Shameful treatment of children

[CottageGardener]

Taster days cancelled, work experience cancelled, sports days cancelled, exams cancelled, fetes cancelled, extra curriculum activities cancelled, end of year school assembly cancelled, transition day cancelled, trips cancelled, proms cancelled, the list goes on....

For a virus that 80% of the population now have antibodies for. The kids will never have a chance to do some of these things again. SHAMEFUL.

@QwertyGirly everything you listed is not going ahead as NORMAL. Adapted maybe but normal NO.

Life was cancelled.... while people all over the country lost loved ones in there thousands!

I have an almost 10 year old and almost 7 year old. At the moment they only difference in their lives in that they’re not together for breakfast/after school club as they’re now in bubbles instead of all years together in one hall.

DS - goes to football training, swimming, running and Beavers each week
DD - goes to football training twice a week, dance once a week, swimming, running and Brownies.

Neither bothered about sports days or end of year assemblies and such. They’re glad we can go camping again and looking forward to their holidays this year. School events aren’t the be all and end all of all childhood memories.

@Lostinacloud Adapted YES but still going ahead. There's no point moping around.

But that’s not the case anymore @wingingit987.

It is mind blowing to me that we are worse off this summer with cancelled events, businesses still closed or restricted to a 50% trading space and practically no overseas holidays than we were last summer when we didn’t have the hallowed vaccines.

I’m not moping around, I’m bloody furious! Fine, we all had to adapt and try not to “mope around” when this all started and we were waiting for the vulnerable to be protected. Not fine anymore.

It's astounding that parents have been complicit in allowing this situation develop for their children

Always strikes me that it is the selfishness of the parents that comes out - they are always worried about themselves rather than their children (i.e. their own health when it comes to coronavirus)

It is absolutely NOT what parents should do - they should not put themselves before their children

And anyone saying that these ceremonies, events and milestones are not important for children is literally a selfish twat.

It was/is all for the greater good. At least their parents didn't have to go to war and the children evacuated to live with strangers in a strange house in the countryside. Children need to learn that shit happens - learning about history will show them that. Lots of those events you mention that they've missed weren't even a thing 20 years ago and guess what - children still survived and had happy and fulfilled lives. Stop focusing on what they've lost and start looking forward to the things that can happen in the future.

Completely agree

Needs to be addressed

I’m 42. We never had transition days, proms, leavers assemblies. Was literally a Christmas concert and a sports day each year. I’m pretty well adjusted - I think!

I agree with you totally OP, it's just awful.

I’m impressed we got to page 2 before someone brought up evacuees. Christ on a bike is “at least it’s not as bad as the second world war” the levels we’ve stopped to?

As for “think of all the things they will be able to do in future” - when? Because by the next school year there’ll be more winter pressures / a fifth wave / a new variant and children probably won’t be vaccinated. So what’s different to now? Or are we waiting until next summer, until a third school year has been messed up?

@hamstersarse

It's astounding that parents have been complicit in allowing this situation develop for their children

Always strikes me that it is the selfishness of the parents that comes out - they are always worried about themselves rather than their children (i.e. their own health when it comes to coronavirus)

It is absolutely NOT what parents should do - they should not put themselves before their children

And anyone saying that these ceremonies, events and milestones are not important for children is literally a selfish twat.

Agree with every word of this, I’ve been astounded by the number of parents putting their anxieties before their own children’s well-being. It’s just bad parenting.

I'm 37. We did have a transition day, prom, and a leavers' assembly. Of course this stuff matters.

I’m in my late 30s. Transition days were absolutely a thing, as were sports days and leaving celebrations. And we had a prom in secondary school. I get that it makes people feel superior to sneer at these things, but they’re not particularly new and they can feel important to children and young people.

@hamstersarse

It's astounding that parents have been complicit in allowing this situation develop for their children

Always strikes me that it is the selfishness of the parents that comes out - they are always worried about themselves rather than their children (i.e. their own health when it comes to coronavirus)

It is absolutely NOT what parents should do - they should not put themselves before their children

And anyone saying that these ceremonies, events and milestones are not important for children is literally a selfish twat.

Yep

Thank you @JeanClaudeVanDammit

@JeanClaudeVanDammit

I’m impressed we got to page 2 before someone brought up evacuees. Christ on a bike is “at least it’s not as bad as the second world war” the levels we’ve stopped to?

As for “think of all the things they will be able to do in future” - when? Because by the next school year there’ll be more winter pressures / a fifth wave / a new variant and children probably won’t be vaccinated. So what’s different to now? Or are we waiting until next summer, until a third school year has been messed up?

Glad I didn't disappoint. Hope you've marked your Mumsnet bingo card!

Also furious. Funny how disruption to education is only an issue NOW when they want to jab the the kid

A lot of events will so go ahead, just not with an audience. My DD’s dance school holds a dance show each July. This year it will be filmed. I’m a secondary teacher and will be hosting transition days virtually. The children will still have their memories.

YANBU. We’ve just been instructed to notify the school if our child has any cold symptoms. They will then decide if we are allowed to bring our child in.
Last time I checked, my child had a right to an education, regardless of whether they have a snotty nose or not.
Fuming.

Has anyone heard of a change in rules?

We were told 1min and 1m and one member of staff resulted in half school home. This seems insane.

@MarshaBradyo

Has anyone heard of a change in rules?

We were told 1min and 1m and one member of staff resulted in half school home. This seems insane.

That’s not a new rule. I had to isolate last October as I had been within 1m of a pupil for a minute and she tested positive.

School mentioned it had changed from 2m and 15 mins? It sounded recent - for them anyway