In this article, we investigate how parents of children in primary school navigated risks in the context of COVID-19 mitigation policies during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Denmark, this group found itself at the front line of the reopening after an early lockdown, as primary schools were among the first institutions to reopen. This situation was discussed by the parents amid much controversy, which prompted us to investigate the strategies of different groups of parents within their institutional contexts. Based on qualitative interviews with 30 key informants, supplemented by a qualitative survey completed by 31 parents, collected between April and July 2020, we find three main types of strategies for dealing with pandemic health risks: (1) those involving trust, especially in schools and in teachers; (2) those primarily characterised by prioritising other aspects, such as the work-life balance; (3) and those containing overt or covert resistance strategies. Our findings demonstrate the pivotal role of the perceived trustworthiness of institutions (mainly schools) and professionals (mainly teachers) at the frontline for shaping parental risk navigation strategies. As our sample included asylum seekers whose resistance – unlike that of other parents employing resistance strategies – was met by an intervention, our analysis also sheds light on how social exclusion manifests itself in the Danish welfare state context during a pandemic.

在本文中，我们调查了在 COVID-19 大流行的早期阶段，在 COVID-19 缓解政策的背景下，小学儿童的父母如何应对风险。在丹麦，这个群体在早期封锁后发现自己处于重新开放的前线，因为小学是最早重新开放的机构之一。父母在很多争议中讨论了这种情况，这促使我们调查不同父母群体在其制度背景下的策略。基于对 30 位关键知情人的定性访谈，辅以由 31 位家长完成的定性调查，在 2020 年 4 月至 7 月期间收集，我们发现了应对大流行健康风险的三种主要策略：(1) 涉及信任的策略，尤其是在学校中的策略在教师中；(2) 以优先考虑其他方面为主要特征的人，例如工作与生活的平衡；(3) 以及那些包含明显或隐蔽的抵抗策略。我们的研究结果证明了机构（主要是学校）和专业人士（主要是教师）在制定父母风险导航策略方面的关键作用。由于我们的样本包括寻求庇护者，他们的抵抗 - 与其他采用抵抗策略的父母不同 - 通过干预得到满足，我们的分析还揭示了社会排斥如何在大流行期间在丹麦福利国家背景下表现出来。我们的研究结果证明了机构（主要是学校）和专业人士（主要是教师）在制定父母风险导航策略方面的关键作用。由于我们的样本包括寻求庇护者，他们的抵抗 - 与其他采用抵抗策略的父母不同 - 通过干预得到满足，我们的分析还揭示了社会排斥如何在大流行期间在丹麦福利国家背景下表现出来。我们的研究结果证明了机构（主要是学校）和专业人士（主要是教师）在制定父母风险导航策略方面的关键作用。由于我们的样本包括寻求庇护者，他们的抵抗 - 与其他采用抵抗策略的父母不同 - 通过干预得到满足，我们的分析还揭示了社会排斥如何在大流行期间在丹麦福利国家背景下表现出来。