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Social distancing and kids playing out-AIBU?
LegoBloodyHurts · 23/03/2020 15:58
I have been carefully ensuring my kids are keeping a distance from others and making sure we do no non-essential outings. Staying at home apart from to pick up a prescription this week. Youngest has health problems. Yet, all the fucking neighbours kids think this is some kind of holiday and are calling over for my DC. All. The. Time. I have said no, but my neighbour laughed over the fence saying they'd be fine to play and its all a fuss over nothing in the news?! Its like my neighbours are all living in another universe-all the neighbouring kids are playing together all day long.
How can I be the only one keeping my kids from socialising? I feel like I am losing my mind. AIBU keeping them in? What are the people around you doing with their kids?
kittykat7210 · 23/03/2020 16:00
You are definitely not being unreasonable. I’m keeping our daughter in, much to her despair (but she’s only 2 1/2) we let her into the garden daily but otherwise it’s inside, no shops, no park.
NotEverythingIsBlackandwhite · 23/03/2020 16:03
YANBU. Everyone else is being totally irresponsible. Put a note on your door so that you don't even have to open it to these idiots. Just ignore your neighbours and pray the country goes into lockdown to protect them from themselves.
No children out playing where I live. I think they are all safely ensconced indoors.
LegoBloodyHurts · 23/03/2020 16:05
This is what I am doing-the problem is our fence is low at the back and the neighbours kids are hanging over it whenever my kids are out. We will all go nuts if we can't even use our garden!
LegoBloodyHurts · 23/03/2020 16:08
Great idea about the note - thank you. I will do this!
mbosnz · 23/03/2020 16:08
I was just watching, somewhat sad and despairing, a group of seven boys having a game of football. My daughter's gone out on her tod to go rollerskating, and I've allowed her because I know she will be sensible and adhere to the social distancing rules, but also because I will be unsurprised if this is the last time she can, because clueless wallies are not doing so, or requiring their kids to do so.
I know I'm fortunate that my kids are relatively amenable, but I'd be fully prepared to tackle them and hog-tie them if need be. Or to direct them to sleep in the garden shed when they came back for the next 14 days. I rather think they know this.
DownyBuds · 23/03/2020 16:16
We had this at the weekend until someone put a post on the village Facebook group making the point. Worked a treat and all quiet now
LegoBloodyHurts · 23/03/2020 16:17
mbosnz-and how does a group of kids playing football keep the required minimum safe 2 meter distance from each other? It's impossible, isn't it? Not sure what these parents are thinking? 
starrysimon · 23/03/2020 16:20
I made a comment to DH yesterday after hearing a few call for the kids next door to go play football (front doors are very close together, not very soundproof). I said funny how now there’s a pandemic the neighbours are letting their kids go the the park 2 mins away whereas before they would happily let them kick the ball against our front door and windows repeatedly for hours
Parents clearly already sick of looking after their own children after a few days. They’re WFH anyway
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