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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I could not get my two year old to wear a mask despite well, being a healthcare worker who has been really pro-masking, despite her having an older brother in 2nd grade who masks.

She might depending on her mood, for short bursts of time. But she's been in daycare for 9 hours a day pretty much the entire pandemic, and next year will go to Pre-K 3 where she'll also be there for 9+ hours because we do aftercare.

I've generally felt like it's more theater than anything because when she does agree to wear a mask, I'm constantly adjusting it, and occasionally she gets fed up and refuses to wear it.

When, pre-pandemic did we blame parents or put daycares at risk of fines if a toddler/pre-k children, say, didn't want to wear a hat? But it's ok to do with a mask?

It just doesn't make sense. If your child will wear it, that's great, but as we all know, children are ready for different skills at different times, and for some children that time is later (doesn't even mean their special needs, just that they develop at different speeds plus have different personalities). This policy puts enormous pressure on parents and childcare providers for a behavior that's at the whim of a 3 year old. It's especially egregious when you think of single parents who may be unable to leave the child home while they have to, say, run to the grocery store, or need to bring the child on a metro.

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100% this

My two year old is fully potty trained, but despite enormous effort, wearing a mask for long periods is not a skill she has yet. Kids this age develop these kinds of skills at different rates. Just because your child can do it, doesn’t mean every child should be able to. What if daycares and enrichment classes required children to be potty trained at 24 months just because kids like mine can do it? The protest would be enormous.

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