When will daycares drop the mask recommendation/requirement?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are no reasons to mask in a childcare setting. You should find a new daycare or, rally parents, so that everybody can speak up.

Do they eat inside? Do they nap? All of that is done without a mask so masking in that environment is pointless.

Honestly, I’m surprised daycares are still masking.

How are people still this uneducated this late in the pandemic?

Cutting down exposure, either by limiting the number of people someone is exposed to (masking at times when a kid is moving around the classroom, but not when they are sleeping with probably 2 kids within a distance where transmission is more likely), or the time that they're exposed to them, absolutely reduces viral load which both decreases the likelihood of transmission, and the severity of illness.

I'm not saying that you should or shouldn't mask your kids. Masking is up to you and the decision should depend on a variety factors including the health risks of members of your household, and your tolerance for missing work and having other family members miss other commitments.

But judging people for the bolded is a sign you are clueless. It's like saying that if your child doesn't wear a seatbelt in one situation (let's say an ambulance ride) there's no point in wearing one in another situation.

Another factor is whether your child has issues with speech or socialization and struggles to be heard/understood with a mask on, which can lead to frustration and/or safety issues.

[Anonymous]

Ours had dropped the mask requirement, then reinstated it after a COVID wave forced two of the classrooms to close temporarily for cleaning. It's been in place ever since; parents are supposed to mask up for drop off/pick up, and all kids over 2 are supposed to mask in the classroom. They don't really enforce it though; my 2YO DD takes hers right off as soon as she gets to school, and my 5YO DS doesn't wear his consistently. I hope they do away with the requirement before the weather starts really getting warm.

[Anonymous]

I'm also surprised to hear this as no one except one or two teachers have masked at my child's daycare for many months, maybe a year honestly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ours had dropped the mask requirement, then reinstated it after a COVID wave forced two of the classrooms to close temporarily for cleaning. It's been in place ever since; parents are supposed to mask up for drop off/pick up, and all kids over 2 are supposed to mask in the classroom. They don't really enforce it though; my 2YO DD takes hers right off as soon as she gets to school, and my 5YO DS doesn't wear his consistently. I hope they do away with the requirement before the weather starts really getting warm.

Why stop masking if it prevents another Covid wave? Seems so reactionary to only require masks AFTER Covid rips through the classrooms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are no reasons to mask in a childcare setting. You should find a new daycare or, rally parents, so that everybody can speak up.

Do they eat inside? Do they nap? All of that is done without a mask so masking in that environment is pointless.

Honestly, I’m surprised daycares are still masking.

How are people still this uneducated this late in the pandemic?

Cutting down exposure, either by limiting the number of people someone is exposed to (masking at times when a kid is moving around the classroom, but not when they are sleeping with probably 2 kids within a distance where transmission is more likely), or the time that they're exposed to them, absolutely reduces viral load which both decreases the likelihood of transmission, and the severity of illness.

I'm not saying that you should or shouldn't mask your kids. Masking is up to you and the decision should depend on a variety factors including the health risks of members of your household, and your tolerance for missing work and having other family members miss other commitments.

But judging people for the bolded is a sign you are clueless. It's like saying that if your child doesn't wear a seatbelt in one situation (let's say an ambulance ride) there's no point in wearing one in another situation.

If we truly had high risk family members or couldn't miss work, we'd be looking for alternative childcare arrangements. Either a nanny share or at least somewhere in a modern facility with air purifiers. Masks are a tool, sure, but it became the only tool and an inconsistent one at that due to eating, naps, and preschoolers being well, preschoolers. All the illnesses made the rounds anyway despite this inconsistent mask wearing, and every symptom required testing to return so we were still missing work. So IME anyway, masking 2-4 yos has always been a joke and I can't believe how many parents in this area are still doing it.

[Anonymous]

We are in NW DC and we say we are mask optional when we are at green or yellow community rates. And I don't anticipate us getting back to red community rates. (in fact, those red, yellow, green might even go away after May when the public emergency ends)

We have a few preK kids in masks still, but our 2s and 3s don't wear masks.

we have 2 teachers who still wear a mask every single day inside and often outside. But we have 13 others who don't wear a mask.

And we are a VERY "covid-conservative, covid-conscious" (some would say psychotic) center

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are in NW DC and we say we are mask optional when we are at green or yellow community rates. And I don't anticipate us getting back to red community rates. (in fact, those red, yellow, green might even go away after May when the public emergency ends)

We have a few preK kids in masks still, but our 2s and 3s don't wear masks.

we have 2 teachers who still wear a mask every single day inside and often outside. But we have 13 others who don't wear a mask.

And we are a VERY "covid-conservative, covid-conscious" (some would say psychotic) center

What covid precautions are you currently taking that make you "covid-conservative"?

[Anonymous]

Omg are daycares still doing this in the DMV? I was at my wit's end with ours on quarantine recs, etc. but they are not masking kids!

