I was surprised to learn that children are not required to wear face masks at childcare centers where I live (Western NY) even if they are over 2. I put feelers out on my local moms Facebook group after learning this and every parent responding said only the staff are required to wear them, that none of the kids wear them, and that there haven’t been any COVID cases (represented about 8 different daycares all over our county).

My daughter is 4 and my plan was to have her wear a mask (I go back to work 9/8). Without the structure of actual schools where mask breaks are part of the day, and being the only one wearing a mask, I’m wondering how this will go...

Does your daycare (or preschool) require kids to wear masks?

Does your 4 y/o tolerate wearing a mask well?

Do you think it’s weird/odd that if my town had a universal pre-k program, a 4K program, or preschool in the elementary school she’d be required to wear a mask?

Really torn as we love our daycare and really don’t have any other options...