Social distancing - what are you allowing, and tell me your reasoning.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah it's sustainable in my house/yard too. I realize not everyone has a home with privacy and a yard, but if you do, suck it up buttercup.

ya gonna do this for 2 years, "buttercup"?

Where are you getting two years from?

How long do you think it is going to last?

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Anonymous wrote:My teens haven’t left the house/yard since March 16 (other than family bike rides or walks) and I know this is not sustainable.
I am thinking about allowing bike rides with a friend or other things.
Tell me what you are allowing and why.
They are 13 and 15 so no driving yet.
Struggling with these decisions so appreciate advice.

Throw the lacrosse ball?
Throw the football?
Swim in friends backyard pool?
Walk to the curbside Pick up at Starbucks?
Jog together but try to stay apart?

I've let my kids have a friend or 2 over since the beginning.

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I'll be honest with you, OP. I'm starting to lighten up on my kids. They've been pretty good up until this point, but I can tell this lack of friend interaction is really starting to impact them. And I'm sorry; I just don't believe that the threat is still there, as much as we feared 6 weeks ago. We've flattened the curve. That was the goal. I think it's OK at this point to start living a little again.

Biking with friends - OK. Basketball with 1-2 other friends - OK. I'm not ready to let them start visiting other people's houses yet, but hopefully that will come soon.

Biking with friends is ok? Basketball with 1-2 other friends is ok? NO! This is not ok! Why do you think your kids are such special snowflakes that they don't need to follow stay at home orders? There is no carveout for teens. The lack of interaction is affecting everyone, not just your kids. The threat is still there, but to the extent it has been mitigated at all it is because the people around you are doing their part. Do yours.

Stay at home order doesn’t prohibit bike rides or basketball.

+1

-1. Basketball or other sports with those NOT UNDER YOUR ROOF is a NO.

Legally, basketball with a few friends is a YES

Not in Maryland.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah it's sustainable in my house/yard too. I realize not everyone has a home with privacy and a yard, but if you do, suck it up buttercup.

ya gonna do this for 2 years, "buttercup"?

Who said 2 years. We are 6 weeks into 12. We can do this

[Anonymous]

We have allowed hanging out with two friends lots of outside time, biking, throwing football, lacrosse, basketball order a pizza and sit outside away from each other. Lots of hand washing and showers

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I'll be honest with you, OP. I'm starting to lighten up on my kids. They've been pretty good up until this point, but I can tell this lack of friend interaction is really starting to impact them. And I'm sorry; I just don't believe that the threat is still there, as much as we feared 6 weeks ago. We've flattened the curve. That was the goal. I think it's OK at this point to start living a little again.

Biking with friends - OK. Basketball with 1-2 other friends - OK. I'm not ready to let them start visiting other people's houses yet, but hopefully that will come soon.

Biking with friends is ok? Basketball with 1-2 other friends is ok? NO! This is not ok! Why do you think your kids are such special snowflakes that they don't need to follow stay at home orders? There is no carveout for teens. The lack of interaction is affecting everyone, not just your kids. The threat is still there, but to the extent it has been mitigated at all it is because the people around you are doing their part. Do yours.

Stay at home order doesn’t prohibit bike rides or basketball.

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-1. Basketball or other sports with those NOT UNDER YOUR ROOF is a NO.

Legally, basketball with a few friends is a YES

Maybe, but my kids were playing basketball with two friends at the park and the police came over to tell them to stop. Not sure if they just happened to be there or some busybody called them. We are in MD.

I have no problem with kids playing with friends outside. I would allow a few friends in the house too if there families were comfortable with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teens haven’t left the house/yard since March 16 (other than family bike rides or walks) and I know this is not sustainable.
I am thinking about allowing bike rides with a friend or other things.
Tell me what you are allowing and why.
They are 13 and 15 so no driving yet.
Struggling with these decisions so appreciate advice.

Throw the lacrosse ball?
Throw the football?
Swim in friends backyard pool?
Walk to the curbside Pick up at Starbucks?
Jog together but try to stay apart?

I've let my kids have a friend or 2 over since the beginning.

Because of people like you we are going to be screwed for longer. The rules are for everyone, even YOU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teens haven’t left the house/yard since March 16 (other than family bike rides or walks) and I know this is not sustainable.
I am thinking about allowing bike rides with a friend or other things.
Tell me what you are allowing and why.
They are 13 and 15 so no driving yet.
Struggling with these decisions so appreciate advice.

Throw the lacrosse ball?
Throw the football?
Swim in friends backyard pool?
Walk to the curbside Pick up at Starbucks?
Jog together but try to stay apart?

I've let my kids have a friend or 2 over since the beginning.

Because of people like you we are going to be screwed for longer. The rules are for everyone, even YOU.

How so? Please explain. The flatter the curve the longer it lasts, right?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah it's sustainable in my house/yard too. I realize not everyone has a home with privacy and a yard, but if you do, suck it up buttercup.

ya gonna do this for 2 years, "buttercup"?

Not PP, but another poster. Sure, but I imagine we’ll have a vaccine sooner than that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My teens haven’t left the house/yard since March 16 (other than family bike rides or walks) and I know this is not sustainable.
I am thinking about allowing bike rides with a friend or other things.
Tell me what you are allowing and why.
They are 13 and 15 so no driving yet.
Struggling with these decisions so appreciate advice.

Throw the lacrosse ball?
Throw the football?
Swim in friends backyard pool?
Walk to the curbside Pick up at Starbucks?
Jog together but try to stay apart?

Other than swimming in a friend's backyard pool, I allow my kids to do all of this together. I don't allow others.

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Not going out at all but doing a lot of socializing online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah it's sustainable in my house/yard too. I realize not everyone has a home with privacy and a yard, but if you do, suck it up buttercup.

ya gonna do this for 2 years, "buttercup"?

Who said 2 years. We are 6 weeks into 12. We can do this

+ 1 The weaklings are trying to make it seem stupid to stay indoors unless absolutely necessary, like we're being told to do by experts the world over. It will stop making sense to SIP when the experts say so, not when some bitchy poster on DCUM says so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah it's sustainable in my house/yard too. I realize not everyone has a home with privacy and a yard, but if you do, suck it up buttercup.

ya gonna do this for 2 years, "buttercup"?

Who said 2 years. We are 6 weeks into 12. We can do this

I think we are going to have roughly this same risk level for two years. I hope I’m wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:Unlimited screen time, walks with me ...no yard. That’s it.

No yard? Why on earth not?

Because if someone walks, drives, or bikes by and sneezes or coughs and no wind blows or the wind blows and it lands on your hand or face or clothes or hair and you ingest it then you die.

Why do I have to explain everything!

[Anonymous]

My young teen has one friend with whom we're open - they go to the store or run one errand a week together.

She had another friend with whom she went bike riding.

My tween boy has spent almost all the time inside - he has bad allergies, so he's happy to be in. Unlimited screen time, he's good at rotating around TV, video games, reading, etc. He rode bikes with one neighbor friend once. They were suppose dot shoot hoops at a distance) but I found them playing a tight game of one on one so we put an end to it.

I think we've been helped by the cool weather. no idea if this will get harder when it gets nicer out.