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[quote=Anonymous]Since this thread has come back around, an interesting update:

I am the PP who posted upthread about my 3 yr old wearing a mask "no problem". That was definitely true at the time -- she wore one at the playground, at preschool, and and time we took her indoors anywhere, without an resistance.

But in the last month, I've noticed when pick her up from PK, she almost never still has her mask on. The school encourages but doesn't require masks. They have a pretty broad age range for her group (2-4) so the looser requirement is largely to accommodate the younger kids who are still getting used them. But my kid is in the older cohort.

I asked the teacher if there was any issue with the masks, and she told me DD has just been resisting putting her mask on after meal times. The school is mostly outdoors, so it's not a big issue and they haven't pushed it. But I've also notice she's gotten a bit more mask resistant with us as well. She still puts the mask on when asked but she whips it off within seconds if all the masks-on rules are not met (like she'll take it off at the playground if other people leave and we are alone, without asking me, which she used to do). And she will complain about wearing it or request an alternative activity where she doesn't have to wear it sometimes.

I though it was interesting because if you'd asked me a month ago, I would have said "Oh, kids are so adaptable! They'll be okay." And now I'm mildly panicking about what will happen in the fall when she is in public PK and they will almost certainly be more strict about mask usage. I think her resistance is part of her general threenager phase, as she's become more rebellious in lots of ways. We're going to keep working with her, but I really hope this doesn't become a thing in the fall (like I am going to be pretty unhappy if I have to come get her from school because she won't put her mask back on).[/quote]

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