Peer pressure to mask in elementary?

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Anonymous wrote:Lol, let your child deal with it, no need to to involve internet in it.

Did that. I was curious what others’ experiences are. Why are you bothering to comment?

[Anonymous]

So few of the students are wearing masks, so if there was pressure I would expect or to be the other way. I haven’t seen or heard of any pressure.

ES Teacher (on lunch break).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So few of the students are wearing masks, so if there was pressure I would expect or to be the other way. I haven’t seen or heard of any pressure.

ES Teacher (on lunch break).

This is what our kids tell us as well . . . almost no one in their ES classes is wearing masks (our kids dropped them on March 1), so hard to see how there would be pressure to mask.

Both of their teachers also promptly emphasized, to the kids in class and to the parents by e-mail, that masking was a personal/family decision, and that no one would be moved around the room, treated differently, etc. based on mask preferences.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So few of the students are wearing masks, so if there was pressure I would expect or to be the other way. I haven’t seen or heard of any pressure.

ES Teacher (on lunch break).

This is what our kids tell us as well . . . almost no one in their ES classes is wearing masks (our kids dropped them on March 1), so hard to see how there would be pressure to mask.

Both of their teachers also promptly emphasized, to the kids in class and to the parents by e-mail, that masking was a personal/family decision, and that no one would be moved around the room, treated differently, etc. based on mask preferences.

This is very school specific. Our elementary is still about 80% in masks. Teachers in masks too.

[Anonymous]

My observation (as a parent, so gleaned from my kids and from conversations with other parents) is that the little kids are majority unmasked, but the older grades are majority masked. While I haven't heard about any overt pressure, my sense is that some of the older kids who may be allowed by parents to unmask feel social pressure (whether warranted or not) to stay masked.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So few of the students are wearing masks, so if there was pressure I would expect or to be the other way. I haven’t seen or heard of any pressure.

ES Teacher (on lunch break).

This is what our kids tell us as well . . . almost no one in their ES classes is wearing masks (our kids dropped them on March 1), so hard to see how there would be pressure to mask.

Both of their teachers also promptly emphasized, to the kids in class and to the parents by e-mail, that masking was a personal/family decision, and that no one would be moved around the room, treated differently, etc. based on mask preferences.

This is very school specific. Our elementary is still about 80% in masks. Teachers in masks too.

Ours may even be higher. Neighborhood kids are reporting only a kid or two is unmasking in their classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else’s child facing this? My child was told to put their mask back on the other day by another student. My child had taken it off for a 10 minute break. So much for a caring culture.

Is this your oldest child? Kids say crap to each other all. the. time. What one student says should not define your experience, nor your child's. That's giving some random kid way too much power.

[Anonymous]

Our kids report that there are only 1-2 kids unmasked in classes so far. Who knows whether that is a result of peer pressure or kids using common sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our kids report that there are only 1-2 kids unmasked in classes so far. Who knows whether that is a result of peer pressure or kids using common sense.

Or anxiety-filled kids being raised by paranoid, unscientific parents…

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Anonymous wrote:Our kids report that there are only 1-2 kids unmasked in classes so far. Who knows whether that is a result of peer pressure or kids using common sense.

Or anxiety-filled kids being raised by paranoid, unscientific parents…

+1 it’s not common sense lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So few of the students are wearing masks, so if there was pressure I would expect or to be the other way. I haven’t seen or heard of any pressure.

ES Teacher (on lunch break).

This is what our kids tell us as well . . . almost no one in their ES classes is wearing masks (our kids dropped them on March 1), so hard to see how there would be pressure to mask.

Both of their teachers also promptly emphasized, to the kids in class and to the parents by e-mail, that masking was a personal/family decision, and that no one would be moved around the room, treated differently, etc. based on mask preferences.

This is very school specific. Our elementary is still about 80% in masks. Teachers in masks too.

Wild. What school is this?
We are at two different schools and the masking is almost completely gone.

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Not in elementary. DD says many are taking them off. They don’t seem to care about peer pressure or a lot are doing it so they don’t mind.

It’s different for DD in middle school. She is not going in a mask and gets lots of nasty comments from others kids about being a supposed Trump supporter. She is ignoring all the negativity and not wearing a mask because she doesn’t want to.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So few of the students are wearing masks, so if there was pressure I would expect or to be the other way. I haven’t seen or heard of any pressure.

ES Teacher (on lunch break).

This is what our kids tell us as well . . . almost no one in their ES classes is wearing masks (our kids dropped them on March 1), so hard to see how there would be pressure to mask.

Both of their teachers also promptly emphasized, to the kids in class and to the parents by e-mail, that masking was a personal/family decision, and that no one would be moved around the room, treated differently, etc. based on mask preferences.

This is very school specific. Our elementary is still about 80% in masks. Teachers in masks too.

Wild. What school is this?
We are at two different schools and the masking is almost completely gone.

DS tells me that most the kids at his school are still wearing masks. (shrugs) Different places have different attitudes towards the mask, I am not sure how you think that is surprising.

[Anonymous]

My 5th grader stopped wearing his mask, but my 2nd grader still wears his. I let them decide.

[Anonymous]

6th grader said only 5 or 7 kids at grade level are unmasked. All teachers are masked.