Daycare workers repeatedly force a mask on a 2 year old toddler

Warrigal said:
Children at daycare in Sydney are not required to wear masks but they are required to wear a hat and sunscreen when playing outside. Sun safe policy is a requirement for the licence.

Two year olds have minds of their own and can be obstinate. I doubt that this little boy will be scarred for life by this encounter.

Two year olds can get Covid. I personally know of one little one who did. She was infected by her grandparents, who also infected her mother. The child was not very sick but her mother and grandfather were hospitalised with breathing difficulties. Infected children can infect other children as well as members of their own family and they can infect the day care staff.

What happens when the staff get sick and have to stay home (or are hospitalised), not randomly one at a time but all at the same time? The centre must close for deep cleaning and possibly for at least 2 - 3 weeks until the staff are fit to resume their duties. One little one with symptomless Covid could cause all of the above. Parents would be very unhappy if that were to happen.

Hands up anyone who thinks the staff should be regularly swabbing the kiddie's nostrils to keep everyone safe? Now that would indeed be traumatising for everyone.
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So now they must wear hats and sunscreen to play outside! How stupid is that!! Is there a line of lawyers and doctors standing across the street to make certain of these "life saving" procedures?
 

The world is going mad. People seldom think for themselves and don't know what is right or what is wrong. Whatever they are fed by the media on the smartphones or TV, they believe as the gospel truth. When I was young there was such a thing as "common sense."
 
fmdog44 said:
So now they must wear hats and sunscreen to play outside! How stupid is that!! Is there a line of lawyers and doctors standing across the street to make certain of these "life saving" procedures?
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Maybe you have not been to Australia and felt the rays of the Aussie sun. I am finding out how useful a hat is and sunscreen are. The other day I thought I would tan my thighs so sunbaked and was burnt, painful.
 
fmdog44 said:
So now they must wear hats and sunscreen to play outside! How stupid is that!! Is there a line of lawyers and doctors standing across the street to make certain of these "life saving" procedures?
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The Australian sun causes skin cancers as people of my generation can attest.
Sunburn was accepted as a trivial if painful injury when we were children.
Now those of us who haven't died from melanoma have to have regular sessions with the GP and plastic surgeons dealing with the consequences.

No hat, no play was introduced to encourage wearing of hats when playing outside. Every school and preschool now has expensive shade awnings to protect the children from the hottest part of the day. Nevertheless, broadbrimmed hats are part of school uniforms everywhere in Australia.


Preschool


Primary school
 
SeaBreeze said:
Take care of him herself or get a relative or friend.
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Yes! What a concept!

Too many young mothers think they "have to" work, but in low income families the costs of, daycare, transportation, and nice clothes for the job make it actually cheaper for the mother (or father) to stay home with the child. We're living an average of 75 years, five years out of that life to raise our own children shouldn't be such a sacrifice.
 
Della said:
Yes! What a concept!

Too many young mothers think they "have to" work, but in low income families the costs of, daycare, transportation, and nice clothes for the job make it actually cheaper for the mother (or father) to stay home with the child. We're living an average of 75 years, five years out of that life to raise our own children shouldn't be such a sacrifice.
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Well, I don't deny any woman the right to go out and work, even if she has children. My mother was a stay at home housewife but that was back in the 40s and 50s. Things are different today and every woman has her own personal situation to deal with.

I did mean that if it was important for her to use daycare, then she would have to see that she followed the COVID safety requirements, meaning introducing her toddler to mask wearing, etc. The kid can't throw a fit every time a daycare worker needs to adjust the mask for them, that's for sure.

There are probably women with daycare services in their homes who wouldn't even care about masks, I knew a few neighbors like that in the past who watched other people's children, that was way before coronavirus though.

I don't have any kids, and if I did I would probably want to be home to raise them. But that would depend on my husband's salary, where we lived, etc. Lots of factors involved.
 
Shero said:
Maybe you have not been to Australia and felt the rays of the Aussie sun. I am finding out how useful a hat is and sunscreen are. The other day I thought I would tan my thighs so sunbaked and was burnt, painful.
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The sun is strong here in Colorado too, lots of skin cancer cases around. Many wear hats with brims, etc.
 
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