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Are you going to send your kids back in when they reopen?

702 replies

Keepdistance · 12/04/2020 13:46

Wondering if people will send them back.
As they think only 4-10% of population might have had it. And this peak was only 4w of school.
Im not shielding but isolating as much as possible because im
asthmatic.

I hope they say attendance isnt mandatory so people who need to/want to or are still WFH can keep them home if needed.

OP posts:
StrawberryBlondeStar · 12/04/2020 14:17

Yes. My DH I both need to work. Employers are sympathetic at the moment to childcare issues - they won’t be if schools are opened.

MunchMunch · 12/04/2020 14:22

If the schools opened in the next few weeks then no, I won't be sending them in. I'm hoping that the schools will be closed until September and hopefully the spread/deaths have declined a lot but I will be keeping an eye on local cases and for any resurgence of the virus. I kept my kids off school two weeks before the schools were closed after the first official case on my housing estate was confirmed. I don't need child care and both myself and dp would be classed as high risk.

lazylinguist · 12/04/2020 14:24

Yes. Dh will be at work at their school anyway. Besides, most people are going to catch this at some point. Children tend to get it very mildly. And I suspect I've already had it.

Devlesko · 12/04/2020 14:31

So people would send their kids to school, even though it wouldn't be safe, so they can both work.
Aw, poor kids and what a society. Shock

vinoandbrie · 12/04/2020 14:34

Yes, of course they’ll go back as soon as they’re allowed. It’s on their best interests. The sooner it’s deemed the schools can open, the better.

Bringringbring12 · 12/04/2020 14:35

I will trust the scientific studies and professionals that the government are clearly working very closely with and basing decisions upon.

So when they say they reopen, my children will be there day 1 if they are fit and healthy.

Snowflakes1122 · 12/04/2020 14:35

Devlesko, it would seem so Sad

My number one priority is keeping my kids safe. There are a number of parents who can’t wait for the schools to open and send them back in.

Gin96 · 12/04/2020 14:37

Yep I couldn’t keep my daughter away, she can’t wait to go back. My husband is high risk but we can’t afford to be off work any longer than the end of May, we will run out of money. Ll

Bringringbring12 · 12/04/2020 14:37

@Devlesko

So people would send their kids to school, even though it wouldn't be safe, so they can both work.
Aw, poor kids and what a society. shock

I take it from this post that you are something of a conspiratoralist? Correct? The government and scientific community are harbouring sinister objectives in their decision making? Yes? Because that can surely only be your justification for such a daft post

MartiniDry · 12/04/2020 14:38

Frankly, I have no faith in Johnson, Cummings, Raab, et al so due to that and for the reasons expressed by LegoBloodyHurts I wouldn't be sending my children into school as soon as the doors are re-opened.

DressingGownofDoom · 12/04/2020 14:38

Yes, children need the physical, mental and social stimulation of school. Locking them in the house for months on end to protect the elderly and vulnerable is throwing them under the bus. There needs to be a balance.

Random18 · 12/04/2020 14:40

My number one priority is keeping my kids safe.

So is mine. But being off school for a prolonged period of time will do them absolutely no good whatsoever.

Quite the reverse. I have a responsibility to ensure that they are well in so many ways.

My children have no health issues, they are young and fit.

I want them to stay that way- both mentally and physically.

You make the decisions that are best for your family and I will make the decisions best for my family.

TiredofSM · 12/04/2020 14:42

I will for DD’s mental health. She’s missing school, her friends, the teachers. She’s desperate to go back.

0v9c99f9g9d939d9f9g9h8h · 12/04/2020 14:43

No. With massive reluctance. We're at moderate risk and will keep up lockdown until a better treatment is available (a real possibility) or vaccine (potentially available sooner than thought). But I could just cry because my children were thriving at school.

Underhisi · 12/04/2020 14:43

Mine is still in due to being in the vulnerable category. There are large longterm risks to him not being in school.

coconuttelegraph · 12/04/2020 14:45

My number one priority is keeping my kids safe

Will they be staying at home indefinitely? Live isn't safe in normal times.

DeathByBoredom · 12/04/2020 14:46

I'd send them back now if I could, although they are quite happy working at the local supermarket instead. A levels are approaching and it's no time to slack off.

I'd rather they caught it early and we would then be less ongoing risk to elderly relatives once initial lockdown finishes.

Devlesko · 12/04/2020 14:46

Bring

Not at all, but if you think our kids will be safe returning to school to keep the economy going, you're a fool.
Call me old fashioned but for me the kids come first, always.
There's putting food on the table and paying essential bills that is the priority. In many cases a single income takes care of these. The extra income covers childcare, transport to work and other work related costs, many are working for nothing anyway.
But if greed is more important than keeping your kids and yourself alive, I'll leave it with you.

Bool · 12/04/2020 14:46

Yes. There is no way it hasn’t spread like wildfire anyway through the schools in London.

coconuttelegraph · 12/04/2020 14:47

It's not a decision that anyone needs to take until the time that it happens and we know all the facts at the time, why would you need to decide now?

Davincitoad · 12/04/2020 14:47

I can’t believe some people on here. Willing to have kids in schools to they can work smugly and safety at home. What a joke. Anyone who trusts the ‘science’ is an idiot they are making things up to suit themselves. Anyone that thinks the virus won’t spread in school needs help. The idea is that if they open the school has to observe social distance so they kids shouldn’t be playing/mingling sitting having a chat they should be 2m apart. If not unions will pull
Teachers out for their own safety.

Random18 · 12/04/2020 14:48

Dev so how do you put food on the table?

MrsWhites · 12/04/2020 14:50

If they reopened in the new few weeks then no.

I would want to see other restrictions lifted first with numbers staying low for a period of at least a few weeks after people start to mingle again before I would be happy for my children to go back to school. So for me to be happy for them to go back at the beginning of June then they would need to start falling pretty dramatically!

Sillysop92 · 12/04/2020 14:50

Yes, I work in a school so if it’s deemed ok for me to work then the same must be said for kids. I’m looking forward to going back and a bit of normality and routine, but I know that isn’t the case for everyone.

Random18 · 12/04/2020 14:52

Davin is that a dig at me? I don't chose to work at home and I would happily go into an office.

I do however care for my children and I want my children to be at school as soon as possible. That does not mean I expect that to be straight after the holidays or even any time soon.

But when the schools open then they will be there. Because it is the best thing for them.

Others may think differently - they can make the right decisions for their family.