Will you let your kids out and about to play?

[RhodaCamel]

My dc are 12 and 14 and used to going out in the village with their mates. They have been off school for the last 2 days and after doing their school work come the afternoon they are climbing the walls (especially 14 year old ds). He wants to go out around the village for a few hours each day with his mates (walking or on his bike). I’ve told him that as long as they keep their distance from one another, that he doesn’t go into their houses or they come in ours it should be fine.
I’m walking the dog with dd or going for bike rides with her but she has also started to say she wants to go out with her friend.
I suppose the only saving grace about this whole nightmare is that we are heading towards spring and summer.
So just wondering are you letting your older dc out?

No.
Stay at home means stay at home. Take them for a supervised daily walk in fresh air.

No i wont be just the garden.we are not seeing anyone.
Keep them in.

No, I won't. Our children spend a good deal of time playing outside with friends and it won't be happening. It will be hard but we've got to do it.

Well Ive just been to the supermarket and there are loads of teens out and about in small groups..

Some playing bbball some playing football and some just chilling

So it's not a perfect no as mn threads make out

I don’t understand what people aren’t getting here?! You can’t socialise full stop. If you don’t adhere to these measures now, the measures will potentially have to get more serious.

Kids were our playing here today and teen-agers are walking around it's day 1 of no school

No. Because they aren't supposed to. Do you not understand the rules?

It's people like OP, who are so stupid, that will force Boris to put us all on a total lockdown!
FGS!

No. We will take early morning walks if we can find places that look empty and we will go for a bike ride but we won't meet anyone. At least that is my plan!

We have set up online skype and facetime accounts with DDs friends and they are being very creative

Just NO. This is part of the problem. My children will be face timing their friends. Teenager needs don't top public safety. I really don't care whether they are bored or not, it won't change my opinion/decision on it. I think a lot of kids aren't used to the word 'no' and is in for a bit of a rude awakening. As a parent, you are responsible for sticking to the guidelines for everyone's safety. It's a 100% clear to me that we shouldn't have social interaction outside of the house family unit. We'll go for a walk in the field and stay very far away from others if there are any people.

If we fail to follow the advice they will lockdown. Since we have failed on every other bit of advice we will be on lockdown before the end of the weekend. Do you want somebodies life on your hands.

My teen DS’s are driving me batty already by constantly loudly conversing with groups of mates online as they are all taking social isolation seriously. They will only be skateboarding or biking up to the playing fields to play football or basketball together (or with DH not with anyone else) and I am taking small DS on a brisk daily 30 minute circuit of our estate, next week increasing to twice daily as he is enjoying it! He is also FaceTiming friends.

Quite annoyed that adults are not making an effort to keep their distance while we were deliberately moving from the path to the verge to keep the 2 metre rule. From now on I’m going to give them a piece of my mind.

On a +note all DC are very vigilant about washing hands now. DS1 is even showering daily which we’re all still stunned by.

I've just walked the dog and there was a gang of roughly 15-20 teens on the field huddling together around mobile phones. Their parents should be ashamed of themselves.

No no no.
Social distancing????

No!

Just heard that Italy has now closed its public parks for all. PLEASE keep your teens in.

We definitely need a facepalm emoji. It would save so many of us trying to find new ways to say NOOOOOOOOOO!

Just to say I have 3 dc with severe sn DS who is 14 has severe adhd and we have been completely self isolating for 9 days now my dc are not struggling every day I do a activity with them.

Yesterday we played monopoly today we rented a film. Some days we play computer games try spending time with them and use this as precious time to spend doing fun activities and they will not get bored.

You can make or break this and certainly even though DS hates being inside with his adhd he hasn't moaned even once as he understands me and his dsis are in vulnerable group.

For god sake why can't people flow basic fucking guidance?!

My child is an only child and it breaks my heart that he won't be able to socialise with his friends or cousins while this is happening, but that is exactly what social distancing is!

Fuck it Boris just lock us down because apparently the country is full of idiots who cannot follow simple rules

I’m going to post this again for the hard of thinking!!!

@RhodaCamel. I’m glad you asked, at least now hopefully you can see that it’s NOT ON.

Do you want to kill people?

If you don’t -keep your kids in your own house/garden and do not allow them to roam about!!! Nor to have friends around!!

There are many ways they can interact with their friends and lots of creative things they can do together!

Lots of things they can do around the house to be useful or things they can take an interest in.

‘It’s not all about you’is going to be a learning curve for kids,but they need to!

I do feel very sorry for teens in particular though. They’re friends are such a big part of their lives and it’ll be super hard on those with boy/girl friends. But they have their futures to look forward to & they need to be made to understand ‘social responsibility’ that they’ll kill many older people & those of us with underlying issues if they don’t stay home!

They need to be given something to say to their mates if they’re trying to get together. Something that will make their mates be more responsible too

‘No not coming out, I’m not keen on killing people - except those that don’t stop banging on about meeting up’

...translated into teen speak!!

It’s a parents job to teach ‘social responsibility’ & get away from the me me me model of living!

My teens are in.
I have to leave them to it as my work has gone crazy and I haven't stopped.

When they bring in the welders, I hope they contact MNHQ for a list of members who they should visit first. Including OP.

Exactly what @Enoughisenoughhhhh says!! I have a two and a nearly four year old, we have been walking the dog on quiet country lanes & garden play ONLY.
I’ve walked past parks filled with parents and kids and seen groups of teenagers on skateboards on the nearby (empty) industrial estate.
My children are too young to understand why they can’t go to nursery or play parks, teenagers are old enough to know the reasoning. The parents should be ashamed of themselves. Government needs to be stricter imo now as some people are just not listening or taking it seriously. Beyond selfish.

Nope, we literally haven’t seen a sole for the past week except I had to quickly run to the shop 2 days ago to get milk and bread. Dc will not see friends for months. I am in a high risk group and taking no chances.