Would you let your child to to a soft play party at the moment?

[OwlinaTree]

Just that really. Soft play party end of this week. Would you let your child go? On the one hand he's round all the kids all day at school, the soft play is doing extra cleaning etc. On the other hand there will be non school children there, so it's additional mixing, plus adults... Feel bad for the birthday child though.

Also I can't work from home

It's a nope from me.

NO
Essential contact only - parties, clubs, play dates etc are non essential 🤷‍♀️

Have you seen the thing with matches representing people & the flame is the virus? 1 match/person steps out of the line & saves all the rest from the virus/flame. As many times as possible we need to step out/ avoid contact to slow the spread.

No! Why are you prevaricating? It's a no brainer

Are you mad?

I have just texted the parents I have cancelled DC party this week. It’s a handful of children and at home. I’m still cancelling because the govt advice is to not have friends at home for the healthy under 70 group. This is a lot less risk than a soft play and I think you are mad to consider going ahead with this. Some parents will feel obliged to still go because the child wants to, despite thinking it is wrong. Just don’t do it.

FFS. No.

I have same dilemma- was really expecting party to be cancelled but it is going ahead. Other parents saying how much their kids are looking forward to it etc. I feel like I’m going to make myself unpopular by backing out.

However I do not think it’s the right thing to do to go. We should be cutting out these kind of non-essential gatherings, it all helps reduce the spread. Even if you argue the schools are still open this is additional contact, and with a whole different set of people.

I’m still hoping given how fast things are moving the venue will have closed before the weekend. But if it hasn’t I am going to make myself unpopular by saying we won’t be going.

FWIW if it were a hired hall and only classmates invited we might go - it’s the fact of all the other people who will be there which is the big no for me.

Absolutely not.

If your kids still at school why not

Why not? Because it’s not all or nothing. The more we reduce contact with other people the more we reduce spread.

This article clearly explains why social distancing works:

www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/

Absolutely not - the guidance about social distancing is clear.

That's a great article nubbins, thank you.

No chance

No.

No

FUCKno.

all those things except supermarkets, pharmacies, banks are shut down already in the Rest of Europe and people are only allowed to leave the house to get food in many countries... Please take care i think your pm is not handling this well at all...

I’m quite shocked that all the local soft plays are still open.

Spoke too soon. Soft play is closed, party is cancelled.

sexnotgender please can you calm down? Mumsnet doesn't allow personal attacks. I'm asking for advice not saying 'fuck the world I'll do what I like'

Cool whatever. You go to your soft play in case little Matilda gets the sads because her birthday party is cancelled.