Are you allowing your DC to play out with neighbours children?

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Just that really, are you allowing your DC to play out with neighbours children with everything going on?

Make sure you disinfect that doorbell and your gate.

Stick a notice on your gate not to come in.

Irresponsible #serial killers

It makes everyone else’s job harder too I think. My little one is content to wash his toy cars in a bucket of water for hours in the garden, but if there are kids shouting right outside the gate for my little one to come and play, I have to be devil mother . It’s crap.

Not a parent, but of course the kids can't play together. Talk over the fence or out a window, or communicate by skype or something. They may not have symptoms or only mild symptoms if they do develop it but can still be infectious.

Our local park has locked the playground, outdoor gym and tennis courts for this very reason. Take the kids to the park for their allocated exercise, yes. maybe kick a ball with them but stay in your family grouping.

No - and neighbours dc not playing out either, they are usually out the front, now they are just using the back garden.
My dc and theirs are sometimes out in our own back Gardens at the same time, but separated by 6ft fence and bushes, and they have shouted over at each other a few times, but that's the closest they get.

Of FFS!!!!

You REALLY need to ask 😡

@Weregoingonanadventure I played with my friends in each other’s houses/garden or one of our parents would take us out. We were allowed to go to specific places on our own but we weren’t allowed to just loiter on the street. This was the norm where I grew up (possibly because schools were very centralised so you’d be unlikely to live within walking distance of your friends or possible because of my age, I was raised in the 90s/2000s so I guess parents were more wary than in previous generations although DH is older but then again he’s of the generation that went to school six days a week so that may be an influencing factor).

You shouldn’t be answering the door. This is not social distancing. You are increasing everyone’s risk by opening the door.

No, they're staying in.
Like others should be.

No, but my idiot neighbour's children and her idiot neighbour's children are currently playing in her garden. They shouted over the fence to send my children round, I said no, they laughed and said it's fine! Theres no point saying anything to them as they don't care.

My husband just said 'you can't fix stupid' sums it up I think.

Weregoingonanadventure and Reginabambina I grew up in the 80s and didn’t play out, nor did my friends. Not allowed out and about without an adult till 13 or so. We played at each others houses or in the park with an adult there. Same rules for all the children I knew. It was London so maybe more wary than other parts of the country.

"I’d feel like a cow ringing the police"

In an emergency like this, it is the right and necessary thing to do
Phone the police

I'm the same @Therollockingrogue it's really hard to explain to my 3 year old who would normally be ok just playing with his sister

No! No kids are out in this area, next doors kids had some friends over earlier in the week which was bad enough

Ffs! No No No. Is this a bloody windup or are you really that stupid.

If you want to allow kids to play in the street, allow them only in front of your OWN property and not to leave their slobbery toys and stuff everywhere

Are you confusing children and dogs?

No, and everyone else here is the same. Its strange as my door is knocked every 5 mins normally. But im glad we are all in unison. Luckly kids using video calls to keep in touch

Bloody hell.
I'd be tempted to answer the door and ask them what they want.
Then Tell them to stop coming anywhere near your property.
Tell them there is a pandemic and people are dying .
Explain that their parents should know about this and it's the reason they are not allowed in school.
Tell them to stop touching your door and gate as it's likely that the deadly virus is on those and when /If they touch it, it will transfer to their hands and they will have it on them.
They need to know the truth and if their parents are too stupid to tell them then you will help them out.
If they are old enough to be let out then they are old enough to know the truth.

For fucks sake, how is this isolation?

I used to live around a lovely safe central green as big as a park where all the kids in the close used to play in complete safety leaving the adults to enjoy peaceful back gardens.

My neighbour rang yesterday ad said there has not been a single child on the green all week. As it should be.

We don't have neighbours but if we did, there's no way on earth mine would be playing out.

@Settlersofcatan it's really tough. I'm either doing 14hrs in a very frontline role or I'm trapped indoors with a 3 and 5 yr while DH does the same. I know everyone's in the same boat. If I don't even let them use the small back garden we're lucky to have then I'm not sure how we'd cope.

@ donquixotedelamancha no sadly not.
2 toddlers with teething toys dropped all over the street. Revolting

Unfortunately I too have neighbours like this. Adults and kids in and out of each other's houses.

No and it's really sad for them they're only 3/4. We usually have an hour or 2 out as it's a terraced st so no real space of our own.
Since Monday we've had mornings, neighbour takes after lunch and the last house takes teatime!!

Of course not.

Are you asking this question so that all the selfish idiots on MN will out themselves on this thread? I trust that you aren't asking because you are considering doing this...