Reply to My 3 year old is starting to realize things are weird and it's so sad ...

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "My 3 year old is starting to realize things are weird and it's so sad ..."

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have seen some really great parents getting their kids out but being careful to maintain their social distance.

The kids so want to play with each other, they so want to be - kids again.  Yet, the parents are being super cautious and telling them - no, you have to keep 6 feet from everyone else.  Sorry, we can't eat inside McDonald's today, we'll need to go through the drive thru and eat in the car.  No, sweetie, no story time at the library.  Nope we can't go to the playground, either.

If we were dealing with Captain Trips we wouldn't have much of a choice but to self isolate and stay isolated.  But we are not dealing with anything so dire and the messages we are sending to our kids over this virus are going to impact them.[/quote]

This is why I continue to send my 3 year old to preschool. Normally she goes for a full day. Now I'm doing more like 9am-1pm.

Why? A few reasons:

- She's an only child, so without preschool and activities, she has no socialization.

- There's barely anyone at her preschool, so there's never a situation where there are more than 10 people in a room at a given time. These days, it's more like 3-4 kids and one teacher.

- Her preschool is sanitizing like crazy. It smells strongly of cleaning products when you walk in.

- She goes nowhere these days except for preschool and home, so there's minimal chance she's bringing the virus into the school.

The more posts I see of preschool-aged kids having accidents at home (a clear sign of anxiety), the more confident I am that sending her in for a few hours each day is the right decision. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics