Those wanting school open - are you not worried about your DC?

[Hicksville21]

Just that really. Do you not think it’s time to keep our kids home safe until this wave passes?

I’m not worried about them, no. If they get it they are extremely likely to have no or few symptoms.

are you not worried for their teachers, school staff and other parents?

Not massive worried about them, but as I'm ECV I'm worried that they could pass it onto me!!

No, as far as I'm aware the risk to healthy DC is tiny. I am worried about the teachers though, and would like to see them vaccinated asap.

Very very low level worry

But much much higher level of worry re impact on then if they don’t go back

As LoveNote says I am also worried for their teachers and TA's, some of whom are also EVC but having to work in an unsafe environment with no PPE

Rolling areas you talking about the new or old strain?

No but we are not vulnerable and DH is a teacher and I WFH. This time we will take the key worker spaces as it was truly awful last time (tag teaming all day with a 4 and 7 year old then making up the hours by working until midnight, no furlough available as key workers).

Yes, I am worried about them. However, there are lots of children out there whose main meal comes from school and who are the subject of domestic abuse and find school and safe place. Then there are the many others who will miss out so much of their education they will never get it back, never achieve their potential in life and have MH issues as a result of the lockdown.

If the virus strain proves more dangerous than other ones, it’s different but not if it’s the same potency. If you are worried, keep your child home and school them yourself.

Many parents in this country see schools as a free child minding service. So to answer your question, no they don’t care.

No, I’m not worried. My DCs go to school with lots of children who have one or more parent who is a doctor. If they are not worried about their children attending school, why should I be?

My dc are in nursery/ preschool. I'm so much more worried about my 3yo not being able to go to preschool any more and missing playing with her friends and her teacher who she loves and not having access to outdoor play equipment at home than I am about any illness she could catch there including covid 19. This year has been hard enough, she deserves to play and be happy and run around with her friends.

Not unworried, just more worried about the impact on them being out of school. I’m clinically vulnerable but still feel the risks to them and me being in school are small enough to be worth it for the benefits of less disruption to their education and relatively normal interactions with their peers.

No more chance of falling down stairs and dying at home

I'm not that worried about the risk to them, or even to us as parents should they bring the virus home. We're both wfh and aren't seeing anyone else, so the virus would stop here.

But I am worried about them being in school contributing to more transmission channels and increasing the risk to school staff and so the wider community.

I'm not worried about my dd as it's highly unlikely young people experience anything beyond very mild symptoms. I'm more worried about the impact of the extended time stuck at home with no garden and no chance to play with other children. I'm a teacher and more than happy to be in school myself as well. I do think vulnerable staff should be allowed to provide online teaching from home.

Much more worried about the impact of them if they don’t go back. And my kids are enormously privileged; the impact on disadvantaged kids would be staggering.

If we wanted, as a matter of public policy, to widen the gap between privileged middle class kids and those without many advantages, we couldn’t do it better than close schools for a long period of time....

I am more worried about my eldest if they don’t go back. Her mental health took a massive dive being isolated from friends and routine for so long. I’m really not sure she’d cope with another lockdown and forced to be away from everything she likes and knows

I do of course want all staff to be as safe as they can be

We survived fine through all of last term. Right from the start class after class were sent home. Kids were tested positive and had been sitting for weeks next to my son etc

Best friend of DD and her whole family had it. We’re in one of the highest affected areas of London.

Two of us in this family are vulnerable, but we’ve been untouched by COVID. We are fine.

The many I know who’ve had it are also all fine.

So I’m not scared. Once was. Now no longer.

Majority of kids are fine! Their education and wellbeing is far more important.

Why would you want to keep your kids locked in the house? You realise covid is never going to go away right?

Agree that teachers should be prioritised for the vaccine, though. Absolutely.

I'm not really worried about year 11 son catching it. I am worried about his GCSEs. I'm also worried about him bringing it home and giving it to my parents (over 70s) as the outcome for them might be less favourable.
I am worried for his teachers, other families, the wider community....

If like to see it as a choice. If you are able to home school, you should be given the option. It would greatly reduce the number of kids in school and make distancing easier.

My husband and I have been like hermits over this time, but with 3 children going to school, we've ended up with covid anyway and Christmas has been spent ill in bed.

With this new strain, its even harder to avoid it.

Its ok for Boris, he doesn't have school age kids coming home to a small house! He abandons them before that becomes an issue!

@BunsyGirl

No, I’m not worried. My DCs go to school with lots of children who have one or more parent who is a doctor. If they are not worried about their children attending school, why should I be?

What on earth makes you think the doctors are not worried? They don't have a whole lot of choice