Honestly, just stop taking your sick kids to playgrounds

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Anonymous wrote:Woah boy. Calm down. The common cold is contagious before getting symptoms and most contagious during days 2-3 and primarily up to a week. The snotty kid is probably the least contagious person you’re gonna run into. The person you should be most afraid of isn’t even symptomatic. And echoing the PP - kids are sick ALL the time first three years. It sucks. It is a hassle but that’s just how it works. Just wait until you hit head lice!!!

The common cold is contagious whenever there is snot and sneezing. Nd you know that.

PS. Head lice doesn’t mimic the symptoms of covid.

Again, for those hard of hearing... ITS NOT ABOUT THE COLD. It’s about everything a parent and child have to go through because of covid.

Then if you go to a playground and there is a sick kid there, go home. Then you don’t have to go thought anything.

NP. How is that fair, pp? Ten little kids have to turn around and go home because of one inconsiderate parent? Come on...

You can control only your behavior, not that of others. I accept this risk when taking my kids out or sending them to daycare.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Woah boy. Calm down. The common cold is contagious before getting symptoms and most contagious during days 2-3 and primarily up to a week. The snotty kid is probably the least contagious person you’re gonna run into. The person you should be most afraid of isn’t even symptomatic. And echoing the PP - kids are sick ALL the time first three years. It sucks. It is a hassle but that’s just how it works. Just wait until you hit head lice!!!

The common cold is contagious whenever there is snot and sneezing. Nd you know that.

PS. Head lice doesn’t mimic the symptoms of covid.

Again, for those hard of hearing... ITS NOT ABOUT THE COLD. It’s about everything a parent and child have to go through because of covid.

Then if you go to a playground and there is a sick kid there, go home. Then you don’t have to go thought anything.

NP. How is that fair, pp? Ten little kids have to turn around and go home because of one inconsiderate parent? Come on...

I would stay at the playground with my not sick kids, because the sick kid wouldn’t bother me at all. And I’d hazard a guess that most other people would stay too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid is younger than 4 or so and didn’t have a chance to catch all the colds before Feb 2020, they are going to get them all this winter. The only way to avoid it is to stay home, and even that just delays it

IT’S NOT ABOUT THE COLD!!!

How fricking dense are you?!

Your kid is going to get the cold - and have to do the testing etc. - because that’s how kids build immunity. It’s inevitable. Mentally prepare and line up backup plans for quarantine now.

DH and I are the only backup. We have to take off work when our child can’t go to daycare. I’m hourly (I don’t get paid when I don’t work) and he has already used up all sick days and vacation for 2022. Our copay for the covid test is $35.

You do not have to bring your sick kid to the playground. It really is just that simple. You could actually think of others for once in your life. At least try during this pandemic.

Why don’t you keep your kid home? The germs at the playground are insane. Do you follow your kid around with sanitizer ? I have 2 that got hand, foot and mouth at the playground this summer. I have 3 kids and the youngest has had a runny nose for a month. Negative for COVID as are the other 2 who are in school. A runny nose alone doesn’t exclude him from day care so why should I keep him away from daily activities. If you are so worried please stay home. And honestly, we were at a popular playground yesterday in DC and there were tons of snotty nosed kids. Didn’t notice anyone freak out and leave. Probably because if they want to avoid germs they stay home.

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid is younger than 4 or so and didn’t have a chance to catch all the colds before Feb 2020, they are going to get them all this winter. The only way to avoid it is to stay home, and even that just delays it

IT’S NOT ABOUT THE COLD!!!

How fricking dense are you?!

Your kid is going to get the cold - and have to do the testing etc. - because that’s how kids build immunity. It’s inevitable. Mentally prepare and line up backup plans for quarantine now.

DH and I are the only backup. We have to take off work when our child can’t go to daycare. I’m hourly (I don’t get paid when I don’t work) and he has already used up all sick days and vacation for 2022. Our copay for the covid test is $35.

You do not have to bring your sick kid to the playground. It really is just that simple. You could actually think of others for once in your life. At least try during this pandemic.

Sorry about your circumstances, but do you even hear yourself? “This is what’s going on in my life, it’s challenging, so please, everyone, cater to my needs to make life easier. Even though taking my kid to the park is 100% optional…”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Woah boy. Calm down. The common cold is contagious before getting symptoms and most contagious during days 2-3 and primarily up to a week. The snotty kid is probably the least contagious person you’re gonna run into. The person you should be most afraid of isn’t even symptomatic. And echoing the PP - kids are sick ALL the time first three years. It sucks. It is a hassle but that’s just how it works. Just wait until you hit head lice!!!

The common cold is contagious whenever there is snot and sneezing. Nd you know that.

PS. Head lice doesn’t mimic the symptoms of covid.

Again, for those hard of hearing... ITS NOT ABOUT THE COLD. It’s about everything a parent and child have to go through because of covid.

Then if you go to a playground and there is a sick kid there, go home. Then you don’t have to go thought anything.

NP. How is that fair, pp? Ten little kids have to turn around and go home because of one inconsiderate parent? Come on...

