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Original poster

I'm sorry but given the situation with Covid I really don't agree with sixteen year old going to pop concert this weekend. It's rubbish.

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beigebrownblue · 22/09/2021 22:48

Shoot me down.
It's all wrong.
It is indoors, it is what teenagers normally do, but I don't think it is safe and to be honest I just don't want someone who has been to a concert shouting and singing with a few hundred or thousand people coming back into my house.

I would rather stay alive than put myself at risk of covid.

OP posts:

Waxonwaxoff0 · 23/09/2021 05:15

Are you CEV? If not then you need to get a grip.

GoldFrankensteinAndGrrr · 23/09/2021 06:11

I see the OP hasn't returned. What a shock.

Yup, can't go and see Justin Bieber in case I catch ebola

LivinLaVidaLoki · 23/09/2021 06:21

can't go and see Justin Bieber in case I catch ebola

Hahahahaha

Katieandthekids · 23/09/2021 06:27

GRRRR OMG I'm sorry OP but get over it. Life goes on. Your teenager deserves normal experiences. Covid, if vaccinated and not high risk is unlikely to be anything hugely dramatic in your life and will also be something you will likely catch every couple of years throughout your lifetime just like other virus's. IT IS NOT GOING AWAY. I am sorry that our shitty media and shitty government have made you feel this way I really am but our obedience in all this scaremongering is literally ruining us.

As a side- Why are we vaccinating kids when over 50% of the worlds population remain unvaccinated and we are way behind on our donation targets. We are an embarrassment of a country and I feel ashamed.

Katieandthekids · 23/09/2021 06:30

@TheKeatingFive

I don't think it is safe

Nothing in life is totally safe and it’s a bizarre expectation that it would be

We've become so weird about 'safe' people have added 'stay safe' onto their email signatures... I'm like... what from crossing the road? Walking home at night? Wtf?!

JuneOsborne · 23/09/2021 06:32

But the teenage years don't come around again.

JustGiveMeGin · 23/09/2021 06:38

'Stay safe' gives me rage! It's along the same lines as 'be kind'.
I will decide if I'm safe, I will also decide if someone is deserving of my kindness.
This pandemic has seriously turned us into a nation of faux concerned busybodies and I'm just about done with it.
With regards to the 16 year old (very odd description of what I presume is the OPs own child) let them have a life, they need socialisation at that age so much and they have missed out on such a lot.

MrsLargeEmbodied · 23/09/2021 06:46

did they not talk to you before now about going to the concert?
those of us with teens/young adults at home, have had some kind of conversation/discussion about their socialising.

HelloDulling · 23/09/2021 06:55

My teen spent the summer at gigs and festivals. Two weeks back in school and she now has Covid, can only have come from school, she hasn’t been anywhere else.

Oblomov21 · 23/09/2021 07:06

Given what situation with covid? We are supposed to be trying to get back to normal.

hamstersarse · 23/09/2021 07:11

Covid really has exposed the selfishness and control freakiness of many parents.

It’s all about them and fuck what anybody else, including their own child, wants and needs.

MrsColon · 23/09/2021 07:13

Unless you're CEV or unvaccinated I think you're being OTT - teenagers have missed out on so much, they need some kind of normality to return.

wheresmyhairytoe · 23/09/2021 07:17

"Stay safe" is infuriating.

I "stayed safe", followed the rules and still caught Covid. Its one of those things.

Let them go, we can't stay locked in forever.

frumpety · 23/09/2021 07:28

Do people still have to either be vaccinated or have done a recent LFT test to go to a concert ? I know neither is 100% guaranteed but probably as safe as them going to school or a shopping centre ?

YukoandHiro · 23/09/2021 07:30

Wouldn't you be better talking to your child about this? Not much we can do.

TheGrumpyGoat · 23/09/2021 07:34

@frumpety

Do people still have to either be vaccinated or have done a recent LFT test to go to a concert ? I know neither is 100% guaranteed but probably as safe as them going to school or a shopping centre ?

Depends on the concert/venue. The one I went to had no vaccination or testing requirements.

Chillychangchoo · 23/09/2021 07:50

Gosh your poor kid, it’s not all about you, you know. 16 year olds need a life, perhaps you should sort your own anxiety out before projecting it on to your child.

RunningOnFumes · 23/09/2021 07:55

I understand your anxiety, but he/she is probably going to catch it at school anyway - so may as well get the concert in first.

Sprostongreen21 · 23/09/2021 08:11

I know this is a probable goady poster but the teen is more likely to catch it at school/college where most kids/families are catching it right now.

I was for lockdown/restrictions last year etc and I know people that died but we’ve had this for 18 months. Young people have had a tough time, unfortunately covid isn’t going away but we have treatments and vaccines now. We do need to live again. It’s not good for mental health and our immune systems to be locked away for extended periods.

We can choose our risks and how we want to live with covid but young people deserve to have fun now. It’s not going to be easy few years with brexit/post lockdown effects now very obvious so let them have some enjoyment while they can!

Onthegrid · 23/09/2021 08:18

I have 2 DC who are slightly older (students), when venues started to open up the went out. One DC came home to go to a festival and out with their friends, at this time unvaccinated, they didn’t get COVID. Other DC stayed in their uni town, most of the house and friends have had COVID early in the summer before the end of term, mostly before they were able to get their first jab. DC had her 1st vaccine and didn’t get COVID when her housemates did, she caught it late in the summer when she wasn’t partying but she was working in retail.

I am sure your DC is just as likely to catch covid at school than at the gig.

GreatPotato · 23/09/2021 08:37

As a parent of young people I am absolutely thrilled that they can actually live a bit and am encouraging them to do as much as possible of it while they can, just in case restrictions return.

I suspect however that this is a reverse.

WheelieBinPrincess · 23/09/2021 08:41

OP not been back so clearly just a frothing bait thread

Skyla2005 · 23/09/2021 17:04

@GreatPotato

As a parent of young people I am absolutely thrilled that they can actually live a bit and am encouraging them to do as much as possible of it while they can, just in case restrictions return.

I suspect however that this is a reverse.

I'm the same. Good on the youngsters for finally being able to go to festivals and concerts I'm happy for them they have missed out on lots They way the op is talking is like it's. it her child. Maybe she's the wicked stepmother but I am glad my kids are enjoying themselves

BoomChicka · 23/09/2021 18:02

If this 16 year old lives with you then you could isolate yourself for 10 days, stay in one bedroom, disinfect touch points and only leave the room in a mask. It's the least you can do to protect yourself from the dreaded outside world.

TerribleZebra · 23/09/2021 18:14

I've got Covid but I haven't been to a gig and I don't think I'm going to die - am I doing this wrong?

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