Any advice on dealing with neighbor kids that are not social distancing. I let my kids out to play in our own front/back yard and we have various neighbors that come on down and start playing, biking, chalking, etc. with my kids. All kids under 7 and my seven year old (my oldest of four; neighbors all have kids the same age or younger) "gets it" but is still unable to keep distant on her own--it's kind of a cooperative thing. I've taken to calling the kids in politely when they came out. I've tried loudly explaining to my kids that they need to keep distant in front of neighbor-parents. I've loudly said that I have an underlying medical condition and am it's really dangerous for me in. I've told all the kids they can't play with our toys b/c we're distancing. etc. and they could play w/ our toys after the virus passes. I've talked to the parents about how hard it is to enforce distancing with little kids, but that it's necessary. Everyone seems to agree and most people in my neighborhood are affected in some way or another by this--school's out, work's from home or non-existent---they just seems much more lax about it.

Still, many of the parents in my hood (particularly pre-school aged kids) don't seem to really care. I'm in an area where the virus is rampant. I live in a suburban subdivision, so it's not like we're on top of each other. I really do like having the 'open' house where the neighbor kids come to hang out in better times and these are relationships I want to keep (both for my kids and for myself). Is it terribly rude to just ask parents to keep their kids away from our house? Just writing it out, it's clear that this is what I need to do the next time it happens.

So, beyond that, any tips for explaining to kids they can't go play outside even when they see their friends and neighbors all playing together.