Dd14 having to self isolate

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My dd14 has been sent home as she has been in very close contact with someone who has tested positive at school I need ideas for things she can do and keep her spirits up as she basically has to spend the next 2 weeks in her bed room

I’m sure most 14 yr olds would be happy with two weeks chilling in their room !

Her favourite food presented on nice trays if she is going to be eating in her room. A subscription to music or tv package if she doesn’t have that already. A nice test of her choice planned for when the two weeks is up so she has something to look forward to.

Will she not be sent work home? That's the plan if this happens in either of the schools my kids go to.

Why does she need to stay in her room?

You aren't actually going to confine her to her room are you?

She'll do school work, and then entertain herself, probably online, as all teenagers do.

She hardly needs direction.

Is someone in the house extremely vulnerable?

She doesn’t need to stay in her room! Unless she develops symptoms then it’s just two weeks in the house and garden if you have one. I’d set a timetable for school work/exercise/relaxing/online socialising and try to stick with it as much as possible.

Yes my youngest dd has just been diagnosed with severe asthma we have just had an overnight stay in hospital with it

Is there a reason she needs to stay in one room?

Won’t your youngest Dd be at school during the day? You can let your other Dd out then?

Thanks Welsh she has some school work to do we are sticking with the timetable we had during lock down school work in the morning then fun stuff in the afternoon

Fingers crossed my youngest dd can go back to school next week so that will make things better for my eldest

I'm ECV and we have all been isolating at home for a week as DC (age 12) had a new, persistent, bad cough. I didn't confine DC to their room, but encouraged them not to cough in my direction.

it's difficult as normally being ill involves quite a bit of consolation and possibly watching films together on the sofa and everything was a bit more arms' length.

Things that helped

• access to laptop
• school sending work home
• direction and help from us to do schoolwork (DC had overtaken theclas in some areas on return to school)
• books
• got themself involved in art project
• quite a bit of gaming on switch
• chatting to mates on iphone
• good supply of fave food in
• home baking by me for DC
• Netflix
• we're lucky enough to have a garden and there was some running around outside with DC aged 8
• we all had lunch outside together when the weather allowed

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