{"id":7417,"date":"2020-09-17T21:53:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T21:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theparentsocial.com\/?p=7417"},"modified":"2023-05-11T10:28:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T10:28:57","slug":"rule-of-six-and-a-family-of-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparentsocial.com\/rule-of-six-and-a-family-of-five\/","title":{"rendered":"Rule of Six and a Family of Five"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A clamp down on non-socially distanced mass gatherings is <\/em>needed to curb the latest COVID-19 spike. However, the ‘rule of six’ IMHO is pretty counter intuitive, contradictory and – for a family of five – divisive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it was full lockdown we adhered to the laws. Friends and family were completely off limits, I only went out of the house (solo) for essential food shopping and we stayed local for our exercise once that was permitted. When we returned from holiday this summer we quarantined<\/a> for 14 days. That was VERY tough as we couldn’t leave the house at all. Period. We managed it though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rule of six when you’re a five<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It has been fantastic seeing friends and family again after months of isolation. We, like most, haven’t been meeting up in vast numbers. We have continued to socially distance, have been generally sensible about everything and are fastidious about wearing face masks where mandatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rule of six for families of five obviously means you can only socialise with one other person outside of your unit at a time. One grandparent or one friend (but they can’t bring their partner); a child can’t meet a single friend (even from their own class) out of school as a parent coming with them takes the count to seven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rule of six seems to fly in the face of other advice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This all seems rather crazy and arbitrary when children are back at school and we’ve all been encouraged to get back out and about again. <\/p>\n\n\n