Should kids wear masks in stores?

[Anonymous]

I went to Barnes and Noble today with my son.
There were 2 families in the kids section -- none of their 5 kids were wearing masks. All were older than 4. (It didn't help that one of the dads had a mask over his face but not his nose).
I was pissed. Should I have been?

[Anonymous]

Did you complain to the staff?

[Anonymous]

Of course they should. Every single person over the age of two years old should be wearing a mask when they are indoors ANYWHERE other than their home.

[Anonymous]

They should absolutely, 100% be wearing masks. Next time please do either ask them yourselves to put on masks or complain to the store management.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you complain to the staff?

+1

Let the manager know and let them deal them. That's the manager's job.

[Anonymous]

I hope you complained. Everyone should have masks indoors.

[Anonymous]

They should. My 4 year old wears a mask. However .... I’m not sure about in other states but in VA, the mask order only technically applies to people age 10+. So if other states are similar, little kids without masks aren’t breaking the order.

[Anonymous]

I live in Silver Spring, MD. Every kid I’ve seen over two is wearing a mask. I’ve also seen people with those plastic rain covers over strollers.

[Anonymous]

Yes. I was in Costco today. Everyone had masks on except for babies and preschoolers.

[Anonymous]

Yes, they absolutely should be wearing masks but unless the store or state are enforcing it...can't do a thing except give the evil eye and keep yours kids away. Even preschoolers can be trained to wear them -- make it fun, like full-time Halloween.

[Anonymous]

My 2.5 year old can and does wear a mask when we go outside. But we also aren’t taking her to any stores. I would be upset if I saw children indoors not wearing a mask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to Barnes and Noble today with my son.
There were 2 families in the kids section -- none of their 5 kids were wearing masks. All were older than 4. (It didn't help that one of the dads had a mask over his face but not his nose).
I was pissed. Should I have been?

Dad is stupid. I don't know why people don't understand that you need to have a good fitting mask that covers both your nose and mouth.

[Anonymous]

I personally would not take my dd (5 and wears a mask) to hang out in a bookstore right now.

[Anonymous]

I have understanding for kids under 5 and the parents trying and sometimes failing on mask adherence but that seems over the top and the pulling masks under the nose thing really gets to me

[Anonymous]

Technically yes, but I see so many kids fiddle with their masks nonstop I wonder if it does more harm than good.