Is nursery safe?

[november90]

My son is three years old and currently goes to nursery. I share him with my ex-husband and I'm on maternity leave.
Ex feels he should still go to nursery due to the educational and social benefits. The lockdown is really taking a tole on him now, esp with the winter months. There's no question that he won't take him out of nursery on his days.

I feel so guilty sending him. My whole family are making out that I'm signing his death certificate by sending him. On the one hand I am at home and not working at the moment so I feel he should stay at home, however, nurseries are open and available to all children so why should he be missing out??
My relative now won't stay in a bubble with me due to me sending him to nursery so I just feel like I am completely on my own.

Ah, I overlooked that you have a baby so assume he is under 1.

@Runnerduck34 the government is presuming early years settings don't have a lot of children in them so they will have limited social contact.

It works for me who uses a childminder who doesn't have the maximum amount of children she is allowed, but it doesn't work for the nursery 5 minutes from where I live.

[quote RedMarauder]@Runnerduck34 the government is presuming early years settings don't have a lot of children in them so they will have limited social contact.

It works for me who uses a childminder who doesn't have the maximum amount of children she is allowed, but it doesn't work for the nursery 5 minutes from where I live.[/quote]
Where does it say they've made that assumption?

Compared to a school, nurseries don’t have a lot of children