Why do parents take their sick kids to soft play!

So I took my son to soft play last week, and some kid, decided to get up and close to him try and kiss him and cough in his face and around his face, until I moved him away, then her mum comes over and begins to wipe her nose from snot.

Now my son has a full-blown cold is feeling really sad for himself and I have now got it too !

Please tell me why parents like and think it’s okay to take their cold stricken kids to soft play and infect everyone else.

Is it just me or does it infuriate other people?

I don’t dare take my son right now around any other kids when he feels this bad so why do other people feel like it’s appropriate to do so!

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Me and my son are under bad flu from the past 4/5 days and we haven’t got out atall ( skipped Easter long weekend too ) It’s the matter of responsibility isn’t it ? Some people are aware others are ignorant. I have experienced same poorly kids are brought to soft plays which shouldn’t be done.

I’m very pleased I didn’t go with my step mum as she would really suffer with suffering from cancer. Some people are seriously selfish.

My son has perpetually got a snotty nose. It’s been like this since starting nursery a few months ago. If he has a temperature and is really unwell, I wouldn’t take him anywhere. But we would be prisoners in our own home if we didn’t go out for every snotty nose. If he’s well enough to go to nursery, he’s well enough to go to a soft play 🤷🏻‍♀️ I can see both sides of the argument

So sorry baby is sick. Those places are germ factories even if no one is visibly sick.

Sorry to hear baby is sick. Unfortunately illnesses and germs are a fact of life and people spread all sorts with out even realising it if they're asymptomatic or pre symptoms. As hard as it is seeing our little ones poorly and wanting to be responsible we also can't stop living for every little sniffle and cough and honestly this time of year it very well could be hay-fever not a cold and the cold could of come from someone else

Completely agree with you. If your little one is sick take them for a walk in fresh air rather than indoors surrounded by other kids. It makes me so mad. Bring back covid regulations, isolation if you are ill.

So annoying! Luckily the weather is improving but I’ve broadly stopped taking her to soft play. She’s in nursery full time and doesn’t get ill…but after soft play? Always gets ill

I felt like that at the start but now that my toddler is bigger I get why people do it. They are always snotty and staying inside drives you insane.

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