Daycare and the eclipse
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Anonymous
Has anyone's daycare sent out a notice of their policy for ensuring kids' eye safety on the day of the eclipse? Mine sometimes struggles on a day-to-day basis to do simple things like remember to put sunscreen on my child, so I am a bit hesitant to believe that they will make sure that about a hundred little kids will not accidentally look at the sun once throughout the course of the day while the sun is in its eclipse.  Are you all sending your kid to daycare on that day? Has your school/daycare announced what they will do to ensure kids' safety? Grateful for any input. Thanks!
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Anonymous
| The eclipse will just last about 30 minutes, at the most. Most of the day, the sun will be the same as it always is. Assuming you're in the DC area, ask that the kids be kept inside between 2-3, and you'll be fine. |
Anonymous
| The danger isn't glancing at the sun. The danger is staring at the sun for longer than a moment. |
Anonymous
| It's fine. Glancing at the eclipse is not going to blind your toddler! If you're that worried, stay home with him. |
Anonymous
| What PP said. The eclipse will not take all day. I'd just ask that your child be kept inside at that time. |
Anonymous
| Oh for the love. |
Anonymous
Correction. The eclipse will last almost 3 hours. The moon starts to transit past the sun around 1:18pm in the DC metro area. The moon will reach totality (or the 80% that we'll get) approximately 2:40 for about 2.5 minutes. Then the moon will move out of the path of the sun, but will not pass completely beyond the edge of the sun until around 4:01pm. -NASA guy. |
Anonymous
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Isn't the eclipse on Sunday?
Anyway, your kid has the opportunity to look at the sun everyday. Not sure the risk will rise much on eclipse day. |
Anonymous
| Not concerned with my kids' daycare because at the time of the eclipse (from 1-4 pm), the kids will be napping (1-3/3:30) and finishing their afternoon snacks (3:30-4ish) before going out for playtime towards the end of the eclipse time (3:45/4ish). |
Anonymous
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Should I start my own thread?
I have an elem kid. Picking her up at 3, and we're in the pickup line right when it peaks. (2:50, our time) So...my toddler in the car...should I be worried about him looking? |
Anonymous
| How do some people even get up in the morning? |
Anonymous
No, Monday, August 21. |
Anonymous
They post to DCUM to ask about it before they get out of bed. |
Anonymous
| My kid goes to preschool at a NASA site, and they flat out will not take the kids out to view. They have provided glasses to each kid's parent and invited them to come take their kids to look if they want. |
Anonymous
I'm thinking because the sun is more interesting to look at than usual, my toddler might look at it. |