Is anyone else still getting their DC to change clothes when they get home from school?

[Thefifthbeatle]

Just that, really. I can't work out whether I'm being ridiculous and storing up mental health issues for my poor kids in the future, or just being sensible. I am already feeling like I've mucked this up and scarred them for life, so please don't tear strips off me, but I'd be really grateful for a quick straw poll.

No. Never thought surfaces were much of an issue for a respiratory infection.

no

No, just wash hands

No. Never have.

No I never bothered with that the transmission rate on clothing is so low it was a ridiculous suggestion

I get clinical staff in hospital not travelling to/from in uniforms but not with school kids. I do however bath mine before tea (just our routine) and put pyjamas on but they stay in school clothes a bit.

No , Never have

No never have

No, blimey

Yes but that's not so much about Covid as getting into more comfy clothes. Maybe frame it that way? Do you change when you get back from work? Loads of threads on here where people say first thing they do is take off work clothes and put joggers or PJs on.

Yes. DC get changed as soon as they get home.

My kids have always got changed when they come home from school. They want to get out of their uniform ASAP. In to normal clothes if they're going back out etc or lounging stuff if they aren't.

Well, I get them to wash and change anyway. I don't like them loafing around the house in their school uniform.

Still? I never did.

Yes, I still do. I think I will forever more unfortunately. It is now ingrained!

Yes

Nope & never have

No, i have never done this. I work in a school too and don’t always change when I get home depending on what I’ve worn that day. That is not the way people have been catching covid.

We did back in September. We had two shielding in the house. They would often have changed when they got home anyway, but it became compulsory. Stopped being as strict in January after they both had covid.

Are they not dying to get out of the uniform when they get in the door 😂

I usually get mine changed. Not because of covid though. I just always did it myself when I was little; come home from school and change into play clothes. I still do it myself sometimes too, especially after a big day in slightly uncomfortable dressy clothes. I love getting into jeans and a t-shirt after that.

I don't have kids, but when I was school age I changed the minute I got home from school from my uniform into something comfortable! Ditto when I was working, always changed straight away. It's just a ritual of getting home and getting comfy.

Well, they do, but only because they always did.

Before Covid, I mean.

I never 'made' them, I'm not worried about contaminated clothing. They do get changed from their uniforms as a matter of course though. I never hung around in my uniform when I was at school.

They generally put jeans and a t-shirt on when they get home. I think it's nice to delineate.

My DD (high school) always showers and changes once home from school. She didn't do this pre-covid.
I think it's actually not a bad habit for her to have got into.