Will your child wear a mask when they go back to school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where are you seeing a lot of masking wearing the DC area? When I'm out and about I barely see any.

I live in NE DC and regularly see people wearing masks OUTSIDE even. It's like I'm in a time warp back to 2020.

I think some of this is legacy-based identify politics. They learned the behavior two years ago as anti-Trump and never unlearned it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think people get the idea that there is more masking locally than there actually is because they don't get out much and/or spend too much time here. Masking has become the exception.

I just dropped my DC for their first day at a new preschool and we were the only weirdos not masking. I knew masking was not required, only "recommended" but didn't realize how many would follow the recommendation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None of this matters. Mcps is not marking or having precautions. Don’t complain when your kids bring home Covid.

The only ones that will be complaining are those who send their kids in masks but then act shocked when their kids get it anyway......

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of this matters. Mcps is not marking or having precautions. Don’t complain when your kids bring home Covid.

The only ones that will be complaining are those who send their kids in masks but then act shocked when their kids get it anyway......

That poster has a hard time understanding that most parents fully expect their kids will get covid and don’t particularly care. Kids get sick occasionally, and there really isn't any way to avoid it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think people get the idea that there is more masking locally than there actually is because they don't get out much and/or spend too much time here. Masking has become the exception.

I just dropped my DC for their first day at a new preschool and we were the only weirdos not masking. I knew masking was not required, only "recommended" but didn't realize how many would follow the recommendation.

I would guess 10% of those actually want to mask their young kids and the rest are just doing it because they want to keep the preschool happy. Thank goodness ours made it clear masks are actually optional, because it helped DD a lot to take it off and I would have felt uncomfortable going against a recommendation. Who wants their child's teachers to think the child is putting their life at risk?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think people get the idea that there is more masking locally than there actually is because they don't get out much and/or spend too much time here. Masking has become the exception.

I just dropped my DC for their first day at a new preschool and we were the only weirdos not masking. I knew masking was not required, only "recommended" but didn't realize how many would follow the recommendation.

I would guess 10% of those actually want to mask their young kids and the rest are just doing it because they want to keep the preschool happy. Thank goodness ours made it clear masks are actually optional, because it helped DD a lot to take it off and I would have felt uncomfortable going against a recommendation. Who wants their child's teachers to think the child is putting their life at risk?

Woohoo teachers calling in sick in droves. Excellent. Teachers aren’t necessary. Kids can just Netflix and chill all day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think people get the idea that there is more masking locally than there actually is because they don't get out much and/or spend too much time here. Masking has become the exception.

I just dropped my DC for their first day at a new preschool and we were the only weirdos not masking. I knew masking was not required, only "recommended" but didn't realize how many would follow the recommendation.

I would guess 10% of those actually want to mask their young kids and the rest are just doing it because they want to keep the preschool happy. Thank goodness ours made it clear masks are actually optional, because it helped DD a lot to take it off and I would have felt uncomfortable going against a recommendation. Who wants their child's teachers to think the child is putting their life at risk?

Woohoo teachers calling in sick in droves. Excellent. Teachers aren’t necessary. Kids can just Netflix and chill all day.

This phrase has a connotation I don't think you'd want to apply to young kids...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think people get the idea that there is more masking locally than there actually is because they don't get out much and/or spend too much time here. Masking has become the exception.

I just dropped my DC for their first day at a new preschool and we were the only weirdos not masking. I knew masking was not required, only "recommended" but didn't realize how many would follow the recommendation.

I would guess 10% of those actually want to mask their young kids and the rest are just doing it because they want to keep the preschool happy. Thank goodness ours made it clear masks are actually optional, because it helped DD a lot to take it off and I would have felt uncomfortable going against a recommendation. Who wants their child's teachers to think the child is putting their life at risk?

I also suspect some don't want to be judged by other parents as being "anti-maskers", make anyone "uncomfortable", etc. I think masking is useless in daycare/preschool environments where the kids spend so much more time eating/napping together and can't wear quality masks well. It's different with school-aged kids who can properly wear KN95s and only really have to take off the mask for lunch, and often there are options to eat lunch outside. I totally get families/teachers who elect to keep masking in actual school but find masking at the preschool level truly laughable at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think people get the idea that there is more masking locally than there actually is because they don't get out much and/or spend too much time here. Masking has become the exception.

I just dropped my DC for their first day at a new preschool and we were the only weirdos not masking. I knew masking was not required, only "recommended" but didn't realize how many would follow the recommendation.

Please tell me you’re joking! Parents are still having preschoolers wear a mask in DC?!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think people get the idea that there is more masking locally than there actually is because they don't get out much and/or spend too much time here. Masking has become the exception.

