How many parents still have children in lockdown?

[Alex50]

Just wondering if your children are still only staying at home and only going out for walks, if so why? Will you send them back to school? Are you worried your children could be severely ill from the virus?

So I got it in July, I'm down as community transmission, which means they cant figure out where I got it from. Had been at the shops and on 2 walks (where we met nobody) and a socially distanced, mask wearing outdoor school leaving ceremony. All discounted by contact tracers, but I told the school and parents anyway so they could be careful

Ps when il say at the shops, one supermarket mask wearing hand sanitizing, food wiping down trip. Sigh.

@stayathomer you were so unlucky, I don’t know anyone that’s had it recently. My husband’s back at work meeting different people every day, i’m back at work, my daughter’s meeting up with different friends, my son has been to Tenerife and Hungry, we have been meeting friends outside, we’ve been to the pub, out for dinner many times. I have had a couple of tests to check I haven’t got it so has my son, negative every time, so for you to catch it when you are being so careful is very high odds, poor you how unlucky.

Do we really think all children can social distance and just because they can’t that is a reason for them not to be out and about seeing friends at the moment?

Cases are so low at the moment the risk of children playing together and picking it up is minimal. They were isolated for so long in lockdown and they are about to go back to school. They need to be seeing their friends.

We have been abroad, been to pubs and restaurants. Children have been out and seeing friends. We’ve had people over.

I know, and everyone I know was texting or calling saying wtf and how? and it got to the stage where I was thinking I wish I'd got it because we'd gone to Disneyland or something crazy like that

@stayathomer I hope you get better soon.

My next door neighbours have a child aged around 2 and the poor kid has not left the house since March. It’s a small terrace with a tiny, paved courtyard ‘garden’. Development will definitely suffer after being stuck there for months on end with only two not-very-bright parents for company

Alex50 thank you

Yes and no; we’re still WFH, and DD’s nursery didn’t have a place for her, so she’s still at home until she starts reception. Mostly still getting shopping online, haven’t been round to friends homes, haven’t been to the pub.

We’ve been out to eat a handful of times, and we see my mum most days. We’ve met up with extended family on the beach, which has been lovely, but we’re able to avoid busy places. I still feel like I’m in lockdown because of the WFH thing, and that’s not ending any time soon.

Pretty much. Dc does have multiple chronic illnesses and he isn't really bothered going out at all. He is dreading going back to school but since there's no positive case nearby, we are planning to send him back. But if he really doesn't want to, we may need to dereg in worst case scenario. He doesn't want to talk about it atm.

Feel so sorry fir the people that do not go out.

Feel even more sorry for their children who are being held prisoner. Isn't that child abuse?

Remmy, your comment totally depressed me. I've suggested my dc to meet up with his friends at the park etc, he genuinely doesn't want to. We do go out as family to the woods/ play sports etc.

@Alex50 MIS-C / PIMS. There were around 80 cases of this in children. At a time when barely any children had even tested positive for coronavirus. Hopefully that's because of the lack of testing available at that time. I do think it's too early to be able to tell exactly how rare it is. It does concern me.

Not enough to not go in my garden though!!

Sort of. Have been out a few times but ds is disabled, his regular activities are still closed so theres a limit to what he can do anyway. In fact staying in is normal for him

@Narma every specialist around the world have said how rare it is, I have looked at the report of the children that died from it in the uk, most children had underlying health issues, it’s good to be aware of it but to not let your children out because of it is an over reaction.

[quote Alex50]@Narma every specialist around the world have said how rare it is, I have looked at the report of the children that died from it in the uk, most children had underlying health issues, it’s good to be aware of it but to not let your children out because of it is an over reaction.[/quote]
Do you have any links to the specialists around the world saying how rare it is please? I'm not being goady or anything honestly, if there are specialists from all over the world saying how rare it is in children with or who had COVID, it would be great and reassuring news.

I'm not one of the people who don't let my DC out. Not at all. It just concerns me that's all.

@Namara

www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/news/kawasaki-like-syndrome-linked-to-covid-19-in-children-is-a-new-condition

"The condition is believed to be extremely rare, but there are concerns about long-lasting coronary damage"

@Namara here’s one paper from Imperial College, there’s hundreds of them online, all state how extremely rare it is, I can’t list them all, if you research it, it gives you details of each child that died from it in the UK.

www.imperial.ac.uk/news/198077/kawasaki-like-syndrome-linked-covid-19-children-condition/

Thankfully he doesn't have kids but I have a friend that hasn't been to a shop since March, he does take long walks in the country (he lives in the countryside) but has worked from home since March so the only human contact he has is a weekly asda delivery, his choice he has no preexisting health conditions, is white, slim and under 60

In Scotland so DC back at school but very little else to do so not much better. Mostly we do hill walks but then I got appendicitis so was off games 3 weeks (and still can't manage a proper rucksack thanks to stitches rubbing). Been to Safari Park, shopping with DC is frankly miserable at the best of times and no sport/groups are on. Neither is church so it often feels much like lockdown only you can go out more than once a day!

Weather being rubbish limits visitor options (small garden currently resembles a swamp!) and our house is tight for social distancing - sitting room is tiny. We've had a few friends over (one family at a time) and met up outside with others but there's very little difference until kids' activities restart, especially for the 20 mo. I'm a SAHM and delaying job hunt until after winter because DC2 is prone to getting all the bugs and DC1 is in school so I see quite a few Covid tests and isolation periods in my best case scenario for the future. Also local lockdowns could happen! So nothing conducive to keeping a new job!

[quote Alex50]@Namara here’s one paper from Imperial College, there’s hundreds of them online, all state how extremely rare it is, I can’t list them all, if you research it, it gives you details of each child that died from it in the UK.

www.imperial.ac.uk/news/198077/kawasaki-like-syndrome-linked-covid-19-children-condition/[/quote]
Any from other countries around the world you mentioned??

I could only find one from Italy and France joint. Didn't say anything on how rare, was just a study of cases.

I would really like it if specialists from around the world were saying how rare they think it is. Not goady, honestly. I'd welcome good news. I'll try find more.

As for shopping for clothes in person - not happening until all changing rooms are open because if I'm trying stuff on at home I might as well order all the options as be limited to what the shop happens to have in stock!

The Lancet report was a European study

www.google.com/amp/s/medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-europe-wide-children-covid-predominately-mild.amp

Absolutely not! My son’s mental health suffered massively until mid July when a holiday club opened at a nearby private school. We booked him in there for the last two weeks of his term so he could be around children and have fun.

He’s been to holiday club, seen friends, we’ve been away for a few days, he went camping with a relative. It’s his birthday this week so we are going to a water park with a friend and bowling with family another day.

Trying to give him as much fun as possible after that 3.5 months of hideousness

I can’t imagine still keeping my child locked up now. I hate to think what state he’d be in mentally. It’s cruel