Posted: Mar 21, 2020 2:52 am
I have an 18 year-old step-daugther and my actual daughter is 13. The former is at college and the latter in school. From today in the UK neither of them can go to their college/school any more.
So, this evening, as we were combining an after-dinner walk* with a visit to the town's atm to withdraw cash in case of another bank collapse, my 18 year-old step-daughter announces that she's meeting friends later, probably in the pub.
* Today is not just the day that kids no longer go to schools/colleges, it's NOW the day that the UK government forced all pubs/restaurants/gyms etc. to close, after the end of today.
We of course have told our 18, going on 15 year-old naive family member, that we absolutely forbid her to go out tonight. Now she hates us.
Did we (my missus and I) do the right thing? I dunno. But what I do know is that young people are not going to understand the severity of this problem, nor care when they see that nearly all deaths are via the elderly and that the young are hardly affected?
Young people are selfish and indifferent on the whole, and it's a seemingly hard task to make them grow-up.
There are or will be lots of coronavirus threads, so let's keep this one focussed upon how you deal with the virus when you have kids. Cheers.
So, this evening, as we were combining an after-dinner walk* with a visit to the town's atm to withdraw cash in case of another bank collapse, my 18 year-old step-daughter announces that she's meeting friends later, probably in the pub.
* Today is not just the day that kids no longer go to schools/colleges, it's NOW the day that the UK government forced all pubs/restaurants/gyms etc. to close, after the end of today.
We of course have told our 18, going on 15 year-old naive family member, that we absolutely forbid her to go out tonight. Now she hates us.
Did we (my missus and I) do the right thing? I dunno. But what I do know is that young people are not going to understand the severity of this problem, nor care when they see that nearly all deaths are via the elderly and that the young are hardly affected?
Young people are selfish and indifferent on the whole, and it's a seemingly hard task to make them grow-up.
There are or will be lots of coronavirus threads, so let's keep this one focussed upon how you deal with the virus when you have kids. Cheers.