Kids playing together

[SunshineSally46]

I have seen no end of photos on social media lately of people allowing kids from different households to play together. Although the rules state we can now meet up outside I thought the 2 meter distancing rule still applied yet these kids are hugging and playing together in paddling pools and things like that. It's not ok yet is it?

My dc would love to see their friends but even though they are older I can't guarantee they will all keep their distance when excitable and playing so I haven't let them yet. Have you?

yes, if I had DC going back to school I wouldn’t be worried about them getting socialisation elsewhere.

As it is though... exactly how long do people want us to keep them locked up away from others for? Until there’s a vaccine? They’re human beings, they have as much right to come out of lockdown as the golfers and the garden centre shoppers, we can’t just press ‘pause’ on their development and mental health and pack them into storage.

My youngest is going back to school but then his cousin is also in the same class and bubble and we often share childcare between us so they'll mix anyway. My older dc wont be back until September if they do go back in September I'm not prepared to keep them isolated at home until then

This thread demonstrates why there will be a second wave. I think you're all thoroughly irresponsible.

My 13 year old son currently has a friend over in the back garden. They have been kicking the ball about and are now having dinner (friend brought his own plate and cutlery).

This is the first time my son has spent any time with another child for 11 weeks. He has a glow about him that I haven't seen in awhile. He needed this, more than I realised. I don't care what anyone else thinks.

@Sameold2020

I can't believe what I'm reading on this thread.

Ditto

This thread demonstrates why there will be a second wave.

Right. Garden centres is done, Primark is fine, football restarting is fine, but kids playing will kill us all.

I couldn’t give two hoots what you think Lucinda. I care more about my children and their needs as do most parents.

This thread demonstrates why there will be a second wave

Well 4 weeks ago it was going to be the VE Day conga which would definitely cause a second wave, so which is it?

@Lucindainthesky I think it there is a 2nd wave it will be more to do with hundreds gathering to protest all over than the country rather than a few kids playing together

* disclaimer before anyone starts another argument I totally understand the reason behind the protest*

olivehater that comes as no surprise. Anybody who is flouting social distancing and mixing households closely doesn't give 2 hoots about anybody else.

Clearly not closely

Children are so isolated. I can phone a friend, send an email, join in a chat on a WhatsApp group, read mumsnet. My 6yo can't.

I am very much on the verge of making up my own set of rules.

Lucindainthesky how long do you think children should be isolated for? It’s been three months already. How much longer? Months? Years? Cryogenically freeze them until 2097?

[quote Uhoh2020]@Lucindainthesky I think it there is a 2nd wave it will be more to do with hundreds gathering to protest all over than the country rather than a few kids playing together

* disclaimer before anyone starts another argument I totally understand the reason behind the protest*[/quote]
There are far, far more children in the country than there are protestors.

As a teacher, this thread reminds me why distancing from the children in my class is so important until we are sure that the chance of them spreading this virus is extremely low.

(not really judging though. I do get that kids need to socialise, some more than others, and the smallest ones can't distance as well. It's a shame some parents seem to have gone all the way to letting their kids play as normal though)

@Lucindainthesky but these kids aren't gathering together in their hundreds are they!

Law or no law, my children take priority and they deserve to be close to other children.

I'm protecting the vulnerable, you are doing the opposite.

So how long do you think we Should lock away our little children Lucinda?

@beela
Children are so isolated. I can phone a friend, send an email, join in a chat on a WhatsApp group, read mumsnet. My 6yo can't.
Why can’t they FaceTime or chat with a friend on the phone , or send a letter? My six year olds have done all those things?

And That’s a big assumption to make about me Lucinda. I care about our country’s children, which you obviously don’t. But everyone is either an angel or a devil in your world clearly.

Some people obviously think we should be locked up forever! Unless we get back out there we will never know if there’s going to be a second wave or not. The first wave wasn’t as bad initially thought, the whole thing as been over estimated it seems and now the economy is in tatters.

Life has got to return to some kind of normality this has gone on long enough.

toothfairy a four year old cant FaceTime their friends. Mine just hides her face. She needs to play.

And we haven’t been mixing with any other households or letting DC play with others. And if the official message was “do this for another two weeks and then they can play with others”, fine, I’d do it. But when the official message seems to say nothing at all about them I am not prepared to put them through this indefinitely.

Until scientific advisors say it is safe for social distancing to end, or can tell us without doubt that children cannot spread it.

My (only) child has been managing with regular video calls to her best friends.

The parents who aren't letting their kids have a play outside in the fresh air with a few friends are seriously harming their kids.