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[quote=Anonymous]We both work FT and have three kids, 8, 6, and 4.  We’ll hang out at our local field with a few other families; the kids play together and the adults talk at a distance.  If summer camp is an option, we’ll consider it, same for when daycare reopens for the youngest.  School in the fall, absolutely.

I won’t return to my beloved indoor workouts for a long time, even if they were to start up again soon.  Restaurants, even outdoors, aren’t worth it to us.  We’d probably go to the pool if they had reasonable social distancing measures in place.  We have a beach house rented in August at a relatively uncrowded beach, and will likely keep it if we can.

My parents are local but both high-risk, so that’s a no-go.  No flying.  We’ll keep up the once weekly grocery runs and getting take out a few times/week.  Fortunately, I already did my roots at home and my hair is long and curly, so I can trim it myself without too much mess.  We already cut our kids’ hair at home, and I can reasonably trim DH’s.  I am dying for a manicure, but unless they were able to have us sit outside, I’ll probably hold off for a while.

I’m not overly concerned about outdoor interactions in non-crowded settings.  I wouldn’t go to a mosh pit anytime soon, but I’ll keep running outside and talking with folks at a distance.  If schools don’t reopen in the Fall I... don’t know what we’ll do.  As PP noted above, distance learning with two working parents (or one single working parent) is untenable, particularly for young kids.  Our oldest has desperately missed peer interactions, and the ones we’ve been engaging in have helped her mental health so much and had positive effects for our whole family. [/quote]

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