I’m afraid that sadly I have seen evidence of older people being selfish, never mind young ones. Many older people, such as us all on Gransnet really do think the world should stop for young people because of Covid19. Well of course, none of us want to die, but let’s face it, we are at the end of our lives, the children and young are at the beginning.
I have been accused of virtue signalling on this site because I have steadfastly supported the opening of schools for our children. I have argued that they are more important than us, because they are. They have been deprived of their education, the development of their social and emotional life skills, and the whole of their lives has been shut down. No clubs, no birthday parties, no horse riding, ballet lessons, music lessons, Cubs, Scouts, Brownies, or indeed anything else. We cannot allow our children to be so severely deprived again.
I have a 92 year old mother. I have done everything in my power to keep her safe during this crisis, and I will do so again if the crisis looks to continue in our area. BUT she is not more important than our eight year old grandson (three solid months and he never saw another child as he’s an only one) or our six year old twin grandchildren, or our two year old darling boy. They are more important, and their development is more important than me, my mother, or any other older person.