I would stay at the playground with my not sick kids, because the sick kid wouldn’t bother me at all. And I’d hazard a guess that most other people would stay too. [/quote


DP. I wouldn’t stay. I couldn’t. My sweet DD goes to daycare and a cold in her daycare will have her homecoming for probably a week plus a covid test. We can’t afford to miss more work. We live in an apartment with no outdoor space so it’s hard for her when she can’t play in the playground.

I guess you don’t have those concerns.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Woah boy. Calm down. The common cold is contagious before getting symptoms and most contagious during days 2-3 and primarily up to a week. The snotty kid is probably the least contagious person you’re gonna run into. The person you should be most afraid of isn’t even symptomatic. And echoing the PP - kids are sick ALL the time first three years. It sucks. It is a hassle but that’s just how it works. Just wait until you hit head lice!!!

The common cold is contagious whenever there is snot and sneezing. Nd you know that.

PS. Head lice doesn’t mimic the symptoms of covid.

Again, for those hard of hearing... ITS NOT ABOUT THE COLD. It’s about everything a parent and child have to go through because of covid.

Then if you go to a playground and there is a sick kid there, go home. Then you don’t have to go thought anything.

+1. This really is the simplest solution. OP, you keep your kids at home and the rest of us will move on.

Next topic?

You guys really can’t read. I didn’t notice that the kid was until it was too late! The mom KNEW the kid was sick and she stood right there looking at him as he entered the playhouse.

All you proponents of going to the playground with a sick kid - why hasn’t anyone answered why your sick kid won’t wear a mask and why can’t you just tell the kid to keep distance from people or at LEAST not entering small confined play structures with other kids, IF they must go to the playground?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid is younger than 4 or so and didn’t have a chance to catch all the colds before Feb 2020, they are going to get them all this winter. The only way to avoid it is to stay home, and even that just delays it

IT’S NOT ABOUT THE COLD!!!

How fricking dense are you?!

Your kid is going to get the cold - and have to do the testing etc. - because that’s how kids build immunity. It’s inevitable. Mentally prepare and line up backup plans for quarantine now.

DH and I are the only backup. We have to take off work when our child can’t go to daycare. I’m hourly (I don’t get paid when I don’t work) and he has already used up all sick days and vacation for 2022. Our copay for the covid test is $35.

You do not have to bring your sick kid to the playground. It really is just that simple. You could actually think of others for once in your life. At least try during this pandemic.

Sorry about your circumstances, but do you even hear yourself? “This is what’s going on in my life, it’s challenging, so please, everyone, cater to my needs to make life easier. Even though taking my kid to the park is 100% optional…”

Are you out hearing yourself?! Your child is the one with the contagious virus and we all have to cater to him?! Taking your snot-faced kid to the park is also 100% optional. My healthy kid can’t make your kid sick but your sick kid can make my kid and other kids sick, and you think I’m the one who should stay home?!!!

Holy crap. This is absolutely unbelievable.

[Anonymous]

Pre-covid I hated parents who brought their clearly sick kids to the playground. Obviously with covid, I have no respect for them whatsoever.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Woah boy. Calm down. The common cold is contagious before getting symptoms and most contagious during days 2-3 and primarily up to a week. The snotty kid is probably the least contagious person you’re gonna run into. The person you should be most afraid of isn’t even symptomatic. And echoing the PP - kids are sick ALL the time first three years. It sucks. It is a hassle but that’s just how it works. Just wait until you hit head lice!!!

The common cold is contagious whenever there is snot and sneezing. Nd you know that.

PS. Head lice doesn’t mimic the symptoms of covid.

Again, for those hard of hearing... ITS NOT ABOUT THE COLD. It’s about everything a parent and child have to go through because of covid.

Then if you go to a playground and there is a sick kid there, go home. Then you don’t have to go thought anything.

NP. How is that fair, pp? Ten little kids have to turn around and go home because of one inconsiderate parent? Come on...

You can control only your behavior, not that of others. I accept this risk when taking my kids out or sending them to daycare.

Daycare is a must for most people so let’s just stop discussing something that has nothing to do with the original post. We’re discussing something that is completely optional. It’s about common decency ffs. What kind of member of society do you want to be? Somebody considerate of others like a PP who took their kid to a park instead of a playground, or somebody completely selfish. If the latter then go live in the middle of nowhere where you don’t need to abide by any social rules.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid is younger than 4 or so and didn’t have a chance to catch all the colds before Feb 2020, they are going to get them all this winter. The only way to avoid it is to stay home, and even that just delays it

IT’S NOT ABOUT THE COLD!!!

How fricking dense are you?!

Your kid is going to get the cold - and have to do the testing etc. - because that’s how kids build immunity. It’s inevitable. Mentally prepare and line up backup plans for quarantine now.

DH and I are the only backup. We have to take off work when our child can’t go to daycare. I’m hourly (I don’t get paid when I don’t work) and he has already used up all sick days and vacation for 2022. Our copay for the covid test is $35.

