Grandparents under 70 & childcare

Henrique14

Hi guys. New to forum and hoping you can help. 

I won't go into major detail but due to go back to work mid June and come off furlough 

Grandparents usually take care of childcare for us as we both work full time. 

Now, I've found many articles saying grandparents cannot babysit grandchildren due to vulnerability. Fair enough. But this only applies to age over 70.

But I cannot find anything on grandparents who are under 70? 

Can anyone clairify this? My parents are in their 50's and have no underlying health issues. 

But according to an article published in the independent 2 days ago,thanks to Dominic Cummings relatives are not allowed to be classed as childcare. (I've tried to post a link but as I'm new it says I am not allowed) 

So in our case, I either have to stay off work or find a registered childminder for our 18 month old?

Seems a bit strange relatives can't babysit but a childminder can?

Now, I know my employer will probably not give a damn about this and will just put me on unpaid leave as at the end of the day it's not their fault the rules are like this and I totally understand they have a business to run. I cannot afford to go into unpaid leave so looks like I'll have to 'disobey' the rules right? And drop off my daughter to grandparents 5 days a week. 

I don't blame the businesses. I blame the clear lack of direction on this matter from the government. And judging by the amount of posts about childcare issues on here there seems to be many people with the same problems.

Thanks 

gettingtheresometime

Trust your instincts.

my mum decided to self isolate a week before the govt asked her to as she could see what was happening....& has agreed to continue isolating for a further fortnight as neither of us trusts the govt advice anymore.

poppy12345

gettingtheresometime said:

Trust your instincts.

I would totally agree with this.

There's going to be a lot of these issues in the coming weeks when people start to return to work. My opinion is, if you stick to strict hygiene rules when returning home from work and collecting your child from your parents then you lower the risk of spreading the virus.

Henrique14

gettingtheresometime said:

Trust your instincts.

my mum decided to self isolate a week before the govt asked her to as she could see what was happening....& has agreed to continue isolating for a further fortnight as neither of us trusts the govt advice anymore.

So your advising me to disobey the rules 😉? 

Its either that are take however many weeks of unpaid leave. 

Agreed. I've lost faith in any 'advice'

poppy12345

Henrique14 said:

gettingtheresometime said:

Trust your instincts.

my mum decided to self isolate a week before the govt asked her to as she could see what was happening....& has agreed to continue isolating for a further fortnight as neither of us trusts the govt advice anymore.

So your advising me to disobey the rules 😉? 

Its either that are take however many weeks of unpaid leave. 

Agreed. I've lost faith in any 'advice'

That's something only you can decide on.

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Well when you look at the recent riots, the Government is going to have an extremely hard time in being taken seriously now. 15K people huddled together seems to be unaddressed. No wonder the public will lose faith. Not that this helps your situation of course but I suppose it ties in with trusting your instincts. 

unforeseen

15K people huddled together seems to be unaddressed.

For the simple reason that anything that could be said or done to enforce social distancing would be seen in that situation as anti George Floyd. 

The authorities were in a no win situation. Let it go and people will complain about the gathering. Attempt to break it up or comment publicly about it and the are anti George Floyd. 

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unforeseen said:

15K people huddled together seems to be unaddressed.

For the simple reason that anything that could be said or done to enforce social distancing would be seen in that situation as anti George Floyd. 

The authorities were in a no win situation. Let it go and people will complain about the gathering. Attempt to break it up or comment publicly about it and the are anti George Floyd. 

It's stalemate because its been allowed to get that way. 25 years too late to put it right now. 

sharpe106

In theory they can’t as breaks the social distancing rules. But I still don’t see what the difference between that and a child-minder is.

silvercar

You and your parents need to decide on the risk. Are you parents happy to offer care at the moment?
I don't see much wrong with it, your parents could start the registration process for childminders if they wanted to take a loophole.
I'd be more concerned if your child was school age and you were asking your parents to provide wrap around care once your child was mixing in the classroom.

Mrsn

Officially the answer is no.... But it’s really your choice to make.

I think the point that they won’t be mixing with anyone else I like if they were at a childminders is valid. It’s really hard for parents to be stuck in this position at the moment.