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?

@ItsIgginningtolookalotlikeXmas because I talk to them, that’s why. Imagine that, fellow parents communicating with each other about their concerns or lack of.

I’m worried about the impact schools being open will have on children, their staff, siblings, parents, grandparents and the wider community.

I think it’s absolutely insane that most staff and school children will be back at school a week today and MPs have been told their break has been extended by a week to make it safer for them.

@SingANewSongChickenTikka

Its ok for Boris, he doesn't have school age kids coming home to a small house!

To be fair, he probably doesn’t know!

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Napqueen So you see school as free childcare then 😉 Fact is we are currently dealing with an unprecedented public health emergency and it’s not safe for them to be open. Your whole posts reeks of entitlement, right down to the comments about tax payers money.

Not at all worried, no. I would be a hypocrite to say otherwise as we were at a Father Christmas event at a local farm last week, went to see the christmas displays at a garden centre the day after. Spent Christmas day with my parents. Life goes on and the last thing children need is months indoors due to a virus that has a minuscule chance of causing them any harm.

I agree teachers should be prioritised for vaccines due to the number of people they mix with

@Crazycatlady83 you didn’t give your GM shingles

@GoldenLabbie

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

Well, this isn't true at all is it? School is a legal requirement in this country and parents are fined if they don't send their children

I'd be more worried about the effect of missing any more school on them. Their chances of catching Covid and being very ill are pretty small; obviously the bigger risk is them passing it on (to us or to school staff), so I'll do everything I can to make sure we're not in contact with anyone else unless it's essential.

Teacher here - pleased send in your DC! They are a minimal ‘risk’ to health -they need to be in school, learning and socialising. Please do not let hysterical hyperbole sway you into keeping them off.

I'm worried for the teaching staff and my mum if they should pass it on to her as she's in my bubble. I'm a single parent, I'm also late 30s and airing on the side of obese so i worry about the possibility of catching it from my children

Very worried they’ll bring it home to us. Considering keeping them home in January...

No, but I do think school, nursery and early years settings and university staff should be priority for the vaccine- it is crazy not to do this to keep these settings open for the children and keep the staff safe.

Three and a half pages of responses, and only 7 posters mentioned risk to school staff. Lots of people concerned about themselves having it brought home by their children though. Oh, and one poster who said I do feel sorry for teachers who are anxious for whatever reason

You don't bloody deserve school staff. Selfish.

Am I worried about my kids, yes but then the impact of no school had such a massive impact on two of my DCs mental health that in that respect I really do want schools to be open. This is not to say I'm not worried about the staff. I think schools have been shafted by this government.

@GoldenLabbie

Napqueen So you see school as free childcare then 😉 Fact is we are currently dealing with an unprecedented public health emergency and it’s not safe for them to be open. Your whole posts reeks of entitlement, right down to the comments about tax payers money.

I'm a secondary teacher and I think it's the right thing for schools to be open. This isn't because I'm selfish, it's because I believe young people are better off in school and able to see their friends and shouldn't have to sacrifice their quality of life for the over 80s.

And most people over 80 survive the virus as well. Many of them are suffering much more from loneliness and isolation than from the virus

I am more worried about high school age children being left at home alone all day on computers unsupervised while parent/s are at work.

Being expected to learn ‘remotely’ with virtually no provision from school or way of checking they’re not getting into trouble, subject to abuse, grooming online.

To be able to say you are so worried about your kids you don’t want them to go to school/childcare (not sure if that’s akin to throwing your preschoolers to the wolves too?) is a very privileged position mainly taken by people (mothers seem to have much more to say on this topic) who don’t work or work part time and flexibly. Or who are on furlough.

They then use it as a stick to beat those of us who have to work ft and cannot work massively flexibly (teacher HE in my case) or work out of the home and for whom school/childcare closures would have a massive negative affect on our mental and physical health, not to mention finances. My children are also very social creatures and it had a massive affect on their mental health last time as well.

I am honestly sick if this scaremongering and guiltmongering (is that a word?!)

@Lazypuppy

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?

and the adults working in school? other families??

More worried if they don't go back to be honest. But think school staff should be at the front of the queue for the vaccine along with all keyworkers- would keep the country operating.

Yes boris I am feel free to u-turn but it will effect a lot of people negatively (just not me because I'm a carer and I'm home caring anyway)

Yes I worry but also if I can’t work n we lose our home then I will worry about that to . So should I use parents for childcare so I can work but put them at risk ( a far greater risk I’d imagine in their 60s) just about managed in first lockdown as ex ( dc dad ) stopped working and did a lot of the childcare . Can’t see he will stop work again this time since he technically didn’t need to stop last time but did mainly so he could be available for childcare but took a massive hit financially to do so .

So it’s not that simple

And yes I know school isn’t childcare

OP obviously you’re worried about your DC. So why not start a thread discussing that?

Not worried about them catching covid ,no, worried about the impact on their education and emotional well-being if schools close again yes.
That being said doesn't mean I dont care about teachers and other school staff, more funding for extra resources to help minimise spread is much needed