Let college kid ride it out in apartment?

[Anonymous]

My college kid is 10 hours away by car, and wants to ride out the next few weeks/months in her apartment, with her roommate. Classes are all online. She is walking distance to a few grocery stores. Cases of COVID-19 are just starting to be reported in her area.

I am worried about a travel lockdown being put in place ala Italy, where she is separated from us and then gets sick. I’d like her to come home, she wants to stay. She is smart, capable, and no underlying medical conditions.

Parents, WWYD?

And yes, I know she’s an adult; she and I are talking about this and deciding *together* - as two adults would do.

[Anonymous]

Accept her wish to stay but have her stock up on a few homecare things.

So long as she understands the situation and as you say is smart and capable there's no reason to try to override her choice. She just needs to know you might not come to her if she ends up ill or hospitalized.

[Anonymous]

And the likelihood is that if she does get sick, because of her age it will be like a cold/flu and something that she could handle with your input via phone.

[Anonymous]

She will catch it if she stays. Kids don't take these things seriously. They think it's more time to decompress and invite friends over for fun. I'd def bring her home.

[Anonymous]

Let her stay

[Anonymous]

I would let her stay as well.

[Anonymous]

Let her stay. Either you or she can drive home if there are flight issues. Highly unlikely we will move to an Italy scenario on travel.

[Anonymous]

My dd is a little closer — 6 hours — and she has a co-op apartment where she is doing her online classes and working from home for her campaign finance job. Hopefully she is practicing good protocol, but I don’t see what good it would do to have her pack up her life in NC and come home...

[Anonymous]

I’d let her stay. Unless she has an underlying condition, she is highly unlikely to get very, very ill (need hospitalization) if she does get coronavirus.

[Anonymous]

My daughter is 1500 miles away, shares a house with three roommates, works part-time and is moving to online classes after next week's spring break. It did not even occur to me that she would or should come home. I'm not particularly worried about her catching the virus. She was diagnosed with the flu this week and was mature enough to isolate herself.

I am worried about whether DD will be having graduation in May and whether we'll be able to get on the flights we purchased a couple of weeks ago.

My college freshman is home on spring break and not going back except maybe to grab some stuff, but he's in a dorm and only two hours away.

[Anonymous]

Virus is 10 times more deadly than common flu folks (per CDC). Take it seriously. Don't be the one with dead child weeks down the road.

[Anonymous]

Let her stay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virus is 10 times more deadly than common flu folks (per CDC). Take it seriously. Don't be the one with dead child weeks down the road.

+1. Watch Dr. Fauci's testimony yesterday

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virus is 10 times more deadly than common flu folks (per CDC). Take it seriously. Don't be the one with dead child weeks down the road.

Only to those in certain age groups and underlying conditions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virus is 10 times more deadly than common flu folks (per CDC). Take it seriously. Don't be the one with dead child weeks down the road.

Only to those in certain age groups and underlying conditions

No, not necessarily. Young folks are not immune to it.

OP, if I were you, I'd bring her home. Why F- around with this? You are betting her youth will save her. While I can understand the logic, I just don't see why you want to take the chance.

Good luck.