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.

according to the DfE I don’t need to self isolate

What did PHE say?

@WhoopsSomethingWentWrong our child was sent home from school on the Monday and parents didn't rush to book a test. It turned out the symptoms had started the previous Friday and the isolation was from start of symptoms not from test dates. I don't think the actual results took long.

[quote midnightstar66]@WhoopsSomethingWentWrong our child was sent home from school on the Monday and parents didn't rush to book a test. It turned out the symptoms had started the previous Friday and the isolation was from start of symptoms not from test dates. I don't think the actual results took long. [/quote]
Ah both our isolations have been due to a teacher testing positive so they’ve probably been a bit quicker or the mark with tests!

The vast majority of children can stay in for 14 days without it causing a major problem. A few cannot but the law allows for that. There are some on here claiming it detrimental to mental health who don't appear to understand what it is like having a child with actual mental issues.

There are some on here claiming it detrimental to mental health who don't appear to understand what it is like having a child with actual mental issues.

There’s a huge huge range of mental health issues, so you may understand your child’s mental health issues but not someone else’s as theirs may present totally different.

What is to say children (as we have seen on here) won’t be suffering from repeated periods of isolation?

Yes 14 days is doable but is that healthy and doable repeatedly? It’s not just 14 days for many and just because they go back for a week or so in between does not mean that it doesn’t have a huge impact on their mental and physical health.

I think there needs to be a new strategy from the government. Repeated periods of isolation for children is not good. Or for the parents who are trying to go to work!

My eldest has not long finished his second period of self isolation. He stayed home for the required time. We do have a garden so could go out into the garden if he wanted but didn't set foot outside the garden.

That's how self isolation is supposed to work. Nothing to do with private v state schools as people should be following the government guidance.

@Backbee

The school reports cases to the DfE who makes the decision for the school of what to do.

So far no teachers in my school have been told to isolate although we’ve got 1200 kids isolating, unless the teacher themself has covid

My friend’s daughter has been sent home to isolate, but her parents are still going about business as normal.

I was specifically told by the headteacher when DS was sent home, the rest of us dont need to isolate. I cant leave him on his own so I cant go to work but we cant afford for us both not to work unless someone in the household is unwell.

It’s upsetting to read so many posts where people aren’t bothering to isolate their children properly. Hope these posters are not part of the ‘schools open at any cost brigade’ too. To keep schools open we all need to make sacrifices. If you are told to isolate for 14 days then that’s what you do.

People's lack of consideration for others and the rules scares me.
Most countries are sticking to strict rules.
Money doesn't mean you can do what you want! Doesn't matter if it's a private school or not.
14 days isolations means ISOLATION.
STAY AT HOME.

Live overseas. We did 5 weeks with only me leaving the house for 2 hours per week to get groceries (had a weekly two hour long permit!). 9 and 5 year old boys. 14 days is totally do-able.

"There’s a huge huge range of mental health issues, so you may understand your child’s mental health issues but not someone else’s as theirs may present totally different."

I completely understand that known mental health issues present differently. A child without them doesn't develop them from spending 14 days inside.

Apparently only about 4 out of 1000 kids who have to isolate get the virus anyway so whilst I would isolate my kids I can hardly get worked up about those who don’t, the whole thing is utterly pointless.

We are on our second period of isolation. Has anyone actually been contacted by track and trace for a school isolation? It's such a blunt instrument in schools.

Yet again the positive case isn't in my child's class so I am extremely doubtful that she has had any contact with the sick child. We followed the rules last time but I'm finding it harder this time with this doubt that she is even a contact.

@SpillingTheTea

People's lack of consideration for others and the rules scares me. Most countries are sticking to strict rules. Money doesn't mean you can do what you want! Doesn't matter if it's a private school or not. 14 days isolations means ISOLATION. STAY AT HOME.

Oh yes. These wonderful “other countries”

Why did France have to reduce the isolation period to 7 days? It’s because people weren’t doing the 14.

But in France school staff and children aged 6+ are wearing masks all day in the classroom which we are cautioned against / forbidden to do in English state schools. Which would people prefer then - masks in classrooms or a shortened isolation period?

@SpillingTheTea

People's lack of consideration for others and the rules scares me. Most countries are sticking to strict rules. Money doesn't mean you can do what you want! Doesn't matter if it's a private school or not. 14 days isolations means ISOLATION. STAY AT HOME.

Haha. All my family live in a European country and all I hear from them (about their own country) is ‘no one here is sticking to the rules, why can’t we manage it when everyone else can, people here are so selfish’

[quote Suzi888]@redkenso it was the school year that was sent home.

If my DD was sent home, I’d feel obligated to isolate. I know some people can’t and it’s not he guidelines, but that’s how I would feel anyway.[/quote]
Yes, we did the same and isolated for half term (such fun!) as the DCs were asked to stay off school for the day before half term.

@midnightstar66

I'm happy to follow the rules and be vigilant about taking sensible precautions (and have done since March). But absolutely no way I'd keep a child locked indoors for 14 days.

But only the rules you like?!

@midnightstar66

🙄 where did I say or imply that? I don't 'like' any of the rules, but I comply with them. Including those I also don't agree with. But I'm not locking down a child, indoors, for two weeks, without covid symptoms/a positive test, or a bad case of Ebola.

EllenRipley
I don't 'like' any of the rules, but I comply with them. Including those I also don't agree with. But I'm not locking down a child, indoors, for two weeks
So you aren't following all the rules, because the rule is to self isolate!

@Aridane
You're calling me selfish?
I've complied with lockdown. I wear a mask. I've shielded my elderly and vulnerable parents. I haven't left my local area since March. I've volunteered to provide support to shielding members of my community. I've given up my time and used my skills to help the local primary school and parents comply with covid health and safety rules.

My business has collapsed and have qualified for zero - ZERO - financial assistance while others get grants and furloughs. My family has had no income since March.

Come back and call me selfish again, @Aridane?

Ok perhaps 'like' was the wrong word. You will only follow the rules you agree with or the rules you want to. Lots of the rules seem ridiculous but you can't claim to be following them if you pick and choose.

@HazeyJaneII

EllenRipley I don't 'like' any of the rules, but I comply with them. Including those I also don't agree with. But I'm not locking down a child, indoors, for two weeks So you aren't following all the rules, because the rule is to self isolate!

So you'd comply with any rule set out by the government?

Even if that rule was stupid and nonsensical?

What about if it was morally wrong?

There's plenty of examples in history of people 'following the rules' that they know to be bullshit, with terrible consequences.

Someone mentioned Jews hiding from Nazi's earlier in the thread. Are you the sort of person who would have reported them as it was 'the rules'?

Some of us can think for ourselves.

@HazeyJaneII

EllenRipley I don't 'like' any of the rules, but I comply with them. Including those I also don't agree with. But I'm not locking down a child, indoors, for two weeks So you aren't following all the rules, because the rule is to self isolate!

Oh for fuck sakes. If you're going to be both sanctimonious and pointlessly pedantic: No, clearly not that one, if I were in that particular situation.

Critical thinking's not in abundance here.