Who is keeping their children home from school from next week?

[Babyfairy0923]

Not looking for a debate I’m just asking how many people are now keeping their children home from school or seriously considering it?

I think there was an identical thread on friday?
I wont be, unless the school is closed or I think there is a very obvious increased risk. (My DC have no underlying health issues.)

OP, have you signed the petition, it's doing really well.

Yes I have signed thank you

No. Why would I?

No, absolutely not - unless the school asks us to keep the DC at home. DS is sitting GCSEs. I don't want him to miss any school if possible.

No. And my DH is in an at-risk group too.

No, mine will be in school as usual. Only three weeks until Easter holidays, so very much hoping that school will get through until then!

I have however been given the go-ahead to work from home, which I’ll be doing to avoid going into the office and being on public transport.

Is your dh self-isolating then? Or will you both be going out and about? Because it’s pointless keeping the kids off unless you’re all isolating. And this is just the beginning, it’s going to be months before it peaks. Are you really all going to stay off work/school that long?!

No.

No absolutely not. I have autoimmune conditions so in the at risk group and I think keeping children home is madness. We could potentially have months and months of all this.

Good grief no.

Massive overreaction. OP, have you also gone all “supermarket sweep” on us and emptied the shelves of loo roll and hand sanitiser?

DH can work from home.
I guess staying in completely for months on end would be impractical but I just worry that germs at school spread so quickly compared to other places.

your DH would only be protected by your DC being kept home from school if you also isolated your children from interacting with other children for the next 18 months. that would be abusive and damaging. teach your child reasonable hygiene and stop panicking. you are more likely to win the lottery than you are to die of Covid19.

@SpaceDinosaur no I haven’t as it happens but thank you for your helpful comment

No.

No! Who knows what will happen in the coming months, and I want them in school being educated right up until the point that they are told otherwise (which I hope does not happen). I am in am at-risk group too.

No (DS is at risk and happily going on school trip to Italy too). Evidence really really points to children not being at risk much if all all

No

perhaps I’m being hasty- my husband is in an at risk group- would that change anyone’s answer

Still no.

No. There wasnt a single child with confirmed corona virus case. Its mostly affecting the elderly

Err, no. Currently only a few hundred people have it in the UK. You have to come into contact with it in the first place to be at risk...statistically this is pretty slim as it stands for now.

This virus could be around for years, most definitely months, just how long would you be planning to take your DC out of education? Most of us have someone in our families in the higher risk groups so unless everyone plans on living as hermits for years on end good hygiene is the only way to reduce your risks. And even if your DC did pickup the virus from school doesn't mean everyone in the household will succumb. My dc have brought norovirus home on several occasions, I've never got it, likewise I've had flu and managed not to spread it to anyone else in the household. Like I said, good hygiene and thorough cleaning of the home if someone is infected is all you can do.

What would happen after next week, op? Do you really think it’ll be all over bar the shouting in a week?!

Nope.

Havent decided. They are inanimate area of Italy that's had quite a lot of cases. I am discussing it with exh when the land tomorrow.

Ok thanks everyone who has been helpful.
Sometimes you just need other people’s opinions on these big decisions.
It’s reassuring to hear that others in at risk groups will continue sending their children in so thank you.