Kids wearing masks in their front yards/strollers
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Anonymous
Link to the debunk? |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
where can you get a mask for an 18 month old? been looking high and low. |
Anonymous
We’re making them. See Kate Sew. You’ll need to size down. I’m handsewing too, not fun but it’s all we have. |
Anonymous
https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/v74az9/the-viral-study-about-runners-spreading-coronavirus-is-not-actually-a-study There are lots of articles talking about it. The "study" is bunk. |
Anonymous
| A lot of experts are suggesting having a blanket rule with young children to always wear a mask when you leave the house. Not because it's necessary, but because it gets them in the habit of putting the mask on and keeping the mask on, and when you do go somewhere that it's necessary, they are comfortable. |
Anonymous
| Mind your business you fools |
Anonymous
This reminds me of the celebrities who were taking pictures of themselves posing with masks on at the beginning of all this. It's all for showing on social media. "Look at me! We're doing our part! I'm being responsible." But actually, it is not good for children and will teach them fear. Should only be done if they go into a store, which they don't need to do. |
Anonymous
I question which type of experts? Child psychologist experts would disagree. It's all in your perspective. Which "experts" do you care about listening to the most? |
Anonymous
Uhm, Vice magazine. They have not been right often, lately. They and their "analyses" have always been hip and judgmental of everything and everyone, but not particularly accurate. Fox isn't the only media using the tone and prejudice that their audience wants to hear. |
Anonymous
I don't agree with that at all, and I even laugh a little bit. Having very stringent rules and being told as a kid that you will be safer with them, is just childhood. Those kids also often had more warning of what was coming. Meanwhile, those kids who went from telling their classmates "it's just a cold" to school being closed probably experienced whiplash, and will learn that their parents can be really wrong. "But dad! You told me our vacation wouldn't get canceled, and that this is no big deal, and that so-and-so's mom was crazy, but now school's closed, I can't have playdates, and we don't even have all the snacks we like!" |
Anonymous
I’m no expert, but consistency is comforting to my child. She’s been cool with wearing the mask and not fussing. We live on a busy street and have no yard, it’s masks or inside all the time. She is 4.5 and not resisting it. Her mask is doubled cloth with a filter and nose wire. It’s not perfect, but it’s something. Will add this child resists most everything else in life, but having a clear conversation about germs somehow worked here. We are also consistent with wearing masks outside the home ourselves so for her it makes sense she does as well. |
Anonymous
| It’s a new city mandate in my town (in California) to wear a mask whenever outside even if just walking around in your neighborhood or jogging/running. The law applies to everyone over five. People are subject to a $1000 fine if they don’t comply. |
Anonymous
I'm glad it worked for you, but not all kids will respond that well to wearing a mask. Mine are already saying weird things about germs and viruses, even though we have not been hyper vigilant about it and have kept the news turned off around them. We talked about it initially, and we continue to answer their questions as it comes up. But my mama gut tells me that making them wear a mask would begin to make them more fearful in general. Not to mention harping on them to keep it on, which they would not. |
Anonymous
Did you not see the earlier post recommending against cloth masks for children under 2? They can suffocate. |