Any family will school aged kids staying in quarantine?

amother

Emerald

Wed, Jun 24 2020, 8:23 pm

Us. My kids are all still home from school. We met friends at a park last sunday, and my sister and her kids on Friday at my parents garden. Weve been on walks and to the park a few times. Besides that the kids havent been into a store since march (the 2 bigger ones, young teenagers, have gone a few times, with gloves). They havent seen any of their friends in real life at all.
Bh we have more than a handful of kids and they get along pretty well with each other, play games with each other (currently have a 3 day marathon of monopoly running on the dining room table), play in the garden together - we have a trampoline, play wii together.
We're mostly doing ok, every once in a while go through a tough few days (like today, they were hot and bored and DH and I were tired and had work to do - we both work from home but occasionally the work load is heavier - so they got frustrated). But then we all rally round, we do something hands on with them giving more quality time, and it rebalances.
They're not going to school or camp until September. Once online school finishes mid July, we'll go out more to outdoor places only.

amother

Rose

Wed, Jun 24 2020, 8:25 pm

FYI - 6ft away is social distancing. NOT quarantine.
Quarantine means no exposure to anyone. Like don’t leave home. Have visitors through closed windows (per my dr when my dd has to truly quarantine pre surgery). In Israel quarantine means you take your meals in your bedroom and use a separate bathroom then the rest of the family

We have eased up a lot.
But my brother is really quarantining. They stay home. Only food deliveries. No play dates. No parks. (For sure no school or camp). Only in their own home or backyard alone. Only outing is to Visit grandparents only sitting on front lawn far away from home. He has 5 kids - 12 and under.

amother

Wed, Jun 24 2020, 8:31 pm

amother [ Emerald ] wrote:

Wow. Are you having your kids home in the summer as well?

amother

Wed, Jun 24 2020, 8:33 pm

amother [ Rose ] wrote:

You’re right I meant SD and was mostly curious if kids are ok this long without physical social interactions.

amother

Cerulean

Wed, Jun 24 2020, 8:51 pm

We are, but I and not sure if I count as school age kids. 2 teenage DDs.
We are MO and have electronic. They have had friends over in the backyard with masks and watched a movie from afar with a projector. Gone to a friend and sat around a fire pit with 6+ ft. Had friends and. Even to friend to do Zumba in the backyard. Say on front lawns on towels with masks. Went on a little local hike, ......
All SD and with masks.

They do not go in others cars or in houses.

amother

Wed, Jun 24 2020, 8:54 pm

amother [ Cerulean ] wrote:

Wow I’m amazed at anyone who is able to keep it up this long.

amother

Honeydew

Wed, Jun 24 2020, 11:34 pm

We're still social distancing - in an area where, it seems, no one else even remembers the concept - with several kids 3'd grade through post-seminary.

We now allow the younger kids to talk with their friends outside at a distance, but they can't join the tag/ ball/ jump rope games. They can ride bikes and rollerblades with some distance. Older kids can take walks with friends with masks or with distance. Definitely no school.

The hardest part is that we live in a complex and my kids watch their friends play together and visit each other and they can't join.

No one outside our family has entered our home since March, nor have we (parents and kids) been inside anyone else's home. Dh and oldest dd do necessary shopping with masks, in the store that is strictest about masks, limiting number of shoppers, etc.

There's a very close family wedding (my first nephew!) that my family won't attend next week, though all the other cousins will be there. My extended family understands, but it still hurts and it's hard on my kids.

I'm very high risk and my family is following the guidelines set by my doctors. We're hoping to find 1 or 2 other families who have also been very careful so our kids can play together this summer but A. we haven't heard of a single family, and B. we'd still need md approval for this. I asked if we could allow the kids more leeway (friends outside, legal daycamps) if I'd wear a mask around them but my hem-onc and infectious disease doctors said no.

Sunny Days

Thu, Jun 25 2020, 1:02 am

amother [ Honeydew ] wrote:

Hugs. It’s so tough. I really hope you at least have some space in/around your house for you and the kids to breathe.
I hope your docs can come up with a safe plan for you and the kids to expand their circle somewhat...
Appeal to their human side lol! That’s what we did...

amother

Cyan

Thu, Jun 25 2020, 8:20 am

We're in monsey, kids are 9.5, 7 and 3. Still not playing with others. They do talk to friends in the yard at a distance of 10 feet, do a lot of outdoor visits to grandparents etc with 10 ft distance. But no going into anyone elses houses or real playing with anyone.
Doing totally fine BH. Theyre happy and enjoying themselves, doing projects etc. We go on car rides, biking in rockland lake when theres not many people around...

Im hearing more and more people (that I know personally) who had high enough anctibodies to donate plasma mid-may, and now got retested and have none at all.
So im not relying on any of this "herd immunity" stuff. I need to be able to see my mother and my inlaws (in their 60s) and right now this is what we gotta do...

amother

Seafoam

Thu, Jun 25 2020, 8:21 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

I’m genuinely curious if there are still families with school aged kids in quarantine and are planning to stay in quarantine over the summer as well. By that I mean the kids haven’t socialized with friends anywhere closer than 6 ft away since March. Wonder how they’re surviving emotionally.

In the U.K. lots of kids haven’t socialised with friends. Only those who have gone back to school which is a few specific years.

amother

Seafoam

Thu, Jun 25 2020, 8:24 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Wow I’m amazed at anyone who is able to keep it up this long.

My goal is to avoid having my family catch Covid. My father-in-law is high risk and it is possible my DH is. It isn’t amazing to put up with being indoors more than optimal as a preventative measure. I am in the U.K. and when we have gone outside, it reaffirms that we are doing the correct thing to shield as I see so many people out there in big crowds not SD.

amother

Forestgreen

Thu, Jun 25 2020, 9:33 am

We are not high risk and do not live around family to have to worry about elderly relatives,we still prefer not getting sick. We are still social distancing since mid March when schools closed down. We live on a quiet street which definitely makes it easier. If my kids would see other kids playing together right outside our house I would probably give in to the pressure and let them go out and play. They have not had any playdates. The oldest one has gone on bike rides with friends while maintaining distance. We are doing great BH. The kids are connecting with each other and getting creative and my oldest babysits so DH and I can go out shopping together. A little peace and quiet would be nice but I like having my kids home and knowing they are safe.

amother

Khaki

Thu, Jun 25 2020, 9:36 am

My parents who live in KJ have been following guidelines, although my sisters did return to school. My father asked his dayan who told him that once summer camp starts they should go to the country and try to social distance etc. My younger brother in Yeshiva is a different story because of hte learning aspect, so we will see what happens there. The dayan also said things like attending a chasuna for friends is assur in his opinion (unless it is SD in accordance with the law) but that since people don't ask shailas, they don't hear the answers. Basically, he said you need to follow the law of the land when possible. The reason my sisters are in school now is so they do not stick out amongst their friends, but I know other children have parents who also don't want them to be there due to breaking the law etc.