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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You made the wrong decision isolating your daughter to the extent that you did.  Short of a true lockdown, which no state even approached, the best we could have hoped for was flattening the curve enough to not overwhelm our healthcare system.  By closing offices, schools, businesses, having the elderly and particularly at-risk isolate, and cancelling larger events and gatherings, we were going to accomplish that whether healthy children played at playgrounds and had some playdates here or there or not.  And it absolutely will impact her -- in fact, you are seeing how it already has.  I'm not trying to be a jerk, but that is what you need to hear -- not "kids are resilient, tra la la".  Isolating a 6 yr old for an entire year is not NBD!

You need to work hard starting now to help your daughter and attend to her social, emotional, and mental health needs (which are of course as real as those of adults  :roll: .)  Start by letting her do any and everything outside -- playgrounds, playdates, everything.  Have her wear a mask if it makes you feel better, but give zero mind to distancing and whether others are wearing masks.  It's FINE, the likelihood of catching COVID masked and outdoors is minuscule, and anyways, the risk of serious disease to her is very small and presumably those actually at-risk in your circle are vaccinated.   The decision whether to let your daughter go to playgrounds is NOT HARD.  It is an obvious YES at this point!!!  And then pick a few families to start socializing with indoors as well.  Stop feeling guilty and stop hand ringing about moving forward.  
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I agree with your second paragraph, but not your first. OP wasn't wrong to listen to public health warnings by taking precautions to avoid spread, even if the advice was taken to the extreme.  That decision wasn't necessarily wrong, but the fallout of that decision is real and needs to be addressed starting now.  OP, let go of the guilt and ease back into outdoor social activities with your family. Go from there. The longer you wait, the harder it will be. [/quote]

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