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

[Drivingdownthe101]

ZeldaPrincessOfHyrule particularly for only children, and for children whose parents have no choice but to sit them in front of the TV all day while they both do demanding full time jobs, even seeing some other children in a familiar setting a couple of times a week would be beneficial. I don’t think anyone is expecting it to be ‘normal’ for a while, but even abnormal socialisation is better than no socialisation at all for some children.
Mine are generally fine, they have each other, are very close in age and get on well. Some children are really really struggling.

[BigChocFrenzy]

YouGov Tracker Poll

70% support school closures

https://yougov.co.uk/topics/international/articles-reports/2020/03/17/level-support-actions-governments-could-take

imo, if schools open 1 June, then a minority will attend

If there are no big problems, then nearly all parents will send their kids in September,
even if it means sitting at a desk on their own and washing hands a lot

Schools are esential as childcare for many people,
even if there have to be compromises on education and "fun"

[Drivingdownthe101]

imo, if schools open 1 June, then a minority will attend

Then surely that’s a good thing, as there will be more room for social distancing?

[EndoplasmicReticulum]

YABU. We live with my parents. They are over 70.

[BigChocFrenzy]

Kids willcope if learning moves away from group work

My (1960s - early 70s) schooldays consisted of sitting quietly at a desk all day, not talking unless the teacher asked a question.

The teacher stayed in the front all lesson, talking and writing on the board

We didn't have proms, non-uniform days, residentials (just an optional couple of trips to France for a few rich kids)

It was fine
In fact for an Aspie hermit like me, a v quiet classroom was best and group work would have been hell

[BigChocFrenzy]

"surely that’s a good thing, as there will be more room for social distancing?"

Yep, much easier to work out a new system if half the kids are missing

Then let the worried parents see it's working OK for a few months

[Howamigoingtogetthroughthis]

I trust my DC's teachers to make the experience of being back at school as 'normal' and as fun as they possibly can under the circumstances. As others have said, if some parents choose not to send their children, then numbers will be lower. I hope the school ask parents what they are planning to do, rather than set up a rota for for some children not to turn up

[GeraltOfRivia]

YADNBU I need to balance my kids mental health against the physics health risks and they are both massively struggling. I'll be getting them back to whatever time and contact they are allowed to have with peers and teachers as soon as I can

[Echo08]

If the figures are still high and not dropping absolutely no they will not be going back on the 1st June .I work with very vulnerable people i want my risk of catching it as low as possible. I just want to know how they are going to social distance in the schools .End up as a hot bed for infection.

[Pleasedontdrawonyoursister]

I was firmly in the ‘send them back ASAP’ camp for weeks and weeks. As time goes on however, I am now thinking if it will be socially distanced, no playtime, lone trips to the loo etc then no I think I’ll keep them at home thanks. They’re only 4 and 6, I can’t bare the thought of them feeling scared/anxious and not being with them....

Disclaimer: I have been furloughed... once this stops then I’ll have no choice but to send them at least a couple of days a week.

[Elmerrrrrrrr]

Yadnbu

[DaisylovesDonald]

@Pleasedontdrawonyoursister that’s exactly how I feel as well although I did vote that I would. I’ve always been keen for them to go back and have always said I would do so ASAP but extensive social distancing in school would be the one thing to make me consider keeping them at home. Part time and reduced class sizes fine, plenty of hand washing and generally trying to be sensible but I couldn’t send them back if they then had to stay 2m away from their friends, that would be worse than them not going in at all I think! Mine are 5 and 8 and not seeing their friends has been the worst thing for them.
Besides the teachers would just end up spending their whole day just trying to get them to stay away from each other. I work in our school and have been in looking after key worker children, they just can’t stay apart.

[Keepdistance]

I think most parents who are trying to wfh are likely for their kids to have a device the kids can connect on. Phone/kindle etc a kindle is £50. Depends on the young child some love spending time online and chatting to people. Obviously not going to work for under 5/6 but some that age would get work done together.


Kids in spain werent allowed out for over a month. I think comparitively ours have been very lucky as have adults. But the price is clear that we still have much more transmission.
I dont think the suggestion is that kids wont be able to play together outside of school long term. Im imagining kids will be able to play in parks etc soonish as it is outside. That is polar opposite to shoving them in a classroom where 1 sneeze goes over a whole class. And doesnt then involve the whole town/village catching it.
Others will have to get used to phone calls and skype being the only way they see Gp for a year.

A newspaper is saying emplyers will have to provide masks not sure if that will mean for teachers too. Hopefully gov are realising this is key to slowing it down

[FourTeaFallOut]

YABU

[mumto3little]

It depends. But do we have a choice?

[Drivingdownthe101]

I know full well what kids in other countries were and weren’t allowed to do. I have young nieces and nephews in Spain and Italy, their physical and mental health has taken a battering over the past 8 weeks. Just because they have it worse, doesn’t mean that I think ours should just have to ‘suck it up’.
Mine are young and yes, are enjoying the odd online chat with their friends when I have time to facilitate it, although it’s swiftly losing its appeal. It absolutely does not replace face to face interaction and play with their peers. My 4 year old and none of her classmates would be able to work effectively alongside their friends on the tiny screen of a phone or kindle.

[Chillipeanuts]

No chance.

[Mamimawr]

YABU but my child's mental health has improved during lockdown.

[synthony]

YABU guys consider the HIV spike proteins and how the virus hides in neurons and immune cells before feeling reassured that most children don't seem to get sick.

[Drivingdownthe101]

HIV is a retrovirus. They generally have vastly different characteristics to coronaviruses. So what you’re suggesting is highly unlikely.

[synthony]

It's not my opinion that it contains HIV spike protein

[Recoverandthrive]

Yabu

[Bluewarbler27]

YADNBU

[duffeldaisy]

Absolutely not. The numbers are still far too high. Plus, if they did go back it wouldn't be 'normal' at school with the social distancing and so on. Mine are fairly content at home for the moment, less stressed than when at school. We're managing to get some learning done.

I'd rather they go back:

1. When the danger is far, far lower than now (which just isn't achievable in under a month) to teachers as well as the kids/wider community.
2. When they can have relaxed interaction with other children - with more handwashing but not with trying to distance.

If it takes till September, or even January, then that's going to have to be the case. I'm not sending them back too early and risking them being infected by a second wave. Yes, it'll mean doing far fewer hours for me so that I can home-school, and after nights of anxiety I've come to peace with the idea of just having to deregister and home school for a while if absolutely necessary, or pay fines.

Our family is small. We have several at risk or sheltering grandparents and I'm just not going to take any risks with this illness.