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Can my kids go to the park or not?

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NeedANewJob19 · 27/03/2020 13:13

I have name changed for this and prepared to be flamed.

My teenage DSs (13 and 16) have been going to the park near our house for one hour each day this week. They go together, they don’t meet up with anyone and they avoid other people using the park. They don’t go to the playground part, they just take a football and have a kick around together just the two of them. I was under the impression that this was ok.
Someone on my Facebook posted a picture yesterday if a group of kids at the same park and I could see my two in the background of the photo. No where near the kids featured just way in the background. This person wouldn’t know my kids. Everyone was commenting about how irresponsible this was and berating the parents, I daren’t comment on it but wanted to check opinions on here. I was assuming they were so angry because it was group of kids presumably not from the same household but now I’m not sure I should be letting my kids do what they’ve been doing

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SpokeTooSoon · 28/03/2020 18:12

Richmond Park is 100% not closed.

The main gates are locked to prevent cars going in. The side pedestrian gates are all open.

Cyclists not allowed from today, other than key workers going to and from work or children under 12 - but not their parents.

All the gates are open.

Hearhoovesthinkzebras · 28/03/2020 19:00

Well, then the picture and the gesture of closing and locking the gate on the news last night was very misleading.

That picture clearly says park being closed yet you're saying all the gates open, so what's the point?

SpokeTooSoon · 28/03/2020 19:10

I’m wondering why this is giving you so much angst.

Eckhart · 28/03/2020 19:12

The park is open. The picture is misleading.

Alsohuman · 28/03/2020 19:13

I’m wondering why this is giving you so much angst

Because she’s fucking obsessed with people doing something she can’t.

Hearhoovesthinkzebras · 28/03/2020 20:02

SpokeTooSoon

Not giving me angst, I just don't appreciate being accused of lying by another poster simply for taking in good faith a BBC news item, and a captioned photograph in a newspaper.

I don't know the park, other than the name. Don't know the layout and strangely I didn't nip up there today to verify if the news reports were correct.

If the picture is wrong then that is not proof that I was lying.

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