You do not have to bring your sick kid to the playground. It really is just that simple. You could actually think of others for once in your life. At least try during this pandemic.

Sorry about your circumstances, but do you even hear yourself? “This is what’s going on in my life, it’s challenging, so please, everyone, cater to my needs to make life easier. Even though taking my kid to the park is 100% optional…”

Are you out hearing yourself?! Your child is the one with the contagious virus and we all have to cater to him?! Taking your snot-faced kid to the park is also 100% optional. My healthy kid can’t make your kid sick but your sick kid can make my kid and other kids sick, and you think I’m the one who should stay home?!!!

Holy crap. This is absolutely unbelievable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Woah boy. Calm down. The common cold is contagious before getting symptoms and most contagious during days 2-3 and primarily up to a week. The snotty kid is probably the least contagious person you’re gonna run into. The person you should be most afraid of isn’t even symptomatic. And echoing the PP - kids are sick ALL the time first three years. It sucks. It is a hassle but that’s just how it works. Just wait until you hit head lice!!!

The common cold is contagious whenever there is snot and sneezing. Nd you know that.

PS. Head lice doesn’t mimic the symptoms of covid.

Again, for those hard of hearing... ITS NOT ABOUT THE COLD. It’s about everything a parent and child have to go through because of covid.

Then if you go to a playground and there is a sick kid there, go home. Then you don’t have to go thought anything.

+1. This really is the simplest solution. OP, you keep your kids at home and the rest of us will move on.

Next topic?

You guys really can’t read. I didn’t notice that the kid was until it was too late! The mom KNEW the kid was sick and she stood right there looking at him as he entered the playhouse.

All you proponents of going to the playground with a sick kid - why hasn’t anyone answered why your sick kid won’t wear a mask and why can’t you just tell the kid to keep distance from people or at LEAST not entering small confined play structures with other kids, IF they must go to the playground?

They have answered, OP. They don’t care about your child or you or anyone else. Little Snotface doesn’t like wearing masks and likes the playhouse. If that not okay with you don’t go to the playground.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Woah boy. Calm down. The common cold is contagious before getting symptoms and most contagious during days 2-3 and primarily up to a week. The snotty kid is probably the least contagious person you’re gonna run into. The person you should be most afraid of isn’t even symptomatic. And echoing the PP - kids are sick ALL the time first three years. It sucks. It is a hassle but that’s just how it works. Just wait until you hit head lice!!!

The common cold is contagious whenever there is snot and sneezing. Nd you know that.

PS. Head lice doesn’t mimic the symptoms of covid.

Again, for those hard of hearing... ITS NOT ABOUT THE COLD. It’s about everything a parent and child have to go through because of covid.

Then if you go to a playground and there is a sick kid there, go home. Then you don’t have to go thought anything.

+1. This really is the simplest solution. OP, you keep your kids at home and the rest of us will move on.

Next topic?

You guys really can’t read. I didn’t notice that the kid was until it was too late! The mom KNEW the kid was sick and she stood right there looking at him as he entered the playhouse.

All you proponents of going to the playground with a sick kid - why hasn’t anyone answered why your sick kid won’t wear a mask and why can’t you just tell the kid to keep distance from people or at LEAST not entering small confined play structures with other kids, IF they must go to the playground?

They have answered, OP. They don’t care about your child or you or anyone else. Little Snotface doesn’t like wearing masks and likes the playhouse. If that not okay with you don’t go to the playground.

They actually haven’t answered. They just insist “my kid will go to the playground no matter what”. But that’s not even what most of this is about. There are ways to go to the playground and still be considerate.

I bet these people also blame the victim of rape or murder, “don’t go out since there there are murderers out there”. Wtf.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Woah boy. Calm down. The common cold is contagious before getting symptoms and most contagious during days 2-3 and primarily up to a week. The snotty kid is probably the least contagious person you’re gonna run into. The person you should be most afraid of isn’t even symptomatic. And echoing the PP - kids are sick ALL the time first three years. It sucks. It is a hassle but that’s just how it works. Just wait until you hit head lice!!!

The common cold is contagious whenever there is snot and sneezing. Nd you know that.

PS. Head lice doesn’t mimic the symptoms of covid.

Again, for those hard of hearing... ITS NOT ABOUT THE COLD. It’s about everything a parent and child have to go through because of covid.

Oh dear you are very wound up. Slow down. If you read you will see that I said most contagious - I didn’t say it wasn’t contagious at all at the end but that is the smallest risk. The greater risk is people who don’t even know they are sick so if you choose to be in a congregate setting that is a risk you take. If you can’t manage a child who is ill then keep them out of congregate settings. And as for the lice - oh are you in for a world of surprise about the impact on your life.

[Anonymous]

It truly doesn't matter how many rage posts you send into the internet. Your 2 year old is way behind on colds and is going to catch up this winter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It truly doesn't matter how many rage posts you send into the internet. Your 2 year old is way behind on colds and is going to catch up this winter.

So can I bring my sick kids to your house? Come on! Your child is going to get sick eventually!