to think that our children seem to be carrying the can for all this so far?

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It seems to me that from a social perspective, it’s our children who have, so far, given up the most in order to support the country through this crisis.

They have sacrificed their education; their friendships; their sports events; concerts, shows, and end of term celebrations.

The most vulnerable groups of adults will have had to make the difficult choice to self-isolate.

And meanwhile, our fit, healthy grown adult population continue to go to the gym or the pub.

That said, DS1 has yet to find out what is happening about his degree given uni is shut. He's an adult though.

They have sacrificed their education; their friendships; their sports events; concerts, shows, and end of term celebrations.

They won't be able to go to any of these if there are no jobs to pay for them

Get a grip OP

Education is still there - they WILL reopen and in 10 years time when they've graduated and got jobs of their own this will be a minor blip in their lives

Friendships.....well they won't have friends If they all fall seriously ill will they

Sports events - so what that little Tarquinius can't watch Wimbledon this year

End of term celebrations - seriously....poor diddums!

They should be worried about burying their grandparents or their family homes being replaced when their parents lose their jobs

I agree OP, but sadly mn never wants to show any sympathy towards children.

As for this comment I think children are more worried that granny might die and mummy may not have a job any more than about having to miss school, tbh I don’t think children should shoulder such information.

given up most to support their country

This is absolutely the most ludicrous thing I think I have ever read on mumsnet.

People are sick, dying, have lost jobs, will lose their homes, are short of food, are alone. The NHS is under enormous pressure, the economy is going tits up and you think your children missing an end of term celebration or a concert is 'giving up most to support their country'.

You are utterly ridiculous OP. Unbelievably so.

There is a whole generation of kids who don’t have true gcse and alevels results.- this to me is devastatIng. In a world where there is so much emphasis on mental health I think we should think about how this will effect them, many having worked so hard for nothing.

Erm, no. I am carrying plenty of cans thank you very much. What to do about housebound father who relies on home visits for his provisions; partner stuck overseas as borders have closed who won't see his DS for possibly months; loss of work and income; mortgage stress that keeps me awake at night as a result of said income loss. I do feel great sympathy for the generation of teenagers who have missed important exams / proms / parties, etc, but they are just one example of a long line of can-carriers across our society. We are all suffering and YABVVVU if you can't see that.

All this Will No one think of the childrenBollocks is doing my head in.

We have our nhs struggling to cope. Doctors, nurses and other health professionals working flat out whilst being at risk themselves.
Supermarket staff are being abused over loo roll all to earn minimum wage. Older people going into self isolation and for many that will mean being stuck in their own home on their own for possibly 4 months.

I don’t have any head room left to worry about little arlo missing his Saturday morning football or lily mae not being able to go to see little mix.

What about adults who have already lost their jobs? can’t pay the bills? struggling to get food?
Think that’s more concerning than little Felix missing rugger 🙄

Well that's bollocks. Poor Jimmy is missing his end of year 3 prom and 2 months of school.

Don't worry about the front line NHS, many of which are pregnant/have vulnerable relatives, and whom have already been working under cuts, underpaid and overworked for years already.

Nonsense.
Education can be caught up later.

Kids aren’t adults- they don’t have the maturity to
Understand and reason what’s going on and for that reason I feel very sorry for them trying to
Comprehend all the changes imposed on them.

I agree OP, but sadly mn never wants to show any sympathy towards children.

Well you are certainly in the minority.

Most of us are parents on here. Children are resilient. They rely on their parents to take care of them (obviously). If jobs are lost, made homeless, relatives get sick that is going to affect them a hell of a lot more than being bored for a short time. Get a grip.

I think this is bollocks if I'm honest OP.

What hand-wringing tosh. Adults are working from home if they can, children are learning from home. Adults are supposed to socially isolate, so are children. (Adults not taking this seriously will likely be allowing their children socialise too). Schools are providing online learning, Yr11 and 13 will get exam grades.

I agree OP, but sadly mn never wants to show any sympathy towards children.

Also tosh. This is a parenting website. A lot of the chat is about how to care for children.

What is it that you think should be done differently to benefit children, OP? Send them all back into school? Let them have parties and leavers' celebrations? Do you want them to be at greater risk of getting the virus?

Well the alternative is more deaths. The kids will face a very high financial burden as someone will need to pay off the deficit

The whole thing is a shit show.
I do feel really sorry for the children. I think some adults forget how slowly time passes for children. Months being cooped up at home will feel like years, especially if they don’t have a garden.

There has also been wide scale redundancies this week. I’m in Edinburgh and I’ve never seen anything on this scale, far worse the Credit Crunch. Mainly in sectors where it is unlikely that they will have any savings.

And some people are going to get seriously unwell and done could die.

Scary times.

To those who think the "poor children". Get a grip and spare some thought to the children in Syria and refugees. That is real trauma which many will never recover from
Some people are pathetic.

I hate that approach @Mercurial123. By that logic no one can complain about anything. Of course children will be affected by not socialising.

Only fools,

1. MN has sympathy for children though I'll keep a little sympathy back if my child loses on or both healthy HCP parents due to inadequate PPE, unsafe working conditions and the government's decision to manage this outbreak differently to some other countries when the WHO has kindly been clear what needed doing and when. I'll might keep a little sympathy in case those parents end up infecting at risk family members because of said inadequate PPE and have to live with the guilt of that. I'll keep a final bit of sympathy for the family member without a job now and petrified about money.

2. I could be wrong but I expect the children have not worked 'for nothing' rather they've been educated in ways that should support their further secondary studies if y11 or future university or any tertiary studies if y13. I understand they will have missed exams, proms (though my DC's school are proposing to arrange that for later, subject to health guidance) and other social activities and may be upset about the change. I understand they may also be expressing fear about the uncertainty through talk of missing exams.

I disagree OP. My sister is an A&E nurse, I am terrified for her. She and other HCP are working extra shifts and are already running out of PPE. Your life is the biggest thing you can sacrifice and many HCP will do so.

I’m a teacher and I’m gutted for my class and my own two children. But I’m so glad they’re young enough to be missing school instead of being out there risking their lives.

Not having to go to school for a couple of months, staying in... oh dear

No, not really

I don't think anyone is having much fun at the moment, and some people, health workers, in particular are a lot worse off.

OP, I feel that you have not thought your post through.
Children have not been asked to sacrifice their education. Most , if not all schools, have prepared home learning packages and those that will miss vital exams will have teacher assessed grades that universities and employers will accept.
As to sacrificing friendships, sporting events, concerts, shows and end of term celebrations... I really don’t know what to say to you. Have you not heard that there’s a deadly pandemic coursing through the world?
What on Earth would you have written to The Daily Sketch’s problem page in March 1942 ?
Jeez!

I have to say I was annoyed when I went into town today to see hundreds of 70 plus having tea and cake saying how ridiculous it was they've been asked to stay home and be cautious when my kids are missing out on so much. We are allowed to be upset for our kids. On the other hand I'm deeply worried for my mum on NHS frontline. Glad restaurants and cafes now closed.

As for this comment I think children are more worried that granny might die and mummy may not have a job any more than about having to miss school, tbh I don’t think children should shoulder such information

What’s the cutoff age for this?