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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some stores still do seniors and people with disabilities hours. Maybe go during those hours?[/quote]

No! Don’t take a maskless child to senior hour! This is a terrible suggestion![/quote]

OP here. Yeah, I wouldn't do that.  Realistically I think it would be fine, but I know those people are going to be particularly freaked out.[/quote]

Boy OP, I feel for you. You have all the anxiety-ridden, mask-shaming, know-nothings coming on here, not even answering your question. I am a 50-something mom with older teenagers, so I cannot put myself in your shoes. But I would not give you and/or your child a second glance if he wasn't wearing a mask. In fact, it is your right to take him out without a mask so you can do what you need to do. I guess you'll just have to be tough and ignore those who stare you down in judgement. It's their problem, not yours. Best of luck and here's hoping we will all be in a better place soon.[/quote]

As I'm sure many of the parents in the special needs forum can attest, you grow a thick skin when you have a special needs kids. In the pre-COVID days I was already getting snarky remarks from other parents at the park/playground. There's a lot of pretty awful people in MoCo, particularly the further south you go.

As I said, though, I think I got a reasonable suggestion with the stroller and going in the afternoons (which I would have had to do anyway).  I'm certainly interested in any other constructive suggestions people have, but those are probably the main things I can do besides driving to Frederick or Anne Arundel county where they don't even try to say the mask orders go that young.  But I don't see a good reason to do that given that the people complaining here would likely still complain in those neighboring jurisdictions, and it's no less legal in MoCo than AA/Frederick.[/quote]

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