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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People pushing us to go back to in-person because of their kids’ mental health are ridiculous.  Yes, total isolation is bad for kids, but we aren’t talking about whether kids should be on house arrest for next year.  We are taking about whether schools can provide adequately safe environments for groups of kids.  If your kid is sad and isolated to the point that you are worried about their mental health, then you as a parent need to find a few friends they can spend time with in person.  Having a pod of 2-3 families to meet their social needs is much safer than insisting on reopening schools.[/quote]

So, it's ok for kids to be out and about, hanging out with each other, having social interactions, infecting each other (assuming that you're a person who believes that kids infect each other) - just as long as they're not doing it in school buildings? That makes no sense.

By the way, my kids are in high school, and from what they see on their social media, there are plenty of kids who are doing exactly that. Also the idea of me, as a parent, finding friends for my high school kids to hang out with...? Well. No.[/quote]

Hanging out outdoors with one or two other friends consistently is infinitely safer than in an enclosed space with a dozen other kids.  I’m not sure how you are even arguing with that.  And as for whether your teens would need help finding a friend or two, no obviously they have their own friends (just like little kids do), but you could reach out to the parents of their close friends and try to team up with another family or two that have similar risk levels and then then your kids hang out either outdoors or in a well-ventilated space.[/quote]

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