Last one! Would you send your child to school..

[Biscuit0110]

On the 1st of June?

The times said apparently most parents would not return their children to school, but that is not my experience on here.

YABU - would not send their child to school
YADNBU - Send their child to school on the 1st of June

[Levatrice]

Yadnbu

[SpeedofaSloth]

YADNBU

[HandfulOfFlowers]

Mine are going back the moment the gates are open. I agree OP, every parent I know wants schools open ASAP, don't know a single person who won't be sending them back.

[Theresomethingaboutdairy]

YADNBU

[Monkeytapper]

YANBU

[Biscuit0110]

I am going to ask the editor of the Times to take a look at this thread, because one in five is clearly way off the mark. We also have to consider that some (possibly many) will be teachers that are not keen on returning back for their own reasons - not related to children's wellbeing. Not teacher bashing at all, as many are just as keen to be back.

[Idroppedthescrewinthetuna]

Yabu
My DP is shielded, there is no way mine will be going back. If schools do open in June I hope that families with shielded parents have a different option.

[Piggywaspushed]

Don't be ridiculous : you can't say The Times can't use a MN 'survey' in one breath and then say they can use yours.

The Parentkind survey reported 90% of parents being anxious,which is even higher and not a poll aimed at teachers at all.

You didn't frame your question very clearly either as is illustrated by many answers.

Your question was about the 1st of June and plenty of people replied saying they would send kids back 'when they could' which is not the same, necessarily, as 1st June.

The government and The Times (and others including major pollsters)have commissioned proper surveys , all of which show high levels of anxiety in the British public that the government will exit lockdown, in all tis forms, too early.

Sorry if that does not suit your agenda. But your 'poll' is no more trustworthy that the one The Times harvested.

[Piggywaspushed]

It is definitely offensive , by the way, to suggest that teachers are not concerned about children's wellbeing at all.

[Legoandloldolls]

For me it's down to being fined. I have a teen with socail anxiety who skipped school. Being on the wrong side of the educational welfare officer wasnt fun. I cant see them having pity for people worried about CV as they thought borderline ASD dx and MH issues was no reason

[RigaBalsam]

Piggy is so right.

Ask the Times. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Needed a laugh.

[PickUpAPickUpAPenguin]

I think that you could convince more parents to send kids once they know more about the adjustments that their individuql school plans.

People shouldn't judge families who don't send kids back because a member of the household is shielding.

Most importantly I hope that there's no school fine nonsense until a vaccine is found.

[bigbananafeet12]

Please no more digs at teachers. I’m not even a teacher and I can’t cope with any more! It’s just not helpful and we all know how it will end.

[Howamigoingtogetthroughthis]

Mine is very similar situation to cocktailoclock. I have two primary school children. My DH and I are working our socks off at home. Our primary school are not doing any Zoom calls, they send work sheets by email and expect the children to access online resources, yet they require us to supervise. It's an impossible situation. I'm worried about my mental health and my children's too. I'm at my wit's end. The thought of having to do this until the end of July is stressful and depressing. I don't expect the schools to take my children full time from day one, but staggering and splitting the years so they can enforce social distancing.

Boris, if you are reading this, please help us !

[monkeytennis97]

YABU

[Howamigoingtogetthroughthis]

What do the abbreviations (Eg YADNBU) mean?

[Dancingalong]

YADNBU

[Piggywaspushed]

Also, OP , you do realise that many teachers ARE parents so are as entitled to express their views on their DCs returning to school as any other parents. In fact, if a teacher said they weren't very keen for their own DCs to return to school on 1st June, I would have thought that would be considered something worth knowing.

[Bollss]

YADNBU.

The risk to me dp and Ds is minimal.

The risk to other children and adults getting it from Ds is minimal because he hasnt been anywhere in 6 weeks. Only place I've been is the supermarket and DPS been at work but works alone mostly.

[JemimaPuddleCat]

YABU - you are being unreasonable
YANBU - you are not being unreasonable
YANBU - you are definitely not being unreasonable

[Howamigoingtogetthroughthis]

Thank you jemimapuddlecat

[Howamigoingtogetthroughthis]

YADNBU

[BoardingSchoolMater]

I'm a Times subscriber, and am tempted not to be, now.

I will be sending my children back to school the second their schools say I can. I don't know one single person in real life who won't be doing this.

[ArfArfBarf]

Wait and see what’s offered.

I’m in Germany and my oldest can “go back to school” next week. But it’s nothing like what primary school was like before. It’s one day a week with distanced desks in the school hall. Not guaranteed to be taught by their teacher. No extracurriculars. Breaktime closely supervised to make sure they don’t get too close to each other. Everyone wearing masks. I’m not sure anyone can claim that is definitely better for their mental health than being at home.

[PickAChew]

Yanbu