I’ve raised a son with no fucking brain cells ,

My sister has just said similar about her daughter
Some are not taking this seriously.
My sister has enforced that her 2 dds stay in.
The younger is 7 and upset at no school no friends as you would be at her age, she doesn't really understand.
The older 13 is being a constant PITA let me go to my friends house, i'll stay away from people.
Why do I have to stay home
Urgh I hate my life
She is at risk herself, as a re a few other family members.
I've just tried to explain to her, she's normally a clever and sensible kid but this is just not sinking in.
My sis is literally moments away from locking her in the shed for the duration.

I’m proud of my DD who is a Tesco worker. She can’t see her beloved granddad but she knows that people like her are enabling the essential deliveries that he relies on.

People stacking shelves and working the tills in this time of crisis are heroes. Medical staff and care workers are heroes.

OP I hope your son will come to his senses. If not, you could tell him you want him to go back to college.

You can’t pin this on age. My young adult children are very aware and responsible. My 58 yo brother has been in pubs/curry houses every day.

I was cross at my ds yesterday evening going to a friends house for a couple of hours. I've done my absolute best to isolate the family early.

We can use a word like hero how we like.

No. Words have meaning.

I have huge sympathy for everyone working in supermarkets during opening hours at the moment. It must be a nightmare. But yes, while I'm glad people are applying for these vital jobs, there is nothing heroic about it.

From the definition of heroic, here are some synonyms. How many apply to a shelf stacker, even in these times?:
brave, courageous, valiant, valorous, intrepid, bold, daring, audacious, superhuman, Herculean, fearless, doughty, undaunted, dauntless, unafraid, plucky, indomitable, stout-hearted, lionhearted, mettlesome, venturesome, gallant, stalwart, chivalrous, noble;

Am I missing something? My kids have been to the park today. They went with friends. Four kids in total. No one else on the park. They played football, so they were moving constantly and rarely next to eachother for more than a matter of seconds. And it’s windy, so any droplets are going to blow away pretty fast.
I’m going for a run soon too.
None of this is the same as sitting in a cafe or a pub.
We are not in lockdown yet. We are practising social distancing, so avoiding indoor places with other people.

Sopissedofwithmyson it's 100% NOT YOUR FAULT! So rest easy. Your son, like a lot of young people (and many older ones too), cannot see the damage or harm. Just share the information with him and if he cannot make changes to keep you all safe he could go back to college.

People like your son are selfish. It's really quite a smack in the mouth for the services which are worming so hard to contain this.

There are key workers, nurses, doctors etc working flat out to treat people with coronavirus. Putting their own health and lives on the line. However the more people that take the piss with this, the faster it's going to spread and to more people. That is going to result in more hospital admissions. More exposure for those doctors and nurses to deal with. Ultimately they are going to pay the price with their health and their lives. But people like your son don't give a shit about that.

13 doctors have lost their lives in Italy due to coronavirus. Thousands of healthcare workers have contracted it; In fact i believe 8.3% of medics there have had coronavirus.

My brother (33) is the same. He doesn't care. He lives with out mum (64). He also nearly died pneumonia and flu in the last two years and is morbidly obese. He is a cunt of the highest order in my opinion right now.

We are practising social distancing, so avoiding indoor places with other people.

That’s not social distancing. It’s not limited to indoors.

Anyone who does not social distance themselves during this time is quite frankly ignorant. We were all joking about this a few weeks ago saying that people were scaremongering or being over the top; but now we are all staying in and not going out because we can see its serious stuff.

The more people stay in the less this can spread around , its just basic common sense.

I am so glad that I live in a rural area where people appear to be listening to government advice and heeding it.

Why wouldn't anyone in their right mind want to stop the spread of this?

FIL 82, diabetes, Parkinson's and heart condition, main carer for severely disabled MIL was out gallivanting when DS2 phoned him yesterday. My mum, also 82 with uncontrolled high blood pressure went to the shops for ciggies and had a nice long chat with a complete stranger while about it.

Can someone please post a link to government guidelines stating that we are not allowed to go for a walk in a non-crowded park.

Also you should ask him to leave the family home. There are consequences to not adhering to the governments advice and this will be his consequence. Young people aren't immune; there are reports that 2 army men, a 37 and a 38 year old both with no underlying health conditions have died in the last few days due to coronavirus.

If he is happy to put you all at risk and the wider public/healthcare workers, then he needs to go. It's sad that he doesn't have much regard for his family but then I guess you learn a lot about peoples moral fibre in times like these.

I'm sorry that you're having to deal with this shit when it sounds like you and the rest of your family are being responsible. Is frontline healthcare workers are very grateful to folk like you

@mintychoc1 but we aren't simply talking about going for a walk in a non crowded park. Are we?

Without shop workers we would have no food, delivery drivers taking shopping to the ill,yeah they are heros just in a different way to NHS staff.
if u think u can do without them then dont go buy their food, strave just so ungrateful disgusting some people on here
Op your son should stay in not just for himself but his family.

How is a kickabout with a few mates different from a walk? Do people know what football is? It involves constant movement.

Without shop workers we would have no food, delivery drivers taking shopping to the ill,yeah they are heros just in a different way to NHS staff.
if u think u can do without them then dont go buy their food, strave just so ungrateful disgusting some people on here

I think you should read what I said again. My DD works in the retail sector. The supermarket staff are VITAL. I'm not ungrateful and I am certainly not disgusting simply for using the word 'hero' to reflect its true meaning.

Anyone who thinks an 18 year old grabbing a temp opportunity at Tesco is a hero needs to give their hard a good wobble. He isn't doing it out of the goodness of his heart!

We can use a word like hero how we like.

Well you can but it's a bit like calling a crisp a biscuit if we don't use them correctly.

Show him the video of the army convoy taking the dead out of Bergamo. That shut my two up. I haven't heard a word about socialising since.

Mintychoc1. In answer to your question - Yes you bloody well are missing something. Children from one household playing together is OK. Mixing is what we are all trying to prevent.

Everybody is discussing coronavirus right now. Kids have just been told they're off school for an unknown amount of time. I think that imagining a group of kids going to play football are running around non-stop, constantly moving away from each other, staying 2m apart, never touching, never stopping to stand around and talk about everything that's going on, is unrealistic.

Can we all give each other a break, my husband has been refused radiotherapy so he is at great risk. I am grateful to shelf fillers, nurses, doctors and everyone else who is doing their bit. People do what they can to keep things going. They are all heroic in their own way.

Loving all the “I went out to somewhere and there were loads of people there, how stupid are they” comments.