# Are you wearing a mask if you go out in public? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 23, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-a-mask-if-you-go-out-in-public/852448 "2020-04-23T16:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 234
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-a-mask-if-you-go-out-in-public/852448/234 "2021-07-29T15:01:19Z")
> [@Chatterbox1](#): > > Some people make friends in school. > > I doubt you’d find anyone working in education that would agree with you here, especially for younger ages. It’s important for child development to interact with peers. This post in another thread is relevant: > [@Longing to be "normal" or have a "normal" home... as a kid, or maybe even now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longing-to-be-normal-or-have-a-normal-home-as-a-kid-or-maybe-even-now/947336/29): > > I was raised on a farm, and resented that I had to work a lot more than my peers. We lived way back in a holler, so there were no kids around except my siblings and me unless we had a friend over. My parents did their best, and I grew up in a loving family, but I didn’t develop as I probably should have socially. I had friends in school, but I never liked school; ironic that I’ve worked as an elementary school librarian for 16 years. I definitely wished I lived in an actual neighborhood with… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-a-mask-if-you-go-out-in-public/852448)._