I just dropped my DC for their first day at a new preschool and we were the only weirdos not masking. I knew masking was not required, only "recommended" but didn't realize how many would follow the recommendation.

Please tell me you’re joking! Parents are still having preschoolers wear a mask in DC?!?

It's a weird area. People's identify and self-worth are tied up in continued masking.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think people get the idea that there is more masking locally than there actually is because they don't get out much and/or spend too much time here. Masking has become the exception.

Where I live in Montgomery County, the anti-maskers are the rare exception. People shun them. Even in the grocery store I saw one person and others wouldn't even enter the aisle they were in.

Aren’t you coming back to tell us what grocery store? Or you’re just not going to stand behind your message board lies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think people get the idea that there is more masking locally than there actually is because they don't get out much and/or spend too much time here. Masking has become the exception.

I just dropped my DC for their first day at a new preschool and we were the only weirdos not masking. I knew masking was not required, only "recommended" but didn't realize how many would follow the recommendation.

I would guess 10% of those actually want to mask their young kids and the rest are just doing it because they want to keep the preschool happy. Thank goodness ours made it clear masks are actually optional, because it helped DD a lot to take it off and I would have felt uncomfortable going against a recommendation. Who wants their child's teachers to think the child is putting their life at risk?

I also suspect some don't want to be judged by other parents as being "anti-maskers", make anyone "uncomfortable", etc. I think masking is useless in daycare/preschool environments where the kids spend so much more time eating/napping together and can't wear quality masks well. It's different with school-aged kids who can properly wear KN95s and only really have to take off the mask for lunch, and often there are options to eat lunch outside. I totally get families/teachers who elect to keep masking in actual school but find masking at the preschool level truly laughable at this point.

The bolded is spot on - there's a lot of "anti-masker" rhetoric from some parents at our elementary school, which I find overly simplistic. I'm not anti-mask; I think we need to be honest about the trade-offs of children wearing masks all day long. I also think those trade-offs are not insignificant for elementary schoolers in addition to preschoolers. Those kids are still developing language and social-emotional skills, too, i.e., seeing whole faces matters.

If people want to keep masking, have at it. But, please, stop labeling those of us who make different choices for our children as anti-mask. That divisiveness isn't helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think people get the idea that there is more masking locally than there actually is because they don't get out much and/or spend too much time here. Masking has become the exception.

I just dropped my DC for their first day at a new preschool and we were the only weirdos not masking. I knew masking was not required, only "recommended" but didn't realize how many would follow the recommendation.

Please tell me you’re joking! Parents are still having preschoolers wear a mask in DC?!?

It's a weird area. People's identify and self-worth are tied up in continued masking.

I think it's specifically people's political identity. The sad thing is "the science" is also political. If you look at news articles from other countries health experts and parents openly talk about the potential harms of masking children, especially young children. They don't completely ignore common sense that covering the mouth of a small child just learning to talk and socialize, or preventing them from seeing their caregivers' faces might be detrimental to them. In the US, on the other hand, we have the AAP proclaiming there is no evidence of harm from masking young children (false), and implying there is evidence of safety because according to them, visually-impaired children develop language at the same rate as their non-visually impaired peers (also false). And then the army of WFH Twitter COVID purity warriors (who by and large don't have young children) act like the AAP and the CDC is saving us all from COVID by encouraging toddlers to wear masks. GTFOOH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think people get the idea that there is more masking locally than there actually is because they don't get out much and/or spend too much time here. Masking has become the exception.

Where I live in Montgomery County, the anti-maskers are the rare exception. People shun them. Even in the grocery store I saw one person and others wouldn't even enter the aisle they were in.

Aren’t you coming back to tell us what grocery store? Or you’re just not going to stand behind your message board lies?

Oh my gosh, I would love it if there was a way for me to make sure people don't come into the aisle that I'm already in.

Maybe I'll drive all the way into down-county for my grocery shopping, so I can do it in peace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think people get the idea that there is more masking locally than there actually is because they don't get out much and/or spend too much time here. Masking has become the exception.

Where I live in Montgomery County, the anti-maskers are the rare exception. People shun them. Even in the grocery store I saw one person and others wouldn't even enter the aisle they were in.

Aren’t you coming back to tell us what grocery store? Or you’re just not going to stand behind your message board lies?

Oh my gosh, I would love it if there was a way for me to make sure people don't come into the aisle that I'm already in.

Maybe I'll drive all the way into down-county for my grocery shopping, so I can do it in peace.

All we need is for PP to come back (and expand on their lie).