Anonymous
05/09/2022 11:27
Subject: Re:Holy Trinity Father-Daughter Dance - Covid
Anonymous wrote:HTS parent (that did not attend the dance) here. Throughout the pandemic the school has taken a sensible approach trying to balance health concerns with Covid and the social and emotional needs of the children at the school, for which I am deeply grateful. The vast majority of students and teachers at the school are vaccinated or have already had covid, so I don't think this is going to create much of a disruption, and even if it did I think it is worth it to give the children the option of doing normal social things. It's very easy to point to one event and say that we shouldn't have taken the risk, but the risks exist for every gathering and we can't keep restricting children (especially when adults feel free to attend parties and gather in restaurants and go to a million other social events that could expose them to covid). Should we really be saying no dances, no assemblies, no big birthday parties, no going to the movies, etc. etc.? For how long?
I am Catholic and know many conservative Catholics who refused to be vaxxed because of a stem cell story constantly played on Fox News. So, do not assume HTS folks have been vaxxed. Kids will survive w/o some dumb father-daughter dance. They may not survive their conservative parents' views.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 11:23
Subject: Holy Trinity Father-Daughter Dance - Covid
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Holy Trinity held a father-daughter dance on Friday, and it was all inside due to the weather. Already got word of the first Covid case. Seems like this will be standard for most spring dances during these times.
Not saying it was or wasn't a good idea, but there's no way someone caught Covid on Friday night and managed to show symptoms, get tested, and show up positive by this morning.
Completely disagree with this. Our school had a Friday afternoon event and the number of people who woke up sick on Sunday am was surprising. We all managed to get tested and results that Sunday evening or Monday am. There were 4 cases just in one of my kids classes.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 11:22
Subject: Holy Trinity Father-Daughter Dance - Covid
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can somebody please explain what is so weird about a Father-Daughter dance?
Because the tend to take place in a religious context, and people find religion scary for some reason.
Girl Scout organization has yearly father daughter dances. Not religious as far as I know, and my daughter loved going.
That said, cancel culture will find some reason to get rid of these dances because some girls have two mothers.
I mean, I think you offered a a perfectly valid reason right there!
My oldest kid is a Girl Scout and has two moms. Her troop also has girls with single moms. Father/daughter dances aren't the end of the world or anything, but there are plenty of options out there for family events that are more inclusive and equally fun. (I personally don't like the father/daughter thing because it implies dads won't do something unless they are literally in the name of the event. Like, can we give them some credit please?)
To get back to the point of this thread, there isn't ever going to be a perfect time to start bringing back events people care about. If you keep trying to time it right, you'll never do it. I get that this issue is more disruption than illness at this point, but we need to start figuring out how to work through that.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 11:19
Subject: Re:Holy Trinity Father-Daughter Dance - Covid
HTS parent (that did not attend the dance) here. Throughout the pandemic the school has taken a sensible approach trying to balance health concerns with Covid and the social and emotional needs of the children at the school, for which I am deeply grateful. The vast majority of students and teachers at the school are vaccinated or have already had covid, so I don't think this is going to create much of a disruption, and even if it did I think it is worth it to give the children the option of doing normal social things. It's very easy to point to one event and say that we shouldn't have taken the risk, but the risks exist for every gathering and we can't keep restricting children (especially when adults feel free to attend parties and gather in restaurants and go to a million other social events that could expose them to covid). Should we really be saying no dances, no assemblies, no big birthday parties, no going to the movies, etc. etc.? For how long?
Anonymous
05/09/2022 11:14
Subject: Holy Trinity Father-Daughter Dance - Covid
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Holy Trinity held a father-daughter dance on Friday, and it was all inside due to the weather. Already got word of the first Covid case. Seems like this will be standard for most spring dances during these times.
Not saying it was or wasn't a good idea, but there's no way someone caught Covid on Friday night and managed to show symptoms, get tested, and show up positive by this morning.
Agree. They already had covid when they went to the dance, which is the problem.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 11:13
Subject: Holy Trinity Father-Daughter Dance - Covid
they do have mother/son dances…Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Father daughter dances are creepy.
Agree- so outdated and sexist. Why no mother-son dances then if not sexist? More people have a mom than a dad. I went to Catholic Schools for 12 years and am 65. I thought these dances were weird over a half century ago.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 11:12
Subject: Holy Trinity Father-Daughter Dance - Covid
Anonymous wrote:Father daughter dances are creepy.
Agree- so outdated and sexist. Why no mother-son dances then if not sexist? More people have a mom than a dad. I went to Catholic Schools for 12 years and am 65. I thought these dances were weird over a half century ago.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 11:12
Subject: Holy Trinity Father-Daughter Dance - Covid
Anonymous wrote:so they end up with a few sniffles. i can't believe people are letting themselves still be held hostage by this.
Right? I am confused about this too. We’re entering an endemic phase with low hospitalization rates. And most of the kids don’t wear masks indoors at school anymore. Why single out a dance?
Anonymous
05/09/2022 11:11
Subject: Holy Trinity Father-Daughter Dance - Covid
so they end up with a few sniffles. i can't believe people are letting themselves still be held hostage by this.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 11:10
Subject: Holy Trinity Father-Daughter Dance - Covid
Anonymous wrote:Can somebody please explain what is so weird about a Father-Daughter dance?
I don’t think it’s creepy but more of an outdated tradition from when moms stayed home and dads were not very involved in their daughter’s lives and needed an event like this to bond with their daughters.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 11:09
Subject: Holy Trinity Father-Daughter Dance - Covid
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can somebody please explain what is so weird about a Father-Daughter dance?
Because the tend to take place in a religious context, and people find religion scary for some reason.
Girl Scout organization has yearly father daughter dances. Not religious as far as I know, and my daughter loved going.
That said, cancel culture will find some reason to get rid of these dances because some girls have two mothers.
I think HTS actually refers to theirs as the “Daughter Dance” to acknowledge girls who don’t have fathers so that they can still feel welcome when they attend.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 11:08
Subject: Holy Trinity Father-Daughter Dance - Covid
Anonymous wrote:Father daughter dances are creepy.
Yes. So creepy.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 11:08
Subject: Holy Trinity Father-Daughter Dance - Covid
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can somebody please explain what is so weird about a Father-Daughter dance?
Because the tend to take place in a religious context, and people find religion scary for some reason.
Girl Scout organization has yearly father daughter dances. Not religious as far as I know, and my daughter loved going.
That said, cancel culture will find some reason to get rid of these dances because some girls have two mothers.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 11:04
Subject: Holy Trinity Father-Daughter Dance - Covid
Anonymous wrote:Can somebody please explain what is so weird about a Father-Daughter dance?
Because the tend to take place in a religious context, and people find religion scary for some reason.
Anonymous
05/09/2022 11:03
Subject: Holy Trinity Father-Daughter Dance - Covid
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Holy Trinity held a father-daughter dance on Friday, and it was all inside due to the weather. Already got word of the first Covid case. Seems like this will be standard for most spring dances during these times.
Not saying it was or wasn't a good idea, but there's no way someone caught Covid on Friday night and managed to show symptoms, get tested, and show up positive by this morning.
Agree. And who cares anyway. COVID is gonna COVID. Time to move on with our lives. If you are still nervous about it, don’t attend the dance. It’s that simple.
This. Mere cases of COVID don’t move the needle for me anymore, since the severity of infection is way down.