Neighborhood kids are allowed to play together

[Anonymous]

We had our girls go ride bikes out front yesterday instead of going for an actual ride around because we hardly had any time and two other neighborhood kids were out there. They clearly hadn't discussed social distancing AT ALL because they kept coming right up to our kids and us. Eventually we just went back inside and did a longer ride later. I know one of the kids' fathers is still going into work and the other family we have seen have people over to the house, but I'm guessing they'd still say they're "isolated" like most of the people on here. Except for A, B, C, D, E, F, G...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think letting neighborhood kids play together is pretty low risk, assuming none of the parents are going to work.

Is there a risk? Yes. But it's not very high.

FWIW we're completely locked down in our house and not allowing any sort of play dates, indoors or outdoors, but I am not judging the families that interact a little bit.

No, because you cannot trust all these people to protect themselves and others when they do run errands.

You must understand that keeping your circle as small as possible is very important. Every time you add someone, it means adding the entire household of that person, plus any person they've interacted poorly with.
And this is how infections spread.

The surge is not yet over, people. If you want to infect yourself, please wait several more weeks. Then hospitals will have the room and attention to hang on to your every last little cough, and make sure you come out of it relatively unscathed. If you catch it now, your risk of death and trauma is much greater.

hospitals have excess room now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t seen kids playing together in my neighborhood. If I did, I would be livid. If there’s a neighborhood group, I would report them to that, if not, contact 311.

So would I. They would do a drive by, pull over and talk to the parents. The towns around ours had started issuing tickets $300-500.

I saw 10 teenagers jumping fence to get into a closed playground. Cop parked on the corner and did nothing. No social distancing going on with the groups of teens hanging out.

[Anonymous]

We’ve been social distancing for 40 days. I’m gonna let my kids start playing with the neighborhood kids soon, probably starting in May.

I’m over this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a mommy group in our neighborhood and they take a walk together + kids everyday and it pisses me off. So selfish and irresponsible

They aren't including you or your kids so why are you angry? if they are only with each other, I think its pretty contained. kids need to go outside. Everyone needs to get some sunlight every single day. I cna't imagine how people with pre existing mental health conditions are surviving now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t seen kids playing together in my neighborhood. If I did, I would be livid. If there’s a neighborhood group, I would report them to that, if not, contact 311.

So would I. They would do a drive by, pull over and talk to the parents. The towns around ours had started issuing tickets $300-500.

I saw 10 teenagers jumping fence to get into a closed playground. Cop parked on the corner and did nothing. No social distancing going on with the groups of teens hanging out.

You want a cop to issue tickets to a group of teenagers? By your own logic, that exposes even more people. Say the cop issues 5 tickets at one playground and then issues 5 more at another location. Her or she becomes the disease vector.

[Anonymous]

We now let our kids play outside with a group of 4-5 neighborhood kids. The parents of those other kids are, so far as i know, locked down at home but I don't have the details on their breaches of the home perimeter. Does this outdoor play introduce some risk? Sure does. Does it vastly increase the odds that we'll remain sane? Absolutely. For us (and the parents of the kids they're playing with), it just isn't sustainable to keep everyone locked up. Maybe some kids/families can. We tell them to keep distance while they're playing, and sometimes they actually do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’ve been social distancing for 40 days. I’m gonna let my kids start playing with the neighborhood kids soon, probably starting in May.

I’m over this.

I get the frustration, but why do you think that the fact that you've been social distancing for 40 days is relevant? If it's not safe yet, it's not safe yet, regardless of how long you've been doing it or how frustrated you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We now let our kids play outside with a group of 4-5 neighborhood kids. The parents of those other kids are, so far as i know, locked down at home but I don't have the details on their breaches of the home perimeter. Does this outdoor play introduce some risk? Sure does. Does it vastly increase the odds that we'll remain sane? Absolutely. For us (and the parents of the kids they're playing with), it just isn't sustainable to keep everyone locked up. Maybe some kids/families can. We tell them to keep distance while they're playing, and sometimes they actually do.

Oh, honestly. Of course it is sustainable. You're just selfish. Don't pretend you have some sort of right to being a dick because you're special.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We now let our kids play outside with a group of 4-5 neighborhood kids. The parents of those other kids are, so far as i know, locked down at home but I don't have the details on their breaches of the home perimeter. Does this outdoor play introduce some risk? Sure does. Does it vastly increase the odds that we'll remain sane? Absolutely. For us (and the parents of the kids they're playing with), it just isn't sustainable to keep everyone locked up. Maybe some kids/families can. We tell them to keep distance while they're playing, and sometimes they actually do.

Oh, honestly. Of course it is sustainable. You're just selfish. Don't pretend you have some sort of right to being a dick because you're special.

DP. Regardless of whether it is sustainable for me, I don’t think it is sustainable long term for a large portion of the US population absent the kind of ticketing we saw in Europe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel so bad not letting my kids play at the playground with all the other kids. The parents stand around and talk like there is nothing happening. I just figure it is all fun and games until someone in the groups dies. I know I sound over dramatic but it is statistic likely one parent will die. I figure my kids will bounce back quicker with both parents.

Um, please find that statistic and report back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our neighbors let their kids play outside with each other. One of them got covid.

And you know that was related to the kids playing how?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We now let our kids play outside with a group of 4-5 neighborhood kids. The parents of those other kids are, so far as i know, locked down at home but I don't have the details on their breaches of the home perimeter. Does this outdoor play introduce some risk? Sure does. Does it vastly increase the odds that we'll remain sane? Absolutely. For us (and the parents of the kids they're playing with), it just isn't sustainable to keep everyone locked up. Maybe some kids/families can. We tell them to keep distance while they're playing, and sometimes they actually do.

Oh, honestly. Of course it is sustainable. You're just selfish. Don't pretend you have some sort of right to being a dick because you're special.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We now let our kids play outside with a group of 4-5 neighborhood kids. The parents of those other kids are, so far as i know, locked down at home but I don't have the details on their breaches of the home perimeter. Does this outdoor play introduce some risk? Sure does. Does it vastly increase the odds that we'll remain sane? Absolutely. For us (and the parents of the kids they're playing with), it just isn't sustainable to keep everyone locked up. Maybe some kids/families can. We tell them to keep distance while they're playing, and sometimes they actually do.

Oh, honestly. Of course it is sustainable. You're just selfish. Don't pretend you have some sort of right to being a dick because you're special.

+1

YMMV. Keep your kids inside and shake your fist from the window. I'm not PP and we don't allow kids inside houses or to share balls etc, but we do let them bike and play hide and seek etc. You make your decisions, I'll make mine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We now let our kids play outside with a group of 4-5 neighborhood kids. The parents of those other kids are, so far as i know, locked down at home but I don't have the details on their breaches of the home perimeter. Does this outdoor play introduce some risk? Sure does. Does it vastly increase the odds that we'll remain sane? Absolutely. For us (and the parents of the kids they're playing with), it just isn't sustainable to keep everyone locked up. Maybe some kids/families can. We tell them to keep distance while they're playing, and sometimes they actually do.

Oh, honestly. Of course it is sustainable. You're just selfish. Don't pretend you have some sort of right to being a dick because you're special.

+1

YMMV. Keep your kids inside and shake your fist from the window. I'm not PP and we don't allow kids inside houses or to share balls etc, but we do let them bike and play hide and seek etc. You make your decisions, I'll make mine.

As many have pointed out, your decisions affect other people. This is not a difficult concept.