Are people doing indoor playdates?

[Anonymous]

What about all of the people doing pods?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, nor are we doing outdoor.

What age are your kids? I imagine you've not allowed indoor our outdoor playdates for 6 months now. How long do you plan to continue? If you kid is 2, I can sort of understand. If they are older, If they are school-age I hope you can still feel good about your decision when it is over.

[Anonymous]

No. What part of pandemic is confusing to people?

[Anonymous]

I hosted my first play date and was planning for it to be outside. The child ended up coming inside and playing in our basement. We have a large 6000sf basement if it matters.

I am hosting another play date and planning to have them play outside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hosted my first play date and was planning for it to be outside. The child ended up coming inside and playing in our basement. We have a large 6000sf basement if it matters.

I am hosting another play date and planning to have them play outside.

If it matters, these are people we were considering podding with. This was when we thought school would be half days. I had envisioned a mix of tutoring and socialization. Now the school day is longer so we haven’t mentioned pods again.

[Anonymous]

For all the people not doing indoor playdates etc, what are you waiting for?

The pandemic to end? If so by whose standards (CDC, Local Government, WHO etc).

If not the end of the pandemic, what metric are you using?

And just to clarify, is your plan is to socially distance/not travel/isolate/not eat out etc etc for years?

Just trying to understand other people's mindsets (no snark, for real).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For all the people not doing indoor playdates etc, what are you waiting for?

The pandemic to end? If so by whose standards (CDC, Local Government, WHO etc).

If not the end of the pandemic, what metric are you using?

And just to clarify, is your plan is to socially distance/not travel/isolate/not eat out etc etc for years?

Just trying to understand other people's mindsets (no snark, for real).

I am curious about this too because I sincerely don't understand it. We are living a completely normal life, within the state and county mandatory restrictions that are enforced upon us when leaving our home. So are the majority of people we know. How long do you think you will deny yourself life? I don't particularly care what you as an adult are deciding for yourself, but I am quite concerned about the harm you are doing for your kids. Hopefully you can feel good about yourself when you see the results.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, nor are we doing outdoor.

What age are your kids? I imagine you've not allowed indoor our outdoor playdates for 6 months now. How long do you plan to continue? If you kid is 2, I can sort of understand. If they are older, If they are school-age I hope you can still feel good about your decision when it is over.

Yes, school aged/older. Yes, I will feel good about teaching my child to think about others health and safety and acting responsibly. They can play with friends online. A 2 year old doesn't need playdates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For all the people not doing indoor playdates etc, what are you waiting for?

The pandemic to end? If so by whose standards (CDC, Local Government, WHO etc).

If not the end of the pandemic, what metric are you using?

And just to clarify, is your plan is to socially distance/not travel/isolate/not eat out etc etc for years?

Just trying to understand other people's mindsets (no snark, for real).

Seriously? What is your mindset? You should not be traveling, eating out or socializing right now. This is why we cannot return to schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all the people not doing indoor playdates etc, what are you waiting for?

The pandemic to end? If so by whose standards (CDC, Local Government, WHO etc).

If not the end of the pandemic, what metric are you using?

And just to clarify, is your plan is to socially distance/not travel/isolate/not eat out etc etc for years?

Just trying to understand other people's mindsets (no snark, for real).

I am curious about this too because I sincerely don't understand it. We are living a completely normal life, within the state and county mandatory restrictions that are enforced upon us when leaving our home. So are the majority of people we know. How long do you think you will deny yourself life? I don't particularly care what you as an adult are deciding for yourself, but I am quite concerned about the harm you are doing for your kids. Hopefully you can feel good about yourself when you see the results.

Yup, better you live your life and no worries if someone gets sick with long term issues or dies because of your choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For all the people not doing indoor playdates etc, what are you waiting for?

The pandemic to end? If so by whose standards (CDC, Local Government, WHO etc).

If not the end of the pandemic, what metric are you using?

And just to clarify, is your plan is to socially distance/not travel/isolate/not eat out etc etc for years?

Just trying to understand other people's mindsets (no snark, for real).

I am not doing them because they are easy to avoid / haven't come up. My DD is 7 and has participated in camps, had some outdoor playdates, and an indoor summer school session - so it's not like we're quarantining. If/when our school goes back to any in-person learning, I would feel comfortable with indoor playdates. Right now, it's easy to avoid (and we don't travel or eat out) and hopefully does a tiny bit to get back to school.

[Anonymous]

Yes we are. Have been since we came back from traveling in July after we quarantined for 2 weeks. At first it was only outside, but the heat was awful so we allowed a couple friends to come inside to play. We don’t eat out, but I do shop in person and my husband is a first responder that has been at work this entire time. Usually the kids finish with school and then head outside to meet with neighborhood friends. It has been a sanity savor for them. We will likely stop by November for flu season. But for now I am letting them have some friend time before we have to hunker down again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all the people not doing indoor playdates etc, what are you waiting for?

The pandemic to end? If so by whose standards (CDC, Local Government, WHO etc).

If not the end of the pandemic, what metric are you using?

And just to clarify, is your plan is to socially distance/not travel/isolate/not eat out etc etc for years?

Just trying to understand other people's mindsets (no snark, for real).

Seriously? What is your mindset? You should not be traveling, eating out or socializing right now. This is why we cannot return to schools.

My question is about how long you plan to do this? If this pandemic lasts for years, will this be your plan for years? And how will you decide that it’s safe again?

[Anonymous]

No, limited amount of outdoor only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You do realize most people doing indoor play dates are not going to answer.

Yup, it’s like one of those “what’s your net worth?” threads.