Re: Simple poll about masks on children at school.

Posted by Sash

Posted by MC09

Posted by JME78

I think that people have lost the ability to properly assess risk.
With vaccines available to the majority of the population, including school aged children, its time to end masking in schools.

Masks are causing a host of learning delays in children, especially those with special needs. Its not necessary at this point. Cloth masks especially are useless, its just theater.

I hate hearing the "kids are resilient" mantra over and over. I don't want my kids to have to be resilient anymore. 2 years in, people have the tools to protect themselves and I can make the choices that work for my family.

especially the resilient part. No, it's not a child's responsibility to safeguard adults and it never was. This is the definition of insanity. I feel so bad for these kids. They only have a small window of childhood and they've already sacrificed 2 years of it. Enough with this nonsense already.

Honestly, I don't even think this is true. Kids aren't that resilient, i think they are more prone to keep things inside because either they don't know how to verbalize their feelings or process the emotion/action. It doesn't mean they aren't impacted or that trauma isn't happening to them that may resurface later on.

Hence why so many adults end up in therapy.

Re: Simple poll about masks on children at school.

Posted by MC09

Posted by NervousNell

Posted by MC09

Posted by JME78

I think that people have lost the ability to properly assess risk.
With vaccines available to the majority of the population, including school aged children, its time to end masking in schools.

Masks are causing a host of learning delays in children, especially those with special needs. Its not necessary at this point. Cloth masks especially are useless, its just theater.

I hate hearing the "kids are resilient" mantra over and over. I don't want my kids to have to be resilient anymore. 2 years in, people have the tools to protect themselves and I can make the choices that work for my family.

especially the resilient part. No, it's not a child's responsibility to safeguard adults and it never was. This is the definition of insanity. I feel so bad for these kids. They only have a small window of childhood and they've already sacrificed 2 years of it. Enough with this nonsense already.

That's my point too- kids shouldn't be having to keep adults safe.
Before the vaccine it was- oh well little Johnny can pass it to an adult who is more at risk. 3 vaccines later I don't want to hear that shit anymore
It's not a child's job to bear the burden of protecting adults.
Go protect yourself and leave the kids out of it

100% agree. Adults are responsible for their own health. Full stop. They always have been. There's a vaccine now (as ineffective as it is at actually curbing the spread, this is what they're choosing to stick with so deal, Suzanne). If you need the protection, get vaccinated. Get all the vaccines. Wear 3 masks if you feel you have to. Social distance if you need to. If that's not enough, stay home. Build a bunker. Move to Peru and live in a grass hut off the grid. Do what YOU have to to protect YOURSELF. But stop torturing kids. Saying kids are resilient is trying to make yourself, the adult, feel better about the torture these kids are experiencing. Kids locked outside in freezing temperatures, eating off the floor like dogs?? How is that protecting you, Suzanne?? Adults wouldn't stand for being treated like this, but it's ok to treat kids like this because they're kids?! If they're so worried about curbing the spread, maybe the school staff should be eating lunch silently off the ground outside in freezing temps with no coats. I hear it's hard to catch outside. If you're worried about catching a disease from kids, maybe it's time to find a new profession. Kids have ALWAYS been walking little snot rags. Double masking them won't change that.

I'm so over this shit. STOP TRAUMATIZING KIDS!!! JUST STOP AND GET SOME MENTAL HELP!!!

Re: Simple poll about masks on children at school.

Posted by NervousNell

Posted by MC09

Posted by Sash

Posted by MC09

Posted by JME78

I think that people have lost the ability to properly assess risk.
With vaccines available to the majority of the population, including school aged children, its time to end masking in schools.

Masks are causing a host of learning delays in children, especially those with special needs. Its not necessary at this point. Cloth masks especially are useless, its just theater.

I hate hearing the "kids are resilient" mantra over and over. I don't want my kids to have to be resilient anymore. 2 years in, people have the tools to protect themselves and I can make the choices that work for my family.

especially the resilient part. No, it's not a child's responsibility to safeguard adults and it never was. This is the definition of insanity. I feel so bad for these kids. They only have a small window of childhood and they've already sacrificed 2 years of it. Enough with this nonsense already.

Honestly, I don't even think this is true. Kids aren't that resilient, i think they are more prone to keep things inside because either they don't know how to verbalize their feelings or process the emotion/action. It doesn't mean they aren't impacted or that trauma isn't happening to them that may resurface later on.

Hence why so many adults end up in therapy.

