If you could afford to keep you children out of school, would you?

[zefstar76]

Just that, is it down to survival either way?

Yes we are.

Because it’s going to get really bad, and we have the choice, and I am in a high risk group.

We are lucky that we live very rurally and have a lot of hobbies! Also DH is an ex teacher so we have education covered as they are primary age.

No, because DS is in his GCSE year and I don't think I know better than experts in the field.

I can't afford to so it's not an option but I wouldn't anyway at the moment. I might have done if it gets worse but in my situation I will have to wait until government shuts schools.

No I can’t. I am a teacher and my husband works from the NHS. We have to continue going to work so we can’t take them out.

I'm seeing what happens over the next day and weekend (I'm hoping when they see the backlash from that not-announcement they'll u-turn somewhat) and then yes, I may do so. Not concerned about loss of learning - I'm an ex primary teacher myself... actually one may well be off tomorrow anyway as she's just got a bit of a grotty snotball situation going on.

Not yet. You're going to be home a long time.

I’m a SAHM so could keep my older two who are school age off, but I’m not. Not yet.
This thing is going to go on for a very very long time. How long would I keep them off for? Indefinitely? I’ll keep them off when we’re told to.

No. Although if there was a confirmed case at the school I might think twice. They'll be off soon I'm sure and fairly indefinitely.
That said if they had underlying health conditions they wouldn't be there and I'd be wfh

No
Not right now

It's really hard to decide what to do for the best. For now my primary aged children are still going in school. I think we'll see how it goes but this could go on for weeks )-:

No.

No. Too much too soon.

No because one is in gcse year & the other in A Level year.

Yes

I have a full time nanny but will keep my DC at school for as long as possible.

Am thinking to keep my child from school.. statistics show this can be very bad

No, I’m a sahm and have no intention of keeping them off until the schools close.

No, because I'm not high risk and neither are they. We're not going near their grandparents until either this is over, or we've all had it and recovered, though.

Considering it.

I can work from home, and often do anyway. Eldest both have to travel by public transport. I have an elderly immunocompromised parent who lives with us.

Lack of action seems proposterous given Ireland's decision

No. I don't get paid if they are off. That's what it boils down to.

I can but I’m not going to

I wouldn't. But this really worries me, in terms of starting to see a social divide in who gets sick and who doesn't.
A mother in my son's class has already taken her kids out, but they can afford the fines, and they are well-off enough that she is a sahm to school-aged children, so there is no impact on their earnings.

I can't afford to take my children out, both of us work full-time and we both need to do that.

I think the government needs to find ways to ensure that we don't turn haves and have-nots, into lives and live-nots.

As we're in ireland, we have no choice.
I am a sahm and my dh will be working from home as of tomorrow for the foreseeable future.

I have offered to help others out (but companies are now encouraged to wfh if they can).

I could afford the fines and can work from home but I'm undecided. My instinct is to keep them home and protect them, but once I have kept them off, at one point is it safe to send them back?

Not yet.
We won’t get fined and DH is WFH but I’m leaving it a little longer in the hopes that school closes.
We are no longer seeing Grandparents much.