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Not quite the same, but I’m planning on signing my oldest up for summer camps. I think he’ll have a blast and it’ll be a safe-ish return to normal. We'll probably do swim lessons but ours are outdoor. It kind of feels weird because I know they get pretty close to teach breathing and things but after skipping it last year I really want to get started again. We won’t do soccer or other activities but not for safety reasons. Those seem pretty safe to me but we’ve started to really enjoy empty space on our calendars.

We signed our son up for activities last summer and will do again this summer. I look very closely at infection rates (they're low and we are in a very protocol-following area) and to us it is worth the minimal risk. I am pretty unconcerned with outdoor transmission, it's almost impossible. my son and husband go skating in an indoor rink, we go to the gym, my son will play t-ball and probably go to Ninja gym. My 2-year-old does gymnastics with the nanny. Masks are required at all times for these, that's why we do them. My 5-year-old attends outdoor summer camp also.

in terms of risks and benefit it is worth it for him to interact and get physical activity. It is a hard choice but I don't see things changing for at least a year. These are important years for our little ones.

For indoor, I think it would depend for me on the size of the indoor space. Like I said, I feel comfortable in the soccer dome because it's massive - I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable in, say, a school gym, depending on the number of participants.

We skipped the fall season but signed DS (5.5) up for spring soccer and am so happy we did. The YMCA is taking lots of precautions and being outside makes me feel more comfortable.

My kids have been doing sports since last summer with no issues. They have been swimming and playing tennis indoors since September.

My kids did baseball and soccer outdoors last fall. They've been in school all year (masked) with no issues so they are very used to wearing masks for long periods of time. We just started them in indoor soccer a few weeks ago. All kids are masked in a large gym and there is only supposed to be one spectator per kid. We are all able to space out.

@erinbaderin: I don't know if it's that or the chlorine, but pools do seem pretty safe. DD1's school resumed swim class this fall - I was really shocked by that, but assumed they know what they're doing. And it's been going OK and not causing outbreaks. They covid test all the classes regularly so they'd know.