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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I simply don't get it.  School-aged kids can mask.  Teaching them community responsibility is a good thing.  Teaching them to care about other students, their families and staff is a good thing.  If a child has SN and cannot wear one, it's one thing but given how many viruses are going around right now, it makes sense.  It's funny how the same parents screaming about learning loss when kids get sick are the same refusing masks and wanting accommodations for their kids when they are out sick.   I don't get why people enjoy being sick.  We've been so much healthier by masking, only eating outdoors, etc.[/quote]

My kids got much sicker during the 2021-22 school year while masking than this year so far. I think in part because they’re not constantly touching their faces to adjust their masks or pull them down. Their mental health is better. My oldest in particular had a lot of negative feelings about school after a year of virtual in K and a year of masking in 1st grade, he particularly hated masking during PE. He’s finally having his first normal year of elementary school and now loves to go. My younger kid has some sensory issues (and an IEP) and can’t wear a mask unless it’s one of those ridiculously thin athletic masks (which is what we did to check a box when masking was required so that he wouldn’t continue to lose out on needed services). So for my kids, not masking is absolutely a healthier choice. I know I’m not alone in not wanting my kids to mask. Stop trying to push the narrative that all kids can mask without issue, it’s just not true.[/quote]

Maybe your kids got sicker as they were doing things outside of school not masked.  That makes no sense they were sicker while masking.  It sounds like you are part of the problem and what example you set and teach in your home. Perhaps you should have gotten your kids better-fitting masks.   If they are having mental health issues, did you get them a therapist and make changes in your home to fix the problems at home?  Sounds like there is much more to this and empathy toward others and teaching kids how to live in a community isn't a priority.

Ever think of kids like mine who have had to continue in virtual school because of kids like yours and families like yours?  Perhaps your kids would have been healthier if as a community those who could, stayed home sick and everyone masked.  I wish I could live in a self-centered world like you but I don't have your privilege.

Please get your kid's mental health treatment given their challenges.  Unmasking isn't going to fix those things.  And, get the younger child a full neuropsych as sensory issues are  not a diagnosis.  [/quote]

you are such a b. get help. and talk to your child’s pediatrician to [b]see if they really have to be isolated from society.[/b] [/quote]

NP.  or isolated from this parent.[/quote]

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