go on damaging children and waiting for this ill defined "safe" then? It could go on for months and months, I'm sick both professionally and personally of seeing the harm prolonged school closures is doing to teenagers in particular.

Agree with the poster it's not right wing to want an emotionally healthy younger generation and a functioning economy.

If this had happened why I was a teenager I would have loved it! I HATED the social side of school and the mostly inept teachers. I would have revelled in being at home and home learning I was clever enough to manage it and my dad would have been great at helping me. In the moment it might have been good for me... However long term would it? It's likely the prolonged isolation would have trashed the few social skills I already had, plus made me totally dependent on my parents and a complete recluse. School was shit but getting through it has meant I'm resilient, independent and creative. The majority of kids need to be in school.

My ds is off as he is shielding as advised by his Dr.
I would however very much like him to be able to go back before the Summer so he can have some of the transition to secondary he really needs (complex needs including anxiety) - I hoped that a staggered, later return, with additional safety measures, might mean this was possible. We are obviously heavily reliant on community cases falling in order to keep him as safe as possible, because he won't be vaccinated until the end of the year at the earliest.
I also hoped that his sister's may be able to return at a later date (after Easter) for the same reason.
Yes, I could homeschool, after all I've had to give up my job...but a) ds would lose his hard fought for special school place and EHCP support b) Drs are year 9 and 10 and although I'm obviously the dog's bollocks of supermums, even I may struggle with home schooling a child with complex needs and 2 teenagers entering GCSE years....
I don't want all schools to close.
I shouldn't have to abandon all hope and homeschool (however much this is blithely wafted as an option by mumsnetters who frankly haven't got a clue)
Schools should open in a cautious staggered way, with better safety measures and some sort of a plan for medically vulnerable children like ds.

Schools never closed to think of new measures. This is not really possible

How does every other country manage then? Are we uniquely crap as a nation? Masks in secondary classrooms seems pretty easy.

I don’t know anyone in RL who thinks schools should stay closed still when numbers are so low. It’s only on here I see people forgetting there’s life outside covid. I’d rather they were in every other term than not at all. Right now numbers are low so let’s get dc back in school and monitor the numbers!

@noblegiraffe Like I said already...

@prettygreenteacup

Why is it with these discussions that people seem to forget there is more to life than Covid? Education matters, homeschooling is not really homeschooling for working parents - it is emergency measures in place during a pandemic and therefore my kids don't get an EDUCATION, they get mum and dad trying to juggle a thousand things and we are not qualified teachers giving them support!

People also talking as though there is no way out of this, seem to forget the vaccine?! Or would you rather eternal lockdown until we are at zero covid, ruining the economy and our kids futures? Covid gets blown way out proportion in these threads. For the majority of us it will be harmless, and those that are vulnerable are now being vaccinated! For god's sake, life needs to return at some point!

ALL of this!

A lot of people on these threads like to forget about the vaccine. Surely there has never been a better time to get schools back? The most vulnerable in society have now been vaccinated; combined with a natural break shortly after the return due to the Easter holidays where we can temperature check how the return is going.

Definitely a number of deluded posters on these threads who seem to want a zero covid approach.

I disagree with you OP.

My DC are in year 10. One had 6 periods of SI from September to December, confined to the house for weeks on end. No more than 10 solid days in school without disruption. He also caught Covid as 20% of his class had it. And Covid wasn't a breeze for him, even though he is fit and healthy.

My other DC in year 10, he had three SIs and his school shut early. Again, around 20% had it.

DH and I are pushing 50 with no Vaccination. We feel like sitting ducks.

We live in a high risk area. It was carnage and chaos from Sept to Dec, both at our schools and those I work with.

It's absolutely reckless to send all children back with no mitigations. Children, staff and parents are all at risk.