Teachers at our NoVa daycare still mask (although I see them pulling them down/removing them frequently) and hey, if it cuts down on teachers calling in sick, have at it. But parents and kids don't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are no reasons to mask in a childcare setting. You should find a new daycare or, rally parents, so that everybody can speak up.

Do they eat inside? Do they nap? All of that is done without a mask so masking in that environment is pointless.

Honestly, I’m surprised daycares are still masking.

How are people still this uneducated this late in the pandemic?

Cutting down exposure, either by limiting the number of people someone is exposed to (masking at times when a kid is moving around the classroom, but not when they are sleeping with probably 2 kids within a distance where transmission is more likely), or the time that they're exposed to them, absolutely reduces viral load which both decreases the likelihood of transmission, and the severity of illness.

I'm not saying that you should or shouldn't mask your kids. Masking is up to you and the decision should depend on a variety factors including the health risks of members of your household, and your tolerance for missing work and having other family members miss other commitments.

But judging people for the bolded is a sign you are clueless. It's like saying that if your child doesn't wear a seatbelt in one situation (let's say an ambulance ride) there's no point in wearing one in another situation.

The families I don't get are the ones where the preschooler is masking all day but the rest of the family isn't. There are a good chunk of kids in DD's class that still wear masks, but their parents are not, even when they are there for a longer period of time than pickup/dropoff. And the older siblings of these kids are not wearing masks to school. I don't know how you would put that burden on a preschooler but not be willing to make the sacrifice yourself, especially considering the tradeoffs for that age group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are no reasons to mask in a childcare setting. You should find a new daycare or, rally parents, so that everybody can speak up.

Do they eat inside? Do they nap? All of that is done without a mask so masking in that environment is pointless.

Honestly, I’m surprised daycares are still masking.

How are people still this uneducated this late in the pandemic?

Cutting down exposure, either by limiting the number of people someone is exposed to (masking at times when a kid is moving around the classroom, but not when they are sleeping with probably 2 kids within a distance where transmission is more likely), or the time that they're exposed to them, absolutely reduces viral load which both decreases the likelihood of transmission, and the severity of illness.

I'm not saying that you should or shouldn't mask your kids. Masking is up to you and the decision should depend on a variety factors including the health risks of members of your household, and your tolerance for missing work and having other family members miss other commitments.

But judging people for the bolded is a sign you are clueless. It's like saying that if your child doesn't wear a seatbelt in one situation (let's say an ambulance ride) there's no point in wearing one in another situation.

Another factor is whether your child has issues with speech or socialization and struggles to be heard/understood with a mask on, which can lead to frustration and/or safety issues.

+100. I am multilingual and had professional diction training and I struggle to be heard and understood behind a mask; I can't imagine what it's like for little children still learning to talk.

[Anonymous]

I'm surprised this is still happening. We're in mid-MoCo and almost none of the kids in our preschool wear masks. Teachers occasionally wear them but not on a consistent basis. Very few parents wear them at pick up and drop off. It's great!

[Anonymous]

wait, kids still are wearing masks at pre-school? no kids at ours in upper NW DC do. A few teachers do, but I have no problem with that, it is their choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are no reasons to mask in a childcare setting. You should find a new daycare or, rally parents, so that everybody can speak up.

Do they eat inside? Do they nap? All of that is done without a mask so masking in that environment is pointless.

Honestly, I’m surprised daycares are still masking.

How are people still this uneducated this late in the pandemic?

Cutting down exposure, either by limiting the number of people someone is exposed to (masking at times when a kid is moving around the classroom, but not when they are sleeping with probably 2 kids within a distance where transmission is more likely), or the time that they're exposed to them, absolutely reduces viral load which both decreases the likelihood of transmission, and the severity of illness.

I'm not saying that you should or shouldn't mask your kids. Masking is up to you and the decision should depend on a variety factors including the health risks of members of your household, and your tolerance for missing work and having other family members miss other commitments.

But judging people for the bolded is a sign you are clueless. It's like saying that if your child doesn't wear a seatbelt in one situation (let's say an ambulance ride) there's no point in wearing one in another situation.

Another factor is whether your child has issues with speech or socialization and struggles to be heard/understood with a mask on, which can lead to frustration and/or safety issues.

+100. I am multilingual and had professional diction training and I struggle to be heard and understood behind a mask; I can't imagine what it's like for little children still learning to talk.

Thank you. I really can't understand why in the United States specifically there has been such a strong reaction among liberals against people expressing concerns about young children masking. These concerns are real and valid and no it's not just parents trying to make excuses or be in denial about developmental delays. And the fact that some places have decided children need to mask when adults do not is just..I can't even.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:wait, kids still are wearing masks at pre-school? no kids at ours in upper NW DC do. A few teachers do, but I have no problem with that, it is their choice.

At our Silver Spring center I'd say it's around 50/50. I figured that was the norm but I guess not!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wait, kids still are wearing masks at pre-school? no kids at ours in upper NW DC do. A few teachers do, but I have no problem with that, it is their choice.

At our Silver Spring center I'd say it's around 50/50. I figured that was the norm but I guess not!

Is this an MCCA center by any chance?