Am I too strict about playground kid mask rule?

[Anonymous]

I think being masked outside even if other kids are not is probably a lot safer than grabbing a donut from Dunkin’ donuts

[Anonymous]

This is op. I know kid get covid is more slim, but I am more worried about my kid catching covid ( with no symptom) and then transmit to my high risk DH and grandparents that are not got the chance to be vaccinated yet. I will loose up my playground rule once adults are vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is op. I know kid get covid is more slim, but I am more worried about my kid catching covid ( with no symptom) and then transmit to my high risk DH and grandparents that are not got the chance to be vaccinated yet. I will loose up my playground rule once adults are vaccinated.

Take pride in being better Than others at the playground that don’t enforce masks. I’ve dropped a lot of people due to their ignorance. I believe we are better than them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is op. I know kid get covid is more slim, but I am more worried about my kid catching covid ( with no symptom) and then transmit to my high risk DH and grandparents that are not got the chance to be vaccinated yet. I will loose up my playground rule once adults are vaccinated.

There's no reason why the grandparents aren't vaccinated yet. There are plenty of appointments for ages 65+. Are you able to help them find appointments?

[Anonymous]

My kids don’t play with other kids we don’t know so if there was an unmasked kid or 2, we would just stay away from them whether they were masked or not masked. I don’t know if I would leave immediately but maybe soon after.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think being masked outside even if other kids are not is probably a lot safer than grabbing a donut from Dunkin’ donuts

Grabbing?

[Anonymous]

I don't think you are going to find what you are looking for. Given your concerns, it sounds like your problem is that you keep taking you child to find something that is like a needle in a haystack. Of course they are going to be upset and cry. You kind of set that up.

My kids are older, but I walk by a lot of playgrounds and I never see all kids masked. Even when there are groups of kids playing in a yard, some are masked and others aren't.

[Anonymous]

You get to make your own risk decisions for your own kids. I don't know your situation- perhaps you or another family member is high-risk and unvaccinated, in which case extra caution is sensible.

My son is one of those unmasked kids at the playground. He has ASD and simply won't tolerate masks- and yes, we and his therapists have been working on it daily. We're not keeping him away from parks and playgrounds indefinitely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You get to make your own risk decisions for your own kids. I don't know your situation- perhaps you or another family member is high-risk and unvaccinated, in which case extra caution is sensible.

My son is one of those unmasked kids at the playground. He has ASD and simply won't tolerate masks- and yes, we and his therapists have been working on it daily. We're not keeping him away from parks and playgrounds indefinitely.

Obviously not, if he’s already one of “those unmasked kids at the playground.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is op. I know kid get covid is more slim, but I am more worried about my kid catching covid ( with no symptom) and then transmit to my high risk DH and grandparents that are not got the chance to be vaccinated yet. I will loose up my playground rule once adults are vaccinated.

I'm sort of surprised you're still visiting with grandparents if you're that nervous about COVID. Are unmasked children on playgrounds really your biggest source of exposure to COVID?

I'm the pp with the ASD child. I understand the concern about transmissions. My kids have a couple particularly high-risk grandparents, and my spouse is immunosuppressed. But my spouse is also a healthcare worker who was going in throughout the pandemic. And our kids were going to daycare and therapy. So playgrounds ultimately only accounted for a small part of our exposure. And accordingly, they wouldn't have been seeing their grandparents at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You get to make your own risk decisions for your own kids. I don't know your situation- perhaps you or another family member is high-risk and unvaccinated, in which case extra caution is sensible.

My son is one of those unmasked kids at the playground. He has ASD and simply won't tolerate masks- and yes, we and his therapists have been working on it daily. We're not keeping him away from parks and playgrounds indefinitely.

Obviously not, if he’s already one of “those unmasked kids at the playground.”

Correct. We don't bring him other places, besides therapy and child care, but we've been bringing him to playgrounds since last summer. In general, it had been surprisingly easy to avoid others until quite recently. People were apparently (?) too scared to go to playgrounds last summer, and parents don't seem to take their kids outside in our neighborhood when its below 50F. But particularly this past week the playgrounds have suddenly had a lot more kids. We try to keep our unmasked child away from masked children at the playground, but I can't really prevent another kid from walking up to him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too strict. He is more scarred by lack of interaction and normalcy at this point than by playing next to an unmasked kid. Stop making your kid anxious!

+100 Agree with all of this.

And the fact that you think masked in Dunkin Donuts is safer than unmasked outside... is weird. There is ventilation literally everywhere outside, and people are moving. It is infinitely safer outdoors, even without a mask.

[Anonymous]

When unmasked kids come, DS either goes to another part of the playground or, if the unmasked kids follow us around, we leave. It is disappointing, but it is what it is. We do the same when unmasked adults come around, though usually they are more predictable and don’t typically climb on the play equipment. The NOVA playgrounds are full of unmasked children and adults. I will say we had to go to Maryland a couple of times for other reason (eg an outdoor shoe purchase for DS) and have stopped at their playgrounds. Every single person has been masked there, except young toddlers and babies. If you’re reasonably close to MD, I’d honestly just drive to their playgrounds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is op. I know kid get covid is more slim, but I am more worried about my kid catching covid ( with no symptom) and then transmit to my high risk DH and grandparents that are not got the chance to be vaccinated yet. I will loose up my playground rule once adults are vaccinated.

I'm sort of surprised you're still visiting with grandparents if you're that nervous about COVID. Are unmasked children on playgrounds really your biggest source of exposure to COVID?

I'm the pp with the ASD child. I understand the concern about transmissions. My kids have a couple particularly high-risk grandparents, and my spouse is immunosuppressed. But my spouse is also a healthcare worker who was going in throughout the pandemic. And our kids were going to daycare and therapy. So playgrounds ultimately only accounted for a small part of our exposure. And accordingly, they wouldn't have been seeing their grandparents at all.

This is exactly when we don’t play close to unmasked kids. Your child goes to daycare, has a dad who’s going in to a medical job in person, and your child also doesn’t wear a mask (Does he wear one in daycare? How do they allow him not to?), and you’re letting him go to playgrounds unmasked.

[Anonymous]

^I mean this is exactly WHY we don’t play around unmasked kids.