should I let my child play with next door neighbour

[gg12346]

My child is friend with next door neighbour and he wants to play with him I am a high risk category person what to do?

How old are they both? Can they play whilst keeping their distance? Will they need supervision? Are they in school together?
More information needed really.

Is this in mental health for a reason?

How old are the children? Are they at an age where they could stay 2m apart while they play? If they can't do that independently could they manage it if they were in the garden and supervised?

How many children is the neighbour playing with? How many friends and family is he meeting?

both are year 2 kids , and they come to play at my house .They cant keep 2m distance

my child is not mixing with anyone and my neighbours go to work

i will tell them politely I cant handle the stress, its my mental health issue

If you’re not in a local lockdown area and you are following the rule of 6 then crack on.

If you are and you cannot mix households then no.

POTTERINGALONG : If you are high risk you mean and you cannot mix households ?

What do you mean by high risk?
Is your child not going to school?
Are they using you for childcare?
Sorry for all the questions but I’m not clear.

Is your child not seeing anyone and being isolated?

Are you high risk

Can't they play in the garden?

Surely your child is at school and mixing anyway?

I am diabetic, yes we decided to homeschool him due to COVID but my hubby is against this, he says i was not on the shielding list so I should now allow him to mix with others

My anxiety is off the roof

I have kept myself safe throughout , even my child , he did not mix with anyone , now the numbers are riing again and second lockdown will happeni

please advise before I collapse

I would let them play. My DD is a similar age and it was her school friends / play dates she missed most during lockdown.

Assuming your DS is an only child, I imagine he is missing playing with his friends.

Children are not considered "spreaders". As a minimum he should be washing his hands following a play date, but if you wanted to, he could go in the shower and his clothes immediately into the washing machine afterwards.

Please don't let your anxiety stop your DS playing with his friends.

They are playing in my bedroom and thats the anxiety I have i am gotta ask his mum in case they can play outside I know my DS will also start having a mental issue in case he is deprived form play

@gg12346 no, I didn’t mean if you were high risk, I meant if you are in an area that currently has local lockdown rules that prevent you from mixing (for example I am in the north east and we cannot mix households).

I would let them play. And I would send your son back to school.

They should *NOT be playing in your bedroom - that's off limits even in normal times!!

Can your DS go to the neighbour's house to play or can they play in the garden?

They shouldn’t be playing in your bedroom!! That’s far more risky than him going to school, poor lad should really be going to school where he could safely mix with children his age.

Send your child back to school, and let him play outdoors with the neighbour. For HIS mental health and wellbeing.

You need to seek help for your excessive anxiety. I was told to shield. But my kids are in school now.
They shouldn’t be in your bedroom but that’s for nothing to do with Covid!

Why can't they play out?