Would you let your child attend a masked indoor birthday party?

[Anonymous]

No fking way. Are you mad??

[Anonymous]

What about a group zoom party. Find something engaging for the kids to do. They can all watch a movie together (there are apps you can use to do that). They can do a mini scavenger hunt in their houses and then come back on the zoom.

[Anonymous]

Hell no. I wouldn’t do indoors or zoom. But I wouldn’t judge you for the zoom. My child would attend an outside, masked birthday party.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. And I would judge you for the invitation.
I wouldn't do indoors or outdoors - kind of like green eggs and ham - until we all get vaccinated.

+1

[Anonymous]

Small group outdoor activity, such as a hike, keep it to an hour and no eating, they can bring treats home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No way. I did in August but wouldn’t let DS attend now.

You are part of the reason this went over into the fall, so I wouldn't be so smug.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, of course, provided that it is legal. Do you really intend to keep your kids trapped at home all winter?

This. Everyone knows that a virus would never break the law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our thought is that there is only a small percentage that would say Yes to this. Those people are probably only wearing a mask because you asked them to. These same people are most likely the ones (with families) who are traveling, eating out, visiting family/friends, playing sports, going to school - just putting themselves in the most situations and taking the most risk - with and without masks.

For these reasons, I think that If my kid was going to catch Covid, I think tots more likely of it being from someone who would also be attending this non- essential party is higher.

I have had this same thought about similar situations and I think it is very true. I went somewhere farther outside DC that had both indoor and outdoor shopping activities. They did require a mask indoors, but the vast majority of people outdoors did not wear masks or keep any sort of distance, and it was somewhat crowded (much more than I expected). I took a quick spin around outside, putting as much distance as possible between me and others, and left. My thinking was exactly yours-- if these people were behaving that way, they were very likely to behave that way all the time, so the increased risk to me was exponential-- and there was no way I was going to be indoors with them (where I'd bet good money a lot of them would not be wearing masks properly anyway).

[Anonymous]

This is so so selfish. Why would you even consider it? Just no.

[Anonymous]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

OP, most people would. You can’t judge things by the responses you see online. People are reluctant to admit(even online) that they would do it because they know they will be attacked and don’t feel like defending themselves. But from what I’ve seen in the real world, most people are still letting their kids do things like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Outdoors, fire pit, cocoa and smores. Not that hard. Montgomery County even rents out campfire rings now in certain parks if you don't have a yard.

This would be great especially at a park with a fun playground.

[Anonymous]

No..I mean it wouldn't even be fun.

It is OK to have a birthday party for your child that is just immediate family. This is a normal thing to do. You don't need to have a party with lots of friends at a venue every single year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Outdoors, fire pit, cocoa and smores. Not that hard. Montgomery County even rents out campfire rings now in certain parks if you don't have a yard.

This would be great especially at a park with a fun playground.

This. They'll be thrilled to do s'mores. Kids are much more tolerant of cold weather than people in DC give them credit for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, most people would. You can’t judge things by the responses you see online. People are reluctant to admit(even online) that they would do it because they know they will be attacked and don’t feel like defending themselves. But from what I’ve seen in the real world, most people are still letting their kids do things like this.

This. I think we all know DCUM doesn't reflect reality.