Teachers handing out masks

[Anonymous]

I honestly never thought our daycare in DC would drop masks, but they recently did. My child is in the “older toddler” class so most kids are 2 years- 2.5 years and have been masking since they got in that room. Out of a class of 14, about 10 families have chosen to not mask. At pickup last week all the children were back in disposable, child sized medical masks. Turns out after the children were dropped off teachers offered masks to all the kids. These aren’t incredibly verbal kids as they are young twos so they all took one. When asked, the teachers said all the children wanted to wear them.

Would you say something or just go with the flow and assume this made the teachers feel more comfortable?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I honestly never thought our daycare in DC would drop masks, but they recently did. My child is in the “older toddler” class so most kids are 2 years- 2.5 years and have been masking since they got in that room. Out of a class of 14, about 10 families have chosen to not mask. At pickup last week all the children were back in disposable, child sized medical masks. Turns out after the children were dropped off teachers offered masks to all the kids. These aren’t incredibly verbal kids as they are young twos so they all took one. When asked, the teachers said all the children wanted to wear them.

Would you say something or just go with the flow and assume this made the teachers feel more comfortable?

I think mask wearing needs to be a parental choice, not a child choice at this age and your daycare needs to be abiding by parental choice.

I would say something.

It's like a teacher offering your recently potty-trained child a diaper and saying, well Larla asked to wear one.

[Anonymous]

The kids probably saw their classmate getting a new mask from. their teacher and then the floodgates opened and everyone wanted one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The kids probably saw their classmate getting a new mask from. their teacher and then the floodgates opened and everyone wanted one.

Yep, this is what I guess too.

Kinda like when you give one kid a tissue and then the whole class claims to have boogies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The kids probably saw their classmate getting a new mask from. their teacher and then the floodgates opened and everyone wanted one.

Yep, this is what I guess too.

Kinda like when you give one kid a tissue and then the whole class claims to have boogies.

I guess I just don’t fight it then. It happened on Wednesday- Friday where all kids were masked at the end of the day. Some parents are livid. This is my third kid, so honestly im not interested in getting into a battle with teachers who are lovely and probably exhausted. Just wanted to see if others would say anything to the teachers about parental preference. Though I’ve learned that most really don’t care once you walk out the door.

[Anonymous]

Yes - I would. “Please do not place a mask on my child.”

[Anonymous]

Look, clearly, the teachers want the kids to wear masks. Maybe they have health conditions. Maybe they have family members with health conditions. If you guys are jerks to them about it, there’s a chance they might quit and get another job. So I would just go with the flow.

Personally, I think the guidance should be that if the teacher in the classroom wants kids to wear masks, they should wear masks unless they have a specific exception for like a developmental disability or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look, clearly, the teachers want the kids to wear masks. Maybe they have health conditions. Maybe they have family members with health conditions. If you guys are jerks to them about it, there’s a chance they might quit and get another job. So I would just go with the flow.

Personally, I think the guidance should be that if the teacher in the classroom wants kids to wear masks, they should wear masks unless they have a specific exception for like a developmental disability or something.

Makes sense. I’ve always said people with early childhood education degrees have strong training in science and thus are the most qualified individuals to set public health policy in a rational, data-driven way.

[Anonymous]

Say something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look, clearly, the teachers want the kids to wear masks. Maybe they have health conditions. Maybe they have family members with health conditions. If you guys are jerks to them about it, there’s a chance they might quit and get another job. So I would just go with the flow.

Personally, I think the guidance should be that if the teacher in the classroom wants kids to wear masks, they should wear masks unless they have a specific exception for like a developmental disability or something.

Given how little we know about the impact of masks on young children's development, I think such a policy would be horribly irresponsible as it amounts to indefinite masking of many young children during a time when the CDC does not recommend masks for anybody. It is amazing and honestly terrifying to me to see how differently my 3 yo interacts with other kids when neither is masked. This is a huge experiment we are putting our young kids in. If we do it it should at least be based on public health guidance, not individual people's feelings.

[Anonymous]

I would be livid. This is very inappropriate after parents specifically opted out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look, clearly, the teachers want the kids to wear masks. Maybe they have health conditions. Maybe they have family members with health conditions. If you guys are jerks to them about it, there’s a chance they might quit and get another job. So I would just go with the flow.

Personally, I think the guidance should be that if the teacher in the classroom wants kids to wear masks, they should wear masks unless they have a specific exception for like a developmental disability or something.

Given how little we know about the impact of masks on young children's development, I think such a policy would be horribly irresponsible as it amounts to indefinite masking of many young children during a time when the CDC does not recommend masks for anybody. It is amazing and honestly terrifying to me to see how differently my 3 yo interacts with other kids when neither is masked. This is a huge experiment we are putting our young kids in. If we do it it should at least be based on public health guidance, not individual people's feelings.

We know the impact COVID can have on someone, especially health issues. You don't care about those kids? What if it was your kid and you had to pay their medical bills?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look, clearly, the teachers want the kids to wear masks. Maybe they have health conditions. Maybe they have family members with health conditions. If you guys are jerks to them about it, there’s a chance they might quit and get another job. So I would just go with the flow.

Personally, I think the guidance should be that if the teacher in the classroom wants kids to wear masks, they should wear masks unless they have a specific exception for like a developmental disability or something.

Given how little we know about the impact of masks on young children's development, I think such a policy would be horribly irresponsible as it amounts to indefinite masking of many young children during a time when the CDC does not recommend masks for anybody. It is amazing and honestly terrifying to me to see how differently my 3 yo interacts with other kids when neither is masked. This is a huge experiment we are putting our young kids in. If we do it it should at least be based on public health guidance, not individual people's feelings.

We know the impact COVID can have on someone, especially health issues. You don't care about those kids? What if it was your kid and you had to pay their medical bills?

This nonsense will just never end will it?

The day care is mask optional. End of story.

[Anonymous]

I'd say something.

They are manipulating 2 year olds and should honestly be ashamed of themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look, clearly, the teachers want the kids to wear masks. Maybe they have health conditions. Maybe they have family members with health conditions. If you guys are jerks to them about it, there’s a chance they might quit and get another job. So I would just go with the flow.

Personally, I think the guidance should be that if the teacher in the classroom wants kids to wear masks, they should wear masks unless they have a specific exception for like a developmental disability or something.

Given how little we know about the impact of masks on young children's development, I think such a policy would be horribly irresponsible as it amounts to indefinite masking of many young children during a time when the CDC does not recommend masks for anybody. It is amazing and honestly terrifying to me to see how differently my 3 yo interacts with other kids when neither is masked. This is a huge experiment we are putting our young kids in. If we do it it should at least be based on public health guidance, not individual people's feelings.

We know the impact COVID can have on someone, especially health issues. You don't care about those kids? What if it was your kid and you had to pay their medical bills?

It is my kid with mental health issues exacerbated by the pandemic, and nobody else but me and DH arepaying her therapy bills. Are you offering to help with that?