10000% this!!!! This is exactly what I wanted to say but COULDN'T VERBALIZE it myself as an adult!!! You said it perfectly and better than I ever can! Thank you! These kids are NOT resilient. They're traumatized. Who TF knows what lasting affect these past 2 years will have on these kids in the future? NOBODY KNOWS!! Get ready to pay for therapy later on people!! We already have "covid babies" needing therapy for anxiety and speech issues. BABIES with anxiety! All the past 2 years has done is ensure a lifetime of PTSD and internalized issues on the youngest generation. Get ready for it!

And all for a disease with a 99% survival rate.
Can you imagine if a real disease ever got here? Something like Ebola?
Game.Over.

Re: Simple poll about masks on children at school.

Posted by soontobemommyof2

Posted by NervousNell

Posted by MC09

Posted by Sash

Posted by MC09

Posted by JME78

I think that people have lost the ability to properly assess risk.
With vaccines available to the majority of the population, including school aged children, its time to end masking in schools.

Masks are causing a host of learning delays in children, especially those with special needs. Its not necessary at this point. Cloth masks especially are useless, its just theater.

I hate hearing the "kids are resilient" mantra over and over. I don't want my kids to have to be resilient anymore. 2 years in, people have the tools to protect themselves and I can make the choices that work for my family.

especially the resilient part. No, it's not a child's responsibility to safeguard adults and it never was. This is the definition of insanity. I feel so bad for these kids. They only have a small window of childhood and they've already sacrificed 2 years of it. Enough with this nonsense already.

Honestly, I don't even think this is true. Kids aren't that resilient, i think they are more prone to keep things inside because either they don't know how to verbalize their feelings or process the emotion/action. It doesn't mean they aren't impacted or that trauma isn't happening to them that may resurface later on.

Hence why so many adults end up in therapy.

10000% this!!!! This is exactly what I wanted to say but COULDN'T VERBALIZE it myself as an adult!!! You said it perfectly and better than I ever can! Thank you! These kids are NOT resilient. They're traumatized. Who TF knows what lasting affect these past 2 years will have on these kids in the future? NOBODY KNOWS!! Get ready to pay for therapy later on people!! We already have "covid babies" needing therapy for anxiety and speech issues. BABIES with anxiety! All the past 2 years has done is ensure a lifetime of PTSD and internalized issues on the youngest generation. Get ready for it!

And all for a disease with a 99% survival rate.
Can you imagine if a real disease ever got here? Something like Ebola?
Game.Over.

Don’t u dare to say that number! There are still people that don’t like to hear it, and cover their ears with their hands whenever someone mentions the survival rate.

Re: Simple poll about masks on children at school.

Posted by NervousNell

Posted by MrsWoods

Posted by NervousNell

Are the schools delusional to think we are living like this at home?
Not seeing anyone, eating in silence because speaking is bad, staying 6 feet apart from people, not travelling, not seeing friends, not eating in restaurants, not gathering with family?
I think about all the stuff we do on the weekends and I think about my DD having constant sleepovers with her friends where 3 of them share a full sized bed and sleep next to each other! And we don't even covid test before or after! OMG!
OMG Hochul would shit her pants!!!
What would the Superintendent think?

And then this weekend we had birthday cake that someone blew on and we all ate it like crazy psychopaths and I ran around in a dirty gauze mask that I can blow a candle out when wearing and kept pulling it off my face once inside the store and I ate in 3 restaurants and was standing at a bar with no mask on! And I got really crazy and walked from the bar to the bathroom with no mask on because I love to live on the edge like that!

Then I send her back to school on Monday in a mask and she's sitting 6 feet apart and kids are eating lunch on the floor like animals and we play this little game of safety. Don't speak while eating. Until Saturday. Then all bets are off.

Yeah ok.

Can I be your best friend?!

LOL yes!
Come over, we can eat some birthday cake that has been blown on and discuss which Etsy seller makes the thinnest, most see through compliance masks.

Re: Simple poll about masks on children at school.

Posted by MrsWoods

Posted by NervousNell

Posted by MrsWoods

Posted by NervousNell

Are the schools delusional to think we are living like this at home?
Not seeing anyone, eating in silence because speaking is bad, staying 6 feet apart from people, not travelling, not seeing friends, not eating in restaurants, not gathering with family?
I think about all the stuff we do on the weekends and I think about my DD having constant sleepovers with her friends where 3 of them share a full sized bed and sleep next to each other! And we don't even covid test before or after! OMG!
OMG Hochul would shit her pants!!!
What would the Superintendent think?

And then this weekend we had birthday cake that someone blew on and we all ate it like crazy psychopaths and I ran around in a dirty gauze mask that I can blow a candle out when wearing and kept pulling it off my face once inside the store and I ate in 3 restaurants and was standing at a bar with no mask on! And I got really crazy and walked from the bar to the bathroom with no mask on because I love to live on the edge like that!

