Pretty sure my kids will not have a semblance of normal childhood socializing again

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is crazy. I live in Texas. I am pro vaccine and anti all of our state leadership.

But our kids are back to normal. School is normal. Sports are normal. Playdates are normal. It's all normal.

Tell me more. I’m actually looking into moving purely for normalcy. Masks in school? Play dates without hesitation?

Everything is back to normal. Masking at school is the new normal but its no big deal except to parents who have to put up a fit about something over nothing.

Very few people are actually being cautious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is crazy. I live in Texas. I am pro vaccine and anti all of our state leadership.

But our kids are back to normal. School is normal. Sports are normal. Playdates are normal. It's all normal.

Tell me more. I’m actually looking into moving purely for normalcy. Masks in school? Play dates without hesitation?

Where do you live (I’m guessing MoCo)? I’m in McLean and have 3 kids. Completely back to normal for months with all friends in terms of sleepovers and play dates indoors with no masks. All parents and kids have gotten vaccinated as soon as they could.

Yes, escaping MoCo is key. I got out to five years ago. It’d be awful to be stuck there now.

We are very glad you left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is crazy. I live in Texas. I am pro vaccine and anti all of our state leadership.

But our kids are back to normal. School is normal. Sports are normal. Playdates are normal. It's all normal.

Tell me more. I’m actually looking into moving purely for normalcy. Masks in school? Play dates without hesitation?

Where do you live (I’m guessing MoCo)? I’m in McLean and have 3 kids. Completely back to normal for months with all friends in terms of sleepovers and play dates indoors with no masks. All parents and kids have gotten vaccinated as soon as they could.

Just don't post about how SHOCKED you are that you all got covid and don't know how it happened.

[Anonymous]

0 children age 19 and under have died in MoCo from Covid. That's for the entire time -- even before we had vaccines available.

Many children died during the same time in MoCo from car accidents, drowning, and falling out of windows. Do you also not take them on car rides; avoid swimming and baths; put special locks on all windows?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is crazy. I live in Texas. I am pro vaccine and anti all of our state leadership.

But our kids are back to normal. School is normal. Sports are normal. Playdates are normal. It's all normal.

Tell me more. I’m actually looking into moving purely for normalcy. Masks in school? Play dates without hesitation?

Where do you live (I’m guessing MoCo)? I’m in McLean and have 3 kids. Completely back to normal for months with all friends in terms of sleepovers and play dates indoors with no masks. All parents and kids have gotten vaccinated as soon as they could.

Yes, escaping MoCo is key. I got out to five years ago. It’d be awful to be stuck there now.

We are very glad you left.

Be glad. I don’t GAF. It can serve as your Friday night locked down entertainment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is crazy. I live in Texas. I am pro vaccine and anti all of our state leadership.

But our kids are back to normal. School is normal. Sports are normal. Playdates are normal. It's all normal.

Tell me more. I’m actually looking into moving purely for normalcy. Masks in school? Play dates without hesitation?

Where do you live (I’m guessing MoCo)? I’m in McLean and have 3 kids. Completely back to normal for months with all friends in terms of sleepovers and play dates indoors with no masks. All parents and kids have gotten vaccinated as soon as they could.

Just don't post about how SHOCKED you are that you all got covid and don't know how it happened.

Why would anyone be shocked? I’d just head to Giant to get some Kleenex in the event any of them even noticed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would absolutely allow indoor playdates and bday parties once my kids were fully vaccinated (and have been doing so since our youngest, 13, was vaccinated over the summer).

Sure. You are fine once your kids are vaccinated, but this new variant may evade vaccines to the point exposure to it is as if you ARE unvaccinated. So basically if you didn’t socialize when your kids are unvaxed, this variant resets everything back to an unvaxed state for all of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just do indoor play dates with masks. Honestly, I spent a good part of the pandemic terrified of my kids getting covid, and really did not allow them to do anything indoors beyond school. Then, they got covid from a vaccinated family member anyway. It was so incredibly mild in all my kids. In fact, two of them had no symptoms. I regret being so strict with them even after all adults in their life were vaccinated.

