Going to kids party with a cold?

[Koalaleia]

Pre-Covid, if my kids had a cold, so long as they weren’t feeling ill with it (temperature/lethargy etc) we’d go about our business as normal, including going to school, clubs & activities & parties.

Now, in a post covid world, is this no longer socially acceptable? DD is around 10 days into a cold & for the last 6 days has had a barking cough. PCR negative, we’re also doing LFT every couple of days & all negative too. She is well in herself, has not had a temperature, just has this cough & still a bit snotty. She has a friend’s party coming up & not sure if I should let her go. Pre-covid, of course I would, but will it be frowned upon now?
She’ll be gutted, but I don’t want to be selfish about it if it’s the wrong thing to do to send her.

Thanks for all the comments today folks, it’s interesting to hear the different opinions & perspectives on it and it seems it’s not a clear cut thing. It’s very difficult trying to balance the need to allow things to be as normal for children as possible, with the need to minimise risk of passing on covid/other illnesses to others whilst also not forgetting other winter bugs still exist & in some respects are needed for building immunity.

Correct they are all at school together, it’s a class party, It’s on Friday so will see how things progress over the next 36 hours, if she’s still coughing I think we’ll err on the side of caution & stay home.

*But Covid aside, why would anyone want that?

Showing up to see someone when you've been ill for over a week is like saying you expect spending time with you on that specific day to be more important to them than the whole of their next week not being awful. That's pretty much never the case in my opinion, it's really arrogant and inconsiderate!*

100% this!