Are your kids eating lunch outside?
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Anonymous
| Won't somebody think of the children! |
Anonymous
PP again. Not only are they outside for many hours a day, but when they are inside, it is almost just as cold because they keep all the windows open for ventilation. Vaccination is mandatory and there is weekly testing. So while yes, I am happy about the low transmission, I do think it's overkill. |
Anonymous
| Quelle horreur! |
Anonymous
LOL. I’m now imagining paying $50k to have our kids huddled around a burning oil drum eating beans out of cans. |
Anonymous
OMG what is wrong with you people?!? Drama much?? My kids have been eating outside; yes, it is cold; yes, it is only 20 minutes; it is what we are doing right now. BFD!! Get a grip, parents. Our children are watching and learning how to cope with life - they will always be presented with challenges. Resilience is a good thing to learn to develop. |
Anonymous
I SO wish our school had the kids eat outside. Our admin doesn't because of parents like you. The virus doesn't care if your kid is cold or that you are tired of the pandemic. And, for the millionth time, just because your kid doesn't end up in a hospital doesn't mean that this virus is mild or will not create longer term health concerns. It is under reported because no one wants to read it, but long covid is worrying, and is occurring with vaccinated people. I'm so frustrated that our generation is doing such a horrible job protecting our children. The physical and mental health repercussions of the pandemic are and will be staggering, all because parents don't want to deal with inconvenience. |
Anonymous
So is common sense, and a respect for real medicine and science. Neither of which is being displayed in the situation that OP describes. |
Anonymous
It's common sense to avoid transmission of a highly contagious aerosol virus with unknown long-term effects. Vaccines are incredibly helpful but insufficient as a stand-alone tool to prevent infections. These are facts grounded in "real medicine and science." OP's hand-wringing about her child eating in the cold is not common sense. It is entitlement and a refusal to accept pandemic realities. OP clings to the idea that we can return to life pre-pandemic as it was. We can't. We can - and must - adjus to keep our children in school as safely as possible. Moving forward and living with the virus means that we should embrace all tools at our disposal, especially during waves of high transmission. Vaccines. High-quality masks. Ventilation technologies. And yes- adjusting behaviors to mitigate risk as best as we can. We are the adults. We should be leading and protecting instead of whining. This is how we model resilience to our kids. |
Anonymous
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I’m genuinely perplexed by the outdated attitudes, Covid or no Covid. Outside is good, even in extreme cold. I know it’s become popular for some parents to take a regular swing at the schools, but frankly don’t be ridiculous.
The babies who nap in sub-zero temperatures http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21537988 |
Anonymous
| How is a little cold fresh air harmful to the same children who “choke” under mask mandates? Call the police and the firemen! |
Anonymous
I think it is well known that cooler temperatures are in general better for sleeping. I'm a PP talking about elementary school kids having class outside most of the day - math, writing, etc. while their hands are freezing and they can barely write. If my boss told me I had to sit outside and work all day on my laptop in 20 degree weather, I would quit. |
Anonymous
My daughter napped outside and ate outside, but she never had to sit on concrete floor in subfreezing temperatures to lean forward trying to eat lunch with bare hands. Kids who eat outside at schools have to sit on concrete floors mostly. Because not enough picnic tables... I think it is child abuse to make them sit on concrete floors. |
Anonymous
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I suspect most parents on here mocking have been teleworking for much or all of the pandemic, wearing a mask only for a quick errand. Unless you have a job in which you must double mask or n95/face shield 8+ hours a day, you have no idea how fatiguing it is. I’m not anti-mask. I wear a mask every day at work. It’s especially hard on those with underlying asthma.
Before you mock these kids, you should live in your kids’ shoes. Try wearing a double mask all day every day next week and eat your lunch outside and try to feel some empathy for what are kids are experiencing. Eat your lunch in a chair with your lunch on your lap (no table). Is it uncomfortable for your hands in 25 degree weather? The teachers and adminstrators get to eat inside in comfort. Your only break is when you use the bathroom and you can take off your mask in the stall. That’s what our fully vaccinated and boosted kids are living Monday through Friday. I feel for them. You should too. |
Anonymous
| People are dying, I don't mind if my kids have to eat outside. Perhaps for the young ones it seems a bit cruel, but there are many people still going to hospital so a little fresh air won't do my kids any harm. I think everyone should try to gain some perspective. |
Anonymous
+1 Yes it's cold...do our kids mind: No. Carry on. |