So dd has a friend from school, she's 5 and lives with her mum. Her mum has all sorts of 'ailments' despite being in her twenties and jogs three miles every day. She's one of these with no official diagnosis for anything but she's sure she has it according to Web MD. Her GP won't give her a shielding letter but she's sure she should be shielding due to her asthma. I work in the NHS with tons of people with asthma who are still working.
She constantly posts long articles about how dodgy it is to send your dc's back to school and is proud of the fact that she hasn't left the house for 120 days. Yesterday she posted that 'Its not safe, we are not going out until it is.' I can't stop feeling sorry for her dd, stuck in with no other company for months on end. The mum is constantly saying she's exhausted and needs to sleep for long amounts in the day, what is the 5 year old doing whilst she sleeps? My dd would prod me constantly until I played with her.
With no official reason to stay in I see no reason why they can't go for a walk to somewhere remote. What's the worst that can happen?
I don't think she's alone in this. I heard a very young mum say yesterday 'it's so confusing what we can and can't do she what's safe. That's why we're just going to stay inside until it's definitely safe. We won't be meeting family and friends in the park!' I can't deal with this superior air of making yourself and your dc's miserable for no reason (not shielding or vulnerable) can anyone tell me why they're so illogical?