Then I send her back to school on Monday in a mask and she's sitting 6 feet apart and kids are eating lunch on the floor like animals and we play this little game of safety. Don't speak while eating. Until Saturday. Then all bets are off.

Yeah ok.

Can I be your best friend?!

LOL yes!
Come over, we can eat some birthday cake that has been blown on and discuss which Etsy seller makes the thinnest, most see through compliance masks.

Fantastic!! Sounds like a blast

Re: Simple poll about masks on children at school.

Posted by windyweather21

Posted by MrsWoods

Posted by NervousNell

Posted by MrsWoods

Posted by NervousNell

Are the schools delusional to think we are living like this at home?
Not seeing anyone, eating in silence because speaking is bad, staying 6 feet apart from people, not travelling, not seeing friends, not eating in restaurants, not gathering with family?
I think about all the stuff we do on the weekends and I think about my DD having constant sleepovers with her friends where 3 of them share a full sized bed and sleep next to each other! And we don't even covid test before or after! OMG!
OMG Hochul would shit her pants!!!
What would the Superintendent think?

And then this weekend we had birthday cake that someone blew on and we all ate it like crazy psychopaths and I ran around in a dirty gauze mask that I can blow a candle out when wearing and kept pulling it off my face once inside the store and I ate in 3 restaurants and was standing at a bar with no mask on! And I got really crazy and walked from the bar to the bathroom with no mask on because I love to live on the edge like that!

Then I send her back to school on Monday in a mask and she's sitting 6 feet apart and kids are eating lunch on the floor like animals and we play this little game of safety. Don't speak while eating. Until Saturday. Then all bets are off.

Yeah ok.

Can I be your best friend?!

LOL yes!
Come over, we can eat some birthday cake that has been blown on and discuss which Etsy seller makes the thinnest, most see through compliance masks.

Fantastic!! Sounds like a blast

I’ll bring the CBD and Wine as they are now saying people who drink wine can avoid Covid too.
I recommend Vodka though as that is what I drink lol

Re: Simple poll about masks on children at school.

Posted by NervousNell

Posted by windyweather21

Posted by MrsWoods

Posted by NervousNell

Posted by MrsWoods

Posted by NervousNell

Are the schools delusional to think we are living like this at home?
Not seeing anyone, eating in silence because speaking is bad, staying 6 feet apart from people, not travelling, not seeing friends, not eating in restaurants, not gathering with family?
I think about all the stuff we do on the weekends and I think about my DD having constant sleepovers with her friends where 3 of them share a full sized bed and sleep next to each other! And we don't even covid test before or after! OMG!
OMG Hochul would shit her pants!!!
What would the Superintendent think?

And then this weekend we had birthday cake that someone blew on and we all ate it like crazy psychopaths and I ran around in a dirty gauze mask that I can blow a candle out when wearing and kept pulling it off my face once inside the store and I ate in 3 restaurants and was standing at a bar with no mask on! And I got really crazy and walked from the bar to the bathroom with no mask on because I love to live on the edge like that!

Then I send her back to school on Monday in a mask and she's sitting 6 feet apart and kids are eating lunch on the floor like animals and we play this little game of safety. Don't speak while eating. Until Saturday. Then all bets are off.

Yeah ok.

Can I be your best friend?!

LOL yes!
Come over, we can eat some birthday cake that has been blown on and discuss which Etsy seller makes the thinnest, most see through compliance masks.

Fantastic!! Sounds like a blast

I’ll bring the CBD and Wine as they are now saying people who drink wine can avoid Covid too.
I recommend Vodka though as that is what I drink lol

Oh I'm a vodka girl too.
But it's no wonder I haven't gotten Covid- I love wine and exist on CBD lately because these last 2 years have destroyed me mentally and it helps calm my brain down on nights I don't want to get buzzed! lol

Simple poll about masks on children at school.

Well, they revised our lunch policy - they can eat at their desks now. So they can only eat with those in their class and since they are three feet apart, they are subject to quarantine.

Lovely. I think eating on the floor was gross but like I said, I didn't complain as it kept my kid in school, where last year at this time he was only in school 2 days a week at 8 years old... He graduated to 3 days at the end of Feb and 5 days in April. He was full remote for Thanksgiving to the week after New Years as well.

Re: Simple poll about masks on children at school.

