Anonymous
03/13/2020 19:02
Subject: Would you switch venue party to a home party?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have 2 kids with March birthdays. We have parties scheduled for next week and the end of the month. People are asking if we will cancel. I think schools are going to close and parents will probably cancel and not come to our party. I’m sure some kids will still come. We have 2 parties this weekend and I have no intention of backing out. We live in a big house and can easily host the party at home.
Would you move the party to your house?
Would you want 10-20 kids in your house at this time?
You cancel! We are in a serious health crisis and birthday parties are totally off the table! Presumably, you have a brain so USE IT!
Op here. There is no way I am hosting at home now. How fast things change. We are canceling all our parties.
Our friends have cancelled 4 parties this weekend - 2 adult and 2 kid parties.
Anonymous
03/13/2020 18:56
Subject: Would you switch venue party to a home party?
Anonymous wrote:I have 2 kids with March birthdays. We have parties scheduled for next week and the end of the month. People are asking if we will cancel. I think schools are going to close and parents will probably cancel and not come to our party. I’m sure some kids will still come. We have 2 parties this weekend and I have no intention of backing out. We live in a big house and can easily host the party at home.
Would you move the party to your house?
Would you want 10-20 kids in your house at this time?
You cancel! We are in a serious health crisis and birthday parties are totally off the table! Presumably, you have a brain so USE IT!
Anonymous
03/13/2020 18:12
Subject: Re:Would you switch venue party to a home party?
^correction: science is telling us that people are spreading it when they are asymptomatic as well.
Anonymous
03/13/2020 18:10
Subject: Re:Would you switch venue party to a home party?
I would not have my child attend any parties, and as another parent with 2 kids that have march birthdays, we are simply going to have to postpone parties. I wouldn't want to put other parents in the situation of having their kids around a whole bunch of other kids. Nor would I want my family to increase our chance of getting covid-19 and then transmitting it (even unknowingly). I've got higher risk, so that's a personal concern, but I also have friends that are ER docs and other hospital/medical professionals that are simply worried as heck about an impending surge in cases and a potential tsunami of a crisis like what's happening in other countries that have not practiced social distancing. Out of consideration for the medical professionals in your community, please do your part and observe social distancing more consistently. It's 3 weeks for now, which won't be the end of the world, then we all re-assess.
Do you think that coronavirus spreads only if people are constantly hugging and kissing while they are symptomatic? the science is telling us that people are spreading it when they are symptomatic, and that the virus can live on surfaces for many hours. Sure, washing hands is an important preventative measure, but not 100% effective by any means. The best preventative measure is STAYING AWAY FROM OTHER PEOPLE unless absolutely necessary.
As another PP said, this is an important opportunity to teach flexibility.
Do you think that coronavirus spreads only if people are constantly hugging and kissing while they are symptomatic? the science is telling us that people are spreading it when they are symptomatic, and that the virus can live on surfaces for many hours. Sure, washing hands is an important preventative measure, but not 100% effective by any means. The best preventative measure is STAYING AWAY FROM OTHER PEOPLE unless absolutely necessary.
As another PP said, this is an important opportunity to teach flexibility.
Anonymous
03/13/2020 17:51
Subject: Re:Would you switch venue party to a home party?
How about a laser tag or archery party? Would that be ok for older kids ages 9-11?
Anonymous
03/13/2020 15:52
Subject: Would you switch venue party to a home party?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As I just mentioned on another thread, my son had his party at an indoor venue on Saturday. I didn't consider cancelling for a moment. And everyone who had planned to come, did. I also took him and his two best friends out to the movies the night before (on his actual bday), and their parents didn't think twice. I personally wouldn't change it, but that's just me. You have to live life. Just wash hands, wash hands, wash hands.
This mindset just baffles me. Do you really not understand what's going on?
+1. Washing hands does not prevent breathing in virus infected air. If you want to live life you pay attention.
Not to mention 3/4/5 year olds constantly touch their faces and mouths. Sure after the party you can clean their hands but would basically be a free for all during the actual play part of the party.
My son just turned 10 and is not a toddler or preschooler. I definitely understand what's going on; I don't live under a rock.But I'm not going to become a hermit. I certainly will wait until things die down before I visit my elderly parents or in-laws; however, you can't just curl up into a fetal position and worry that a virus is going to get you. It's also not understood to be transmitted through the air, just FYI.
They mean that it's not like measles, which is correct... but you can still catch it through the air via droplets from coughs and sneezes.
+ 1 - agree with this, and virus is not airborne, you know that. right?
What do you people mean by “it’s not airborne?”