Same here. 9yo dd had it. Two days of fever and that was the end of it. Her unvaccinated 11yo brother was with her before we knew what she had and he never caught it. It boggles my mind how we’ve been locked down for 20 months for fear of that. It makes me sad how much this has colored so much of their childhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you not doing these things? We have a few friends we do indoor play dates with. Plus plenty of outdoor park play dates. My kid was hospitalized with RSV as a toddler, which is a risk we all somehow learned to accept. The risk of COVID to young kids is still incredibly low (there’s no reason to think this new variant is any more deadly). You take risks like driving in a car with your children every day, but presumably the upsides are worth the small risk. Anyone not letting their kids have a normal childhood at this point is doing it themselves. We had a giant get together with cousins yesterday and it was so fun seeing them all play.

We don't do them because of peel like you. You are doing multiple get togethers with multiple groups which puts us all at risk but OP is sending her kids to school and doing everything else so her kids are having a normal childhood and she's just being dramatic.

Covid in kids is increasing. Thanks you for your help with that!

You’re welcome. My kid just got back home from an all day play date a few minutes ago. Happy to help.

Yes, we know. You’re a selfish jackals. Message received.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would absolutely allow indoor playdates and bday parties once my kids were fully vaccinated (and have been doing so since our youngest, 13, was vaccinated over the summer).

Sure. You are fine once your kids are vaccinated, but this new variant may evade vaccines to the point exposure to it is as if you ARE unvaccinated. So basically if you didn’t socialize when your kids are unvaxed, this variant resets everything back to an unvaxed state for all of us.

Given the variant was discovered in asymptomatic carriers, that reset isn’t happening…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you not doing these things? We have a few friends we do indoor play dates with. Plus plenty of outdoor park play dates. My kid was hospitalized with RSV as a toddler, which is a risk we all somehow learned to accept. The risk of COVID to young kids is still incredibly low (there’s no reason to think this new variant is any more deadly). You take risks like driving in a car with your children every day, but presumably the upsides are worth the small risk. Anyone not letting their kids have a normal childhood at this point is doing it themselves. We had a giant get together with cousins yesterday and it was so fun seeing them all play.

We don't do them because of peel like you. You are doing multiple get togethers with multiple groups which puts us all at risk but OP is sending her kids to school and doing everything else so her kids are having a normal childhood and she's just being dramatic.

Covid in kids is increasing. Thanks you for your help with that!

You’re welcome. My kid just got back home from an all day play date a few minutes ago. Happy to help.

Yes, we know. You’re a selfish jackals. Message received.

Ha, apparently my tablet didn’t like “jackass,” but hey, “jackals” will work in a pinch too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would absolutely allow indoor playdates and bday parties once my kids were fully vaccinated (and have been doing so since our youngest, 13, was vaccinated over the summer).

Sure. You are fine once your kids are vaccinated, but this new variant may evade vaccines to the point exposure to it is as if you ARE unvaccinated. So basically if you didn’t socialize when your kids are unvaxed, this variant resets everything back to an unvaxed state for all of us.

Unvaccinated kids who are otherwise healthy are not at risk for complications from Covid. It is a mild illness for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you not doing these things? We have a few friends we do indoor play dates with. Plus plenty of outdoor park play dates. My kid was hospitalized with RSV as a toddler, which is a risk we all somehow learned to accept. The risk of COVID to young kids is still incredibly low (there’s no reason to think this new variant is any more deadly). You take risks like driving in a car with your children every day, but presumably the upsides are worth the small risk. Anyone not letting their kids have a normal childhood at this point is doing it themselves. We had a giant get together with cousins yesterday and it was so fun seeing them all play.

We don't do them because of peel like you. You are doing multiple get togethers with multiple groups which puts us all at risk but OP is sending her kids to school and doing everything else so her kids are having a normal childhood and she's just being dramatic.

Covid in kids is increasing. Thanks you for your help with that!

You’re welcome. My kid just got back home from an all day play date a few minutes ago. Happy to help.

Yes, we know. You’re a selfish jackals. Message received.

I’m glad that I was able to get it delivered to you. Time isn’t your friend. My kids will be kids while they can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are being absurd and of course they are having a normal childhood. They see them at school, activities and outdoors. Why the drama. I hardly doubt you are that cautious or as cautious as us.

You sound like you have an anger problem. Why accuse a random stranger of not being cautious with zero evidence? Really, you think it’s absurd to wish your kids could have normal social lives? If you think simply being allowed to go to school (masked and strictly distanced) is enough, you are the one with the problem. I hope you get some help to make yourself feel better.

Zero evidence? The evidence was clear as day in the post she was responding to. But then, you already knew that.

[Anonymous]

You’re the problem OP not covid. Covid has never been serious for children. Never