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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope my kids wear masks every winter to be honest. It’s been nice to escape the constant colds they usually have from November-March. [/quote]

It’s how kids build their immune system, ugh.  Will you be able to provide sterile environment for them their entire lives? What if they start going unmasked when they are in HS or College? They will be up for really rough times then with barely functioning immune systems or extreme allergies or worse. [/quote]

NP.  Before I had kids I was all for just throwing the kids into whatever situation to "build their immune systems."  Then I had kids.  Through a ridiculous amount of sickness, urgent care, ER, and other medical appointments we figured out that our kids have asthma.  They also ended up with RSV and pneumonia at different times.  We had to stop doing all of our "normal" activities because we observed other parents sending their kids to inside activities regardless of whether their noses were a dripping faucet or whether they were coughing all over everyone.  The winter before COVID I would notice older (happened to be Asian) people waking around with masks and wonder if they were protecting themselves or others, and made a mental note to look into whether we should start doing that.  Now we all know that masks protect the wearer and other people.

I'll never forget an early conversation I had with my husband about the pros and cons of day care.  Our pediatrician told us one benefit is that kids in day care tend to not get sick as much in kindergarten because they've already been exposed to so much.  My husband's valid point was that at least by kindergarten kids aren't sticking the same toys in their mouth and might wash their hands sometimes or cover a cough occasionally.  The point is as people get older they should understand how to keep their germs from spreading all over everything and everyone around them.  In general society has (hopefully still does) expect people to keep their germs and viruses to themselves.  I hope one thing we've all learned is how widespread various health issues are, and that you can't tell someone's health status by looking at them, especially with kids.[/quote]

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