Psaki: Vast Majority of Parents 'Appreciate' COVID Precaution That Forces Their Kids to Eat Lunch in the Frigid Outdoors

Making kids eat lunch outside in freezing weather is one of those things parents appreciate, according to White House Press Secretary 👤Jen Psaki.

Last month, New York City schools were still forcing students to eat outside as a social distancing measure to prevent the spread of the 🦠Coronavirus, according to the New York Post.

“It’s getting a little ridiculous at this point,” said one mother whose name was not used. “They’ve eaten outdoors every day this week. It’s cold.”

“It’s already hard enough for a little kid to eat outside while sitting on concrete with a mask on,” said a Brooklyn mom. “What does the weather have to be to go inside? How low does it have to go?”

“The problem is that there is no hard metric for when the kids can go inside,” another parent explained. “It’s just up to the principal, whatever they decide goes. Hopefully we’re not out here in February.”

Psaki, however, said Friday that schools parking students outside in all kinds of weather are doing the right thing.