Are you letting your teen have a friend over to hang out for a bit?

[Anonymous]

My teens haven't seen their friends in person in a month. I see my neighbors' teens with their friends having campfires, girlfriends over, etc. I secretly hope they get it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lot of lying on this thread. Your teen has not seen anyone for the last 2 weeks? No one? I don’t believe you.

You only assume others are lying because you are not following guidelines. My 16 year old son has not seen any friends in person since 3/12, not even the “hang out 6 feet apart” nonsense. Some of us can actually do this right.

Exactly. No, my teen has not seen any friends in person since school closed. Why on earth would that be hard to believe?

[Anonymous]

Our 16-year old DD hasn’t been out the house for a month, except to walk with mom or dad. Her social group is doing meet-ups online.

[Anonymous]

No. None. Because It is not just one friend. It is exposure to every person that friend saw. It sucks. But people breaking the rules are making this harder on all of us. I will never be able to respect them again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lot of lying on this thread. Your teen has not seen anyone for the last 2 weeks? No one? I don’t believe you.

+1

Lots of liars out there.

It’s really not so difficult. My 15 yr old has done zoom chats, made up zoom quiz shows with friends, and spent more time with parents and younger sib in the last month than in the entire year prior. All while we see our neighbor teens have kids over—from 4 separate families—including a boyfriend and girlfriend who are v clearly not distancing.

My three closest friends with teens are all taking it as seriously as we are.

[Anonymous]

My 14-year old has seen one friend when we dropped off something at their house. We stayed about 10 feet away and talked for a short while. Otherwise, she walks the dog through our neighborhood on a pre-determined route (she knows I track her randomly) and that's it. Her dog walk route, which she usually discusses with me before she leaves, is not past any friends' houses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lot of lying on this thread. Your teen has not seen anyone for the last 2 weeks? No one? I don’t believe you.

You only assume others are lying because you are not following guidelines. My 16 year old son has not seen any friends in person since 3/12, not even the “hang out 6 feet apart” nonsense. Some of us can actually do this right.

Exactly. No, my teen has not seen any friends in person since school closed. Why on earth would that be hard to believe?

+1

My college and HS students (both boys) have not seen their friends since school let out in mid-March. Why is this so hard to believe?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lot of lying on this thread. Your teen has not seen anyone for the last 2 weeks? No one? I don’t believe you.

+1

Lots of liars out there.

Why wouldn't you believe others and me? Our kids are complying with the orders. They understand and are complying. Not hard to believe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lot of lying on this thread. Your teen has not seen anyone for the last 2 weeks? No one? I don’t believe you.

Well, believe it or not, my 13 year old hasn't seen any friends in person since school ended. My 16 yo hasn't seen any friends since the week after that when her employer closed down. So definitely no friends seen in the last two weeks...they're keeping in touch by text and, occasionally, Face Time. I'm sorry that your kids are untrustworthy enough that you're unable to believe other teens can understand the seriousness of this situation and follow the guidelines.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see anything wrong with two or three friends coming over. We live in an affluent area and the teens haven’t been to any areas where they could be exposed.

What does your affluence have to do with anything? Prince Charles, Prince Albert of Monaco, and lots of other very rich public figures have contracted Covid-19.

Why on earth do you think that your bank account will protect you?

Have you lost your mind? It is in our communities now. We have moved in to community spread. Do you even pay any attention to the news at all? You live in an affluent area? Too bad you haven't bothered with educating yourself. What a moron!

^^^^ Replying to person above you who thinks that her affluent teens haven't been any areas where they could be exposed. She is a moron!!! What an idiot.

She's just a troll.....ignore her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My teens haven't seen their friends in person in a month. I see my neighbors' teens with their friends having campfires, girlfriends over, etc. I secretly hope they get it.

You seriously need help. That’s awful.