Self isolating teen.

[Seahorse11]

What would you do with a self isolating teen?? Keep them in their bedroom and take food to them?

No, we decided not to do this (DS was 13 tho) and he was allowed around the house but didn’t kiss or hug him and made him use hand sanitizer. Also took him for a drive in my car (both wearing masks) for his mental health as he only moved from front door to 3 foot away to car and back again.

But depends how old your Teen is and what their mental health is like. Some don’t mind staying in their bedroom but mine was very anxious anyway and it seemed cruel to make him stay in his bedroom

In the case of 17-year-old DD she self-isolated in the living room (which worked OK because of the layout of our house). We passed meals to her through the window. That was before anyone had been vaccinated. I think what is reasonable depends on all sorts of factors including how vulnerable anyone else in the house is, how big the bedroom is, how resilient your teen is etc.

We did this with mine in December but at that point nobody had been vaccinated, we are a multigenerational household and he was really worried about his grandparents potentially catching it.
Plus he never comes out of his bedroom anyway, only for meals, and he was glad of the excuse to eat and game at the same time.
Now if he had to do it again, grandparents have been jabbed, parents have been jabbed, not so much of an issue.

Mine are 18 & 19 and have always assumed anyone in the house isolating would do it in their rooms - DH and I included - all however wasn't isolating would have to have the sofa! Tween DC would not be treated any differently if they had to.

Isolating because they actually have Covid, or because they’re a contact of someone who does?

Mine was the latter and we absolutely didn’t make her isolate in her room.

DD has had to isolate twice after being contacted by test and trace. By the time she was notified 3 days had already passed, so as she was feeling well, she continued to be with family in the house. The first time I was concerned, but neither she nor we caught covid. Second time test results was again negative and we had had our 1st jabs 3 weeks earlier so I was less concerned about the infection.
However if we had anybody isolating after a positive test they would be restricted to their room with a tv, laptop and meals brought to them.