Here’s my little personal story of covid hell. Catholic school nyc…I got covid Christmas break, doing the right thing I report to school my 2 kids have been exposed. Kids have zero symptoms. Household contact -no testing out early. Shared the same bathroom -they get 20 days of quarantine(10 days of my exposing them plus 10 days of their quarantine)…ok great, they can go back 1/28/22 tues after mlk…go to school 3 days, Friday am get call my older dd exposed can’t come to school…kid is hysterical…younger dd can go to school. Mon 1/24 younger dd wakes up with fever, bring both to get tested younger is +, older is negative. Inform school…tells me + dd can go back to school on 2/1/22 with md clearance and no symptoms but negative dd still cant test out early due to home contact but this time they are living on separate floors because I learned my lesson-she can’t go back till the 3rd. The kicker? Call Pediatrician to make appt for younger dd for clearance-they won’t see her until the 3rd! What guidance are we following? Is the cdc not good enough anymore? I don’t get it and all I keep thinking is who’s paying my family’s psychiatry bills after all this because I am not ok and I definitely see my older dd is not ok. So all said and done my older dd has gone to school 3 days since Christmas break until 2/3 and younger only 4 day…oh and no remote learning so just doing posted assignments. This is not acceptable.

On topic-My opinion on masks-they don’t bother me, but if everyone is getting quarantined if not wearing them then I will have to say keep them. I’m about ready to email principal to make sure my older dd remains in contact only with those she’s already been exposed to because she’s been quarantined an awful lot for someone who hasn’t tested + yet..at least younger one has a quarantine pass for 90 days now. Ah the things that bring me joy now!

ETA-I see nyc finally adopted the new cdc guidelines effective 1/31/22, that's why the school gave me that date, older one still gets 10...guess I need to call pediatrician to clarify.

Message edited 1/26/2022 11:08:54 PM.

Re: Simple poll about masks on children at school.

Posted by soontobemommyof2

Posted by Sash

Posted by MC09

Posted by JME78

I think that people have lost the ability to properly assess risk.
With vaccines available to the majority of the population, including school aged children, its time to end masking in schools.

Masks are causing a host of learning delays in children, especially those with special needs. Its not necessary at this point. Cloth masks especially are useless, its just theater.

I hate hearing the "kids are resilient" mantra over and over. I don't want my kids to have to be resilient anymore. 2 years in, people have the tools to protect themselves and I can make the choices that work for my family.

especially the resilient part. No, it's not a child's responsibility to safeguard adults and it never was. This is the definition of insanity. I feel so bad for these kids. They only have a small window of childhood and they've already sacrificed 2 years of it. Enough with this nonsense already.

Honestly, I don't even think this is true. Kids aren't that resilient, i think they are more prone to keep things inside because either they don't know how to verbalize their feelings or process the emotion/action. It doesn't mean they aren't impacted or that trauma isn't happening to them that may resurface later on.

Hence why so many adults end up in therapy.

This exactly! I just said pretty much the same thing .

Re: Simple poll about masks on children at school.

Posted by Sash

Posted by MC09

Posted by JME78

I think that people have lost the ability to properly assess risk.
With vaccines available to the majority of the population, including school aged children, its time to end masking in schools.

Masks are causing a host of learning delays in children, especially those with special needs. Its not necessary at this point. Cloth masks especially are useless, its just theater.

I hate hearing the "kids are resilient" mantra over and over. I don't want my kids to have to be resilient anymore. 2 years in, people have the tools to protect themselves and I can make the choices that work for my family.

especially the resilient part. No, it's not a child's responsibility to safeguard adults and it never was. This is the definition of insanity. I feel so bad for these kids. They only have a small window of childhood and they've already sacrificed 2 years of it. Enough with this nonsense already.

Honestly, I don't even think this is true. Kids aren't that resilient, i think they are more prone to keep things inside because either they don't know how to verbalize their feelings or process the emotion/action. It doesn't mean they aren't impacted or that trauma isn't happening to them that may resurface later on.

Hence why so many adults end up in therapy.

Message edited 1/27/2022 12:01:12 PM.

Re: Simple poll about masks on children at school.

I’m all for choice however I’m 99% sure quarantine rules will change and more kids will have to quarantine. This would be the on,yreason why I would want masks to be worn.

Granted my kids right now don’t have to quarantine for 90 days but what I want to see is quarantines go away or being able to test out of quarantines!

Re: Simple poll about masks on children at school.

Quarantines and contract tracing need to go away too
Vaccines are widely available.
Boosters are availabe.
Kids don't get very sick from this.
It's over.
Time to move the eff on

Re: Simple poll about masks on children at school.

Message edited 1/27/2022 7:48:20 PM.

Re: Simple poll about masks on children at school.