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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not understand these comments about kids who choose to mask being "fearful."  My kids, in ES and MS, understand that by continuing to mask indoors we reduce the odds of someone in our family getting covid. They, like we, would rather avoid getting covid so they choose to continue to mask. They don't seem to mind wearing them and their education doesn't seem to have suffered because they are wearing masks.  They don't wear masks outside because they know it doesn't make a difference.  They also wear KN95s, not cloth, because they know that cloth masks are pointless and if you are going to cover your face you may as well use something that is effective.  Their lives are pretty much back-to-normal except for wearing masks indoors.   They know that even with mask wearing there is a chance someone in our house will get covid because we are not locking down completely, but they also  know that the odds are good that no one in our household will be hospitalized or die. 
 Seems like rational decision-making to me.   It does upset them when other kids accuse them of being "scared," or don't understand that just because masks are now optional, it still might be a good idea to wear them.[/quote]

You are right, it could be just a rational choice to reduce your risk of getting Covid. (Although you do have to wonder if they are thinking this through long-term -- the virus isn't going away, we will eventually catch it, which for a kid might actually be a good thing because they will build immunity at a low-risk age against a virus they will have to encounter over and over for the rest of their lives. Are they going to mask indoors forever?) But there are definitely kids who are scared. Maybe they are in the minority, but they are not rare. We went hiking with friends recently, and one of their young kids didn't want to take off her mask out on the breezy trail, even though nobody else in our group was. That is a sign of unreasonable anxiety, and I felt really bad for the kid.[/quote]

So it’s not rare because your friends kids think that? [/quote]

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