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When the lockdowns and the masking up in daycare started, I presumed this would be the case and took steps to ensure my 2.5 year old received sufficient social

When the lockdowns and the masking up in daycare started, I presumed this would be the case and took steps to ensure my 2.5 year old received sufficient social interaction. I took her out more, talked with her more, and attempted to find like minded parents. As things opened back up the differences between kids of parents who did that and not is striking. My daughter is social and rarely shy, other kids we see seem so scared and withdrawn. Sample size of one but I'm glad I did it.

_-david-_ 5y ago
>other kids we see seem so scared and withdrawn. It would be interesting to know how many of those other parents also told their kids if they go outside without a mask or socialized with other kids they would get sick and die. That would be enough to cause any kid to be scared and withdrawn.
- henrikschroder 5y ago
  The weird obsession in the US with masking toddlers and children is absolutely baffling to me.
  - robhunter 5y ago
    Who is downvoting this? Why?
    - henrikschroder 5y ago
      People who are myopically obsessed with how the pandemic is being handled in their immediate vicinity, without knowing what it looks like in other parts of the world, I'm guessing. Throughout most of Europe, you would be viewed as an extreme child-abusing weirdo if you suggest masking toddlers or small children is a good thing.
  - NineStarPoint 5y ago
    Are children less likely to spread the disease than adults? You don’t wear masks to protect yourself, they’re generally bad at that, you wear them to not spread disease to others.
    - henrikschroder 5y ago
      > Are children less likely to spread the disease than adults? Yes, because you have to be infected in the first place, which kids are less likely to be, and if you are infected, your contagiousness is proportional to how sick you are, and since kids are often less sick and often asymptomatic, they also spread it less.
blitzar 5y ago
Yeah, sadly those steps put you in the top 1%.

_-david-_ 5y ago

>other kids we see seem so scared and withdrawn. It would be interesting to know how many of those other parents also told their kids if they go outside without a mask or socialized with other kids they would get sick and die. That would be enough to cause any kid to be scared and withdrawn.

henrikschroder 5y ago
The weird obsession in the US with masking toddlers and children is absolutely baffling to me.
- robhunter 5y ago
  Who is downvoting this? Why?
  - henrikschroder 5y ago
    People who are myopically obsessed with how the pandemic is being handled in their immediate vicinity, without knowing what it looks like in other parts of the world, I'm guessing. Throughout most of Europe, you would be viewed as an extreme child-abusing weirdo if you suggest masking toddlers or small children is a good thing.
- NineStarPoint 5y ago
  Are children less likely to spread the disease than adults? You don’t wear masks to protect yourself, they’re generally bad at that, you wear them to not spread disease to others.
  - henrikschroder 5y ago
    > Are children less likely to spread the disease than adults? Yes, because you have to be infected in the first place, which kids are less likely to be, and if you are infected, your contagiousness is proportional to how sick you are, and since kids are often less sick and often asymptomatic, they also spread it less.

blitzar 5y ago

Yeah, sadly those steps put you in the top 1%.