Post-game pizza party - yes / no?
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Anonymous
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Some parents are really pushing to arrange a post-game pizza event for the kids in the next week or two where they all sit together, hangout, and eat. Given previous experiences with these things, they basically end up in giant blobs of kids surrounding whoever happens to have an iPhone as they all share the screen, chomping on pizza and snacks.
Do you think that's a bit too much given the current situation? I'm for the kids having some social life, but just doesn't seem the right time at the moment. |
Anonymous
| NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Anonymous
+1 Try Zoom |
Anonymous
| I mean if your kids are out there playing sports games together it seems like all caution has already been thrown into the wind. |
Anonymous
| DS's team recently had a team dinner to celebrate the end of the season and it was indoors. The coach and all the other players/parents on his team were ok with it but we weren't. It was tough having to tell him that we weren't going to attend because he understandably wanted to celebrate with his teammates. But I'd rather him be safe and unhappy than momentarily happy and run the risk of ending up with COVID. I've seen pictures from the event and there was not a single person wearing a mask so in retrospect, I feel certain that we made the right decision. And just as you mentioned, in a few of the photos, all of the boys were bunched up around a table playing games and watching videos on their phones. |
Anonymous
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I hate to inform you, but you know when teams huddle up? They're closer than a pizza party. And they do huddle up. They also sit in close proximity on the bench, they take selfies, etc.
Sure, do a pizza party. Just ensure you have the space sanitized and they're distanced. Have a parent serve up the slices. Nature is burning off the deadwood. It's not natural for humans to be able to live with such old age, pre-existing respiratory problems, obesity, etc. Sucks to suck. |
Anonymous
| If this is a team playing full contact soccer, I'm not sure that a pizza party is going to make a big quantitative difference in terms of risk. I would likely take a pass regardless, because I perceive a greater benefit from letting my son play his sport than eating some pizza with other kids. |
Anonymous
| We are still in a pandemic! Please act like it! NO. |
Anonymous
Do you have a crowd-sourcing site to raise funds for their hospital stay? Or the wakes and funerals? |
Anonymous
Go quarantine and stay socially-distanced. Think globally, act locally. |
Anonymous
Difference is, (at least for the baseball and soccer teams my DS is one), they are masked when playing. When eating, they won't be wearing masks. |
Anonymous
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the kids are playing games and practicing together- what is the difference in pizza outdoors post game??
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Anonymous
Hyperbole doesn't help. You think multiple pre-teens and their coaches are doing to die? |
Anonymous
| Our club sent an email asking for no post-season parties. If we want to keep soccer going, just let them play soccer and skip the parties. It's additional time together, and they're probably sitting near each other for longer periods when eating and sitting at a table, then they are in a huddle. Our huddles are just a few minutes, eating pizza together is at least 30 minutes. Why risk it? My friend's son's travel team had their coach catch Covid right at the end of the season, all the kids have had to be tested, and luckily none have tested positive, but can you imagine if they were sitting next to Coach at a pizza restaurant? |
Anonymous
| no |