Exactly how much are our youngsters expected to give up?

[StayAGhost]

So after not been able to do her GCSE's, been locked down for 18 months, not able to grow and develop as a teenager should, no concerts, no Meeting with friends, no shopping or general hanging round, no holidays, no seeing grandparents the NCS have now CANCELLED their camp
For a virus that does NOT affect the young

Exactly when us enough enough??

DD sobbing in bedroom, this was what got her thru 14 assessments in 3 weeks

To take from her is cruel

And SO UNNECESSARY

They have missed so much.

Mine finds it hard to have things cancelled when they tell me “but a group of people can go to the pub/cafe for hours, with lots of other random groups, but I cannot do XYZ which is mainly indoors.” I see their point

@AzureTwist I know. So people going to football matches, the Brit Awards, whatever, but a group of children can't travel to a place with children they would be in school with anyway and do outdoor educational activities? I'm fucking fed up now. I know there are people worse off. I have relatives who died in concentration camps. But it's really grinding me down now. And other people's worse misery doesn't lessen other people's disappointment and sadness. There's no competition in suffering.

We were supposed to be on the way out of this now, but the only sensible route seems to be to have no hope otherwise it's just constant disappointments.

You’re not wrong there. I’ve been very reluctant to plan anything for fear it gets cancelled again.

We should also be teaching our DCs not to expect or look forward to anything as than apparently being disappointed by something being cancelled means they lack resilience which is clearly down to poor parenting , not a natural human reaction.

We should also be teaching our DCs not to expect or look forward to anything as than apparently being disappointed by something being cancelled means they lack resilience which is clearly down to poor parenting , not a natural human reaction.

I know right? 🙄

@Schulte

You’re not wrong there. I’ve been very reluctant to plan anything for fear it gets cancelled again.

The problem there is if nothing is planned nothing happens and the children still miss out.

The other is time my children are rapidly ageing out of things - eldest is coming up to 16 and I'm very concious there's a limited time left with her being around.

Partly why we're keen to head to London this summer to do a few things we've always wanted to in a year we yet again can't do a family holiday. We're still waiting and watching though before booking anything and will just have to accept less prebooking time more expense.

Young people have been totally overlooked - their lives and development ignored, I think it's appalling and the damage done will take years if ever to be rectified. I think the problems these lockdowns have caused will unravel soon.

It is affecting the life chances of older teenagers now.

Their education is constantly uncertain, disrupted, things cancelled. Constant testing so teachers can give evidence of their grades if exams are cancelled/modified again. Having to stop sports, losing fitness, every additional activity carries a risk of having to self isolate. Disconnection from friends.

They can't get work experience because employers either have Covid restrictions or not enough staff and it is one hassle no-one needs right now. They can't get volunteering because everyone on furlough is assauging their guilt with volunteering, plus Covid restrictions (no one wants the biohazard of a teenager in their place).

There are massively fewer university places due to deferrals from 2020 and then deferrals from 2021. So a few yeargroups with a massively decreased chance of a university place.

Their grades have been decided by someone else in a manner beyond their control, with no warning for the 2020 exams.

And on BBC news this morning, even a head teacher said that since September not a single child asked to self-isolate due to close contact with a positive case had ever gone on to give a positive test themselves. All the cases in that school were contracted outside of school. A father on same segment said his son had had to self-isolate 3 times, without ever having a positive test.

And the government won't vaccinate them, despite the independent and expert MHRA having weighed up the benefits and risks and given their expert opinion that the Pfizer vaccine is safe and effective for over-12s.

Just think how much better September at school would be if the over-12s were vaccinated.

US and EU are doing this.

It is not compulsory. Just because some people don't want to vaccinate their children, does not mean that all parents should be denied the access for their child to a vaccinate that has been approved for their use.

Plus teachers would be so much safer in September then, in additional all having been fully vaccinated themselves by then.

@grabajab

And the government won't vaccinate them, despite the independent and expert MHRA having weighed up the benefits and risks and given their expert opinion that the Pfizer vaccine is safe and effective for over-12s.

Just think how much better September at school would be if the over-12s were vaccinated.

US and EU are doing this.

It is not compulsory. Just because some people don't want to vaccinate their children, does not mean that all parents should be denied the access for their child to a vaccinate that has been approved for their use.

Plus teachers would be so much safer in September then, in additional all having been fully vaccinated themselves by then.

Wrong

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/jcvi-not-recommending-vaccination-under-20828197

Officially unrecommended.

Vaccinating children is not "unrecommended".

The JCVI did not recommend a central government-sponsored mass vaccination campaign for children. But the vaccines have been approved for them. There is no real reason to stop parents who want to vaccinate their children.