Can you help me understand the rules?

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My husband has asthma and is in his 50s and is going to wfh and social isolation from next week.

Is the government saying that I should also not be at work and going out? Im a key worker and can work from home but my kids would need go to nursery.Should we be all staying at home for 12 weeks? I can see that my husband isn’t really isolating if I’ve got to go to nursery and they are mixing there but I’m also feeling the pressure to work,so am just unclear what is being directed in my situation.

Thanks

I am wondering the same. My husband is also considered high risk.

I think the best thing to do is work from home, and keep your children there too. It sounds like you could care for your children between you as there are two adults wfh in the house, and scary child who can be at home should be. Then, there will be space at schools for children who really need it. Seriously - the places available in school are only going to go down and they really do need to be prioritised.

Not that your children are scary I'm sure! - Every.

They are young and it’s a private nursery so it doesn’t impact on anyone’s school places.We couldn’t work with them here,they are three and under and need attention.

Still I am thinking maybe we should keep them here and me not work to keep them safe

Why would your kids need to go to nursery, can you both not manage them between you when working from home?

And yes, you should all be home,

They are young and it’s a private nursery so it doesn’t impact on anyone’s school places.
It impacts on other people's nursery places, though. Why can't you spend time in shifts with them in the day and catch up with work in the evening when they are asleep?

No we can’t I’m afraid, we don’t have those kind of jobs where we can give small children the attention they need so if they stay at home I won’t work.

It doesn’t impact on anyone’s nursery place from how I can see.

All parents at the nursery are still having to lay to keep places and keep it open.how does them attending or not impact on anyone’s place? I might just not understand....

Thanks for this though.

I have the kind of job where I manage services but must be on call all day and be available so I think it just need to make the decision to be off and make sure family are ok.

It really doesn't matter whether you pay it not. On the day that there are only three staff available for work in the nursery you are going to make the nursery manager choose between you and someone who is critical in a way that you are not.

Umm no I’m really not

They are only having key worker children attend.they can all attend.who would be missing out?

Why would you risk your children unnecessarily?

If you must work set daytime hours, can he work more flexibly around that to cover the children?

I'm amazed that you are actually considering it at all given your circumstances!

I guess it’s partly because I’m a key worker who has a specific role with very vulnerable children. It’s not an easy decision to think clearly when you have a job you really care about and which isn’t easily covered

I for one am glad many people are “risking their children “ as you put it to meet a number of our societal needs. As above though I’ve decided not to work as look after the kids,I’m lucky I can do that. Thanks mumsnet,most people are too polite in real life to be so blunt but it’s helped me make a decision.