Do you really keep DC indoors for 14 days?

[notevenat20]

DS's school year has been sent home for 14 days because someone in his year has covid. I know we are supposed to keep him indoors the whole time. But what have people really done in practice? It's a very long time not to walk further than the bathroom.

'Staying home for 14 days is more detrimental to their health than covid'. That may well be true, but they are not staying inside to benefit their health, but to benefit the health of others!

@notevenat20

A friend whose DC are at a posh London school wern't told their DC had to stay indoors. I guess you get what you pay for.

Were they unable to google the government regulations to double check?

For goodness sake my dc didn’t leave their home garden/mid March till August. I am sure kids can cope for 14 days!

@janetmendoza

Yes I get that, but their health is also important.
Covid isn’t the only thing to worry about.

It’s very very very low risk, almost impossible, to bike pass someone 2m away outside for 2 sec to pass anything on.

@AldiAisleofCrap

But it’s often not just 14 days, our year 11s are on their 4th only 14 days!! They add up!

Really it's 14 days not 14 years! Stay at home no out for walks or early morning bike rides 🙄 it's getting ridiculous that even with very clear rules people just want to do something different 😡

We are indoors with a 2 year old due to me having Covid. We have a garden, but it's such hard work with all the mud, mud on the wellies, cleaning the wellies etc and tbh I'm so exhausted from Covid I don't have the energy to take her out much in the garden. I'm also 32 weeks pregnant! My DH is helping, but he also has to WFH so can't be around 100% of the time. This would have been much easier in the spring or summer! 2 year old has had too much screen time, but I've been putting on her virtual music class (now online anyway due to lockdown. 2) which she loves, and quite a few of the videos she's been watching are nursery rhymes. I also ordered a gingerbread man decorating kit. She's done colouring, play doh, puzzles etc. We still have 10 days to go though, which feels like ages!

We’ve done it too. And yes it’s shit. Especially with a pre-schooler and 5yr old. But we did it. It didn’t kill us. There is a child with cancer at my DD’s school. I couldn’t look the parents in the eye if we hadn’t done the whole stint at home.

The more people do what they want - oh a quick bike ride, a walk - the more likely children will be off schools, bubbles burst and people die.

You are supposed to keep them in but going for a walk in the country away from others would not endanger anybody. All this you must keep them inside your house business is from the over zealous. It is possible to go for a walk without going near anybody else but lock up your kids and to hell with their mental health to satisfy all the jobs worths.

@OverTheRainbow88 maybe I wasn’t clear , my dc spent 20 weeks /140 days with zero breaks in between without leaving their home and garden. So yes your year 11 can cope with 8 weeks spread out in four blocks. Incidentally I have a year 11 so she did March to August plus 3 x 14 days.

@lockdownconfused

Really it's 14 days not 14 years! Stay at home no out for walks or early morning bike rides 🙄 it's getting ridiculous that even with very clear rules people just want to do something different 😡

I know, it’s hardly the end of the world to stay home for 14 days. Young children are easily amused without bike rides and older children should be able to understand why they are complying and it’s not all about their wants.

@formerbabe

Can you go for a drive if you don't get out of the car?

NO.

I'm currently in my second week of isolating with my 4 year old and apart from doing a school run in a morning where we sit in the car and watch my sons walk in my daughter hasn't left the house or garden and won't be doing.

I’m actually amazed at the number of people going out for bike rides, a scoot round the block or a walk.

So selfish!

Young children are easily amused without bike

It’s not just about being amused it’s about being physically active and breathing in fresh air

When it was just me isolating I didn't even take the bins out. Same when it was all if us awaiting a test result but that was only 3 days. Some friends have taken the isolating child in the car to do the school run for their other dc

@AldiAisleofCrap

Yes I understood, that is tough.

I genuinely don’t see the harm in going somewhere no one is for outdoor exercise, I understand those living in London etc won’t have that luxury... where we are, we do.

Whomever said they go for a bike round. Tut tut. I’m CEV. So is my youngest child. Who is 6. We rely on people not passing us who are meant to be isolating

Yes. It’s 14 days. It’s not long. I’m incredibly poorly. I’m hospitalised a lot. Yet I’ve done it a lot.

It’s crap. It’s bleurgh. Don’t get me wrong. But it’s only 14 days.

'It's not all about their wants. ' Too right it's not. Who gives a toss about what children and young people want or need?

We will force them to sacrifice everything they have because we are selfish and we will declare them selfish if they complain even though they are the ones making the biggest sacrifices and all for the sake of others who treat them with scorn.

Toddler stayed inside our flat for 14 days. We had the windows open for fresh air but that was it. On day 12, we let him run up and down the corridor outside our flat when there was nobody around and made sure he didn't touch anything.

Have isolated with a 14, 13 and 10 year old (who has special needs)

We stayed in, only going into the garden, as the rules state.

Ds has had a period of self isolation of 10 days, the dds had a period of self isolation of 4 days, and we have all self isolated as a family twice (once for 8 days, once for 14 days)

To be honest ds is medically vulnerable, so from March to August we stayed in. Dh worked - outdoors, completely socially distanced, the dds shielded with ds, going for walks and bike rides together towards the end of the shielding period, but ds didn't go anywhere.

A friend whose DC are at a posh London school wern't told their DC had to stay indoors. I guess you get what you pay for.
Your friend's dc's school are wrong, the very posh school near us, are complying 100% with the guidelines.

My 7 year old came out on very isolated dog walks in empty forest, no contact with anyone

Yes, ds is on day 12 today, and he's only been in the house or back garden. He's done youtube HIIT sessions for some activity

Yes and dd has done it three times , not fun but necessary.