Alllow kids to play with other kids ?

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It is isolated? What is it?? You are not letting your child interact with other people for the next two weeks. So how is that not isolation. Or is your argument that kids cant just play with other kids but you are free to bring your kids out and about to the shops etc?? I have checked with the HSE and they said there no guidance of any sort that children should not play with other children for the next two weeks. Only advice is to avoid large gatherings, minimise social interactions and practice good hygiene.

What are people doing here? Not letting their kids out at all for the next two weeks??
 
Calm down Sunny, you're getting all worked up over an argument nobody is making. The advice given is to reduce social interactions. The advice also given is that the risk is lower outside compared to inside.
People can make their own judgement over how they interpret that. But nobody on here is saying your child cannot kick a ball around outdoors with the child next door so please stop getting in a rant over something nobody has said.

This is what I said on another thread fwiw
 
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Dr. Ronan Glynn, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said; “We appreciate these measures have a significant impact on the daily lives of families. However, they are necessary for the public good.

“Parents should try and avoid arranging play dates for groups of young children at this early stage of the outbreak.

“However, rather than staying indoors, consider outdoor activities such as playing football in the open in small groups of 3 or 4 while maintaining social distancing of 2 metres.

“This is a time to be mindful of the public health guidelines and apply these measures to your daily lives.”

Health care workers do not make these suggestions without a clear evidence basis.
Please take heed.
As a community,we can make a difference .
 
Is the 9pm news on RTÉ good enough for you sunny? Opening headlines just called on banning play dates.
 

Well then rte need to get their story straight.

My last post on this or any other subject related to cornavirus online. Treating what was introduced yesterday as some sort of absolute law which banned social contact is what led to panic buying. It leads to false information. It leads to increased anxiousness among kids and vulnerable people. Everyone needs to take precautions but leading as normal life as possible is also important. My friends 5 year old daughter went to bed last night asking was she going to get sick because she heard that in school that everyone was getting sick. And then suddenly school and activities are all cancelled. And then parents decide they csnt even call next door to play in the back garden.

Do what you want guys but let me know how limiting your kids social contact we with any other kids to zero is going in 5 to 6 weeks time. It wont be two weeks. And parents need to be worried about their teenage kids still hanging around in large groups around towns rather than 4 or 5 year old kids playing with their neighbour.
 
So the doctor on the radio station said every child should be isolated? What was his name?

This speaks volumes.

I think people need to realise that this is not like the snow closedown etc. there are serious repercussions. Is it such a big deal to avoid contact between children - you can still take them outside to run around but just not with other children. The same advice applies to adults in pubs by the way. Some contact is necessary (supermarkets, pharmacies etc) - other contact is avoidable and therefore should be avoided.
 
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