Do you say something to a mom in public with a sick kid?

[Anonymous]

Moms who keep their sick kids at home are considerate of others. Moms who don't are inconsiderate of others and selfish. That's the bottom line.

If you cause an accident on the road because the speed limit is 30 and you are going 38 and the car you hit has a baby in it with a fragile health issue and that baby eventually dies...even if most babies would not die in such an accident and this baby was THE EXCEPTIONAL CASE, you'd still be legally responsible for tha babies death. Because the law says that you take your victims as you find them, fragile health, robust health, whatever.

If my preschool has a sick child policy and you bring your child with a bad cough to my child's class and my child has a fragile health issue that could permanently disable him, yes you would be responsible BECAUSE YOU KNEW NOT TO BRING A SICK CHILD TO PRESCHOOL BUT YOU STILL DID. It doesn't matter if my child is the exception in having fragile health. The law doesn't care about that. The law only cares that YOU ACTED SELFISHLY AND PUT OTHER CHILDREN AT RISK.

[Anonymous]

I had a bad case of chickenbox when I was 5. I went to school when the disease subsided and was no longer infectious, even though I had the spots.
Was my mom supposed to keep a child that is not at home, bored to death?
Either way, it was horrible the way the boys ran away from me.
From what I hear, here the day care centres would not accept a kid if they still have spots, even if the disease has already subsided. I am not convinced this is what is best for a healthy child.

If you have a child with a fragile health issue, maybe you should consider home day care or a nanny that will teach your child at home, not a preschool

[Anonymous]

Moms who keep their sick kids at home are considerