Have nurseries & schools had new rules?

[Shitfuckoh]

Dropped my youngest off at nursery earlier & overheard a member of staff telling another parent that the child would have to go in alone, staff can no longer hold the childrens hand or cuddle them etc.

Is this just our school or is this a whole school/nursery thing now? It wasn't the case on Friday!

[Shitfuckoh]

@whatswithtodaytoday
Not just at handover. They said they aren't supposed to hold hands, sit DC on knee etc at all. 1 did say she (and others) wouldn't leave a child distressed. I'm hoping if a child fell or got upset and needed a cuddle that they wouldn't think about it.

@MRex
1 of my DC attend the school site. We were told risk assessment would be provided to parents but it's been updated since and haven't given that to parents yet. I'm going to query it as I really do think it's damaging for the children.

My friends little boy for example is going through ASD diagnosis (start of the journey) and he needs sitting on a knee and cuddling to calm him down otherwise he'll have a meltdown. She questioned the not holding hands / cuddling this morning & she was the one who was told they wouldn't leave a child distressed. Thinking about it in his case, it could mean he ends up distressed before he gets the cuddles etc needed which could/would result in a meltdown.

[MRex]

It gets worse, how dare they not inform you directly and officially that there was a change of policy? Let us know how you get on @Shitfuckoh. It's probably useful to coordinate with the other parents in the group if you can, it affects all of the kids. Do you have a WhatsApp group for his class? We set one up by each parent asking another when they saw each other at pickup/ drop-off and adding them, it's useful for some things and quite friendly too given that we can't all meet up as we might have if it weren't for covid.

[Ratatcat]

That is so sad. I hand mine straight over to be cuddled and I wouldn’t be happy with a nursery that wasn’t cuddling. My eldest is in reception and they are still hand holding where necessary at the gate and I’ve seen them have to pick up children and bring them in. These are all small children that have had a significant portion of their life now spent in Covid weirdness. They need love and affection from care givers.