My son continued to go to daycare throughout everything we had no choice but to work. We haven't had any concerns and feel they have taken precautions to keep the kids safe. He will start kindergarten this fall and I have no concern. He is great about wearing a mask and washing his hands and probably understand spreading germs better than some adults 😂😂 I pray he stays safe but know that we will teach and do what we can on our end.
Around us, if your aren't vaxed they should wear a mask.....kids aren't yet so I'm hoping they have to wear masks at school. I'm ready for the vaccine to be ready for kids tho!
My 10 year old won’t be going back until he can be vaccinated
My teen will be the FIRSTTTT one at the gate on the first day of school 🤣🎒 get outtttttt. She is vaccinated tho but would've been going regardless. My toddler been in preschool the whole year and still is and her school never had an issue with the virus and they wear mask.
I’m nervous about it. My area isn’t offering online, masks are optional for everyone in school and there aren’t any small private schools close by. I don’t feel like I have great options. But my son is good about wearing his mask so I can only hope he’ll follow my directions and keep it on all day at school, despite what others may be doing or saying. I wish masks in school had been kept mandatory for everyone until vaccination became available to all school-age kids.
I’m ready!!! My oldest went hybrid for the last 2 months and my second is currently in person summer school. My boys are good with the mask wearing it’s my daughter that is an anti masker 😂😂 she may cause some issues. They all want to go back, my boys miss their friends and my daughter is excited to start school and make friends.
Ct has handle the virus very well and most adults out here are vaccinated and the majority wear masks still in public places where you can't socially distance...I really hope the public schools will mandate masks until the little ones can be vaccinated especially with the delta variant knocking at our door.
That would be ideal, because kids really need to get back into the classroom. I'm 1000% for that. Schools did a very good job with mask wearing. I hope that's what they do.
@ai.ariel I think it really depends on where you live
And when I say "going about our lives", I mean going back to church & Lynnie starting school! We don't do anything else except go to the lake for jet skiing and boating/swimming, go on hikes, fishing, just outdoor stuff. We don't do any other indoor activities, no dine in restaurants because my kids are too much, nothing extra EXCEPT church and Lynnie starting school in September. I still only do grocery pick ups and probably wont ever go back to indoor shopping unless I'm by myself. Lol
@jenx exactly! Pickup is amazing! I don't have to stress out about my kids acting crazy and I also don't have to search for what I need. Another plus for me is knowing how much I'm spending and only buying what I need instead of impulse buys.
@ai.ariel don't get me wrong, I do love online shopping, especially for diapers and stuff I need but can afford to wait a couple days for. I have amazon prime and purchase often.
I think all Americans will be eligible for the vaccine by Oct/Nov and when my daughter is vaccinated, we're going everywhere! I can't wait. My mom just bought this awesome RV and we're excited.
I was reading an article that a physician and professor at a medical school in NY wrote, and he basically said we are set to have "two Americas" for a while. Counties and states with high vaccination rates are going to be business as usual, low vax counties and states will see what we saw last winter, full ER, full ICU, etc. It just sort of is what it is. Everyone makes their own decisions. I think kids will be passing a lot of Delta variant covid back and forth until the ones who are going to get vaxed get the shot. It's more than 60% more transmissible and that really stinks.
@jenx just read it in Forbes. Ugh. Stupidity is effing us hard right now.
@jenx, yup. My cousin is pissing me off about it too. “It’s still very effective efficacy”. NO THE FUCK IT ISNT. Is it better then nothing? Of course. That’s why everyone stopped using j&J because THE EFFICACY IS SO LOW.
@squishymommy1 we're all going to end up with mix and match boosters soon. I have to text my mom to quit being a damn do gooder and volunteering. She's doing some 6 hour stretch at the American Cancer Society and her county in Ohio has a damn vaccination rate of 15%. Time to let the cards fall where they may and they can deal with it.
My daughter starts kindergarten in September at a small, private school. I am weary but also not living in fear for another year, we remain cautious but we personally are going about our lives. Now if something crazy happens and we have an outrageous number of cases we may do something different but right now Our cases remain low here, we have 116 active cases in a county of nearly 100,000. Our state has like 2,000 cases. Mask mandates haven't been active here since the end of March or April and we are doing well.
With Delta variant running rampant, not optimistic. Once again, we dropped the ball. I think it could have been fine if we kept masks up through summer.
We are keeping an eye, if there is an option for continuing remote then we will take it.
@icebergahead we have done online public school since kindergarten so this has been business as usual here. My kiddo has always wanted to do it that way, too, despite being incredibly social. She works hard and is motivated, so it works!
Ct has handle the virus very well and most adults out here are vaccinated and the majority wear masks still in public places where you can't socially distance...I really hope the public schools will mandate masks until the little ones can be vaccinated especially with the delta variant knocking at our door.