Coronavirus – Shared views on measures

He tells Dagbladet that it has not been the easiest, but that they are only doing what they need.

– In our situation, where we are two people who work one hundred percent and we do not have the opportunity to do anything about it, it is demanding: we have a two-year-old son at home. We do what is needed in such a situation, he says, adding:

– Most of the time we have to work part in the afternoons and work a bit in shifts. Besides, it’s not like we have other plans for the moment, he laughs.

I would wait to send the son to school

Television profile Linni Meister, 34, also learned what it was like to have her son, Dennis, at home in recent weeks as a result of the school closing.

For Dagbladet, the 34-year-old woman says she is very happy that her son is in fifth grade and therefore does not return to school immediately. This is due to the fact that authorities do not allow students from the fifth grade onwards to return to the school bank.

– I probably would have expected to send him to school if he had made his way, Meister tells Dagbladet, and reasons that she is a bit “overprotective”, noting that one should be in these times.

Additionally, Meister points out that he will wait to send Dennis to school of his own free will and opinion.

– Dennis is fine with homeschooling, and he FaceTimer with teachers and classmates. So we are very good at being active and finding things both indoors and outdoors without being surrounded by too many people, he continues.

– I’ve been very strict about meeting someone else, even with the two-meter rule. Yes, more people take this seriously, the sooner we remove it, he adds.

– Important to get a childcare offer

Leading blogger Marna Haugen Burøe (39) makes no secret of the fact that daycare is a “hot topic” at home with her and her husband, Ørjan Burøe (45).

– I think that for many children it is very important to have a daycare, and for those who have parents who cannot be at home, but not least for those children who need to get away from home, he says to Dagbladet.

Also, Haugen Burøe points out that he thinks opening kindergartens is okay, but still thinks it can be a little scary too.

– We don’t know anything about the consequences. I hope it is a smooth start, and that those who can keep the kids at home do it a bit. We are not the first to send children to kindergarten, but we are also not the last, mainly because schools are the least started and the one that suffers the most when it comes to lack of social contact with other children, he continues.

When asked what it has been like to have the children at home for so long, it is sincere that she has been demanding.

– I need a month of rehab for my fallopian tubes after this. Home office, home school and home daycare are a cruel combination and I, who have fatigue after cancer treatment last year, can forget about doing things that require concentration, he says.

Neither does Haugen Burøe agree with Julianne Nygård’s opinion on the opening of kindergarten.

– If I had had an au pair and my son had a year, he probably would have looked at the situation differently. But no, like most of the others in Norway, he explains, explaining:

– Most people in Norway don’t always have a choice but to trust the authorities, and they do their best to do it as safely as possible. As I said, we have no idea of ​​the consequences.

The 39-year-old woman believes she has become something of a home robot and says that when she gets some time for herself, she ends up staring into the air.

– But we also have good times, absolutely. With the same children, the same man, the same cat and in the same house so clearly, but we have begun to discover new places of residence (hiding places) in the house and the garden to get some variety, so it is not stupid . Last night I slept on the hammock porch with the little man, it was like a little vacation there, she ends.

– Do we have reasons not to trust them?

Influences and blogs Anja Johansen (32) tells Dagbladet that she and her partner Lavrans Solli (28) choose to trust professionals from the Health Directorate and the authorities when it comes to opening schools and kindergartens.

– Do we have reasons not to trust them, I think? There are too many self-proclaimed experts on this, but my advice is to think of yourselves and theirs, but at the same time respect the choices of others, she says.

Johansen understands that Julianne Nygård chose not to send her son to kindergarten, but expresses her disagreement with her statement when it comes to children becoming “test rabbits.”

– If our situation had been different with regard to, for example, asthma, illness and, in general, being at risk, then we probably would have thought differently. But again, you know that people who have not been at risk have become ill. So it becomes a choice for everyone to make, but we choose to trust the authorities, ”Johansen tells Dagbladet.

Furthermore, Johansen believes it has been a “dark and scary time” for everyone, and admits that he is still thinking about the corona virus.

– But, when the professionals still trust that we can send the children back to kindergarten and school, I choose to trust that, he says, adding that although the weeks at home with the children have gone surprisingly well, he admits that It will be a bit. It’s good to send the kids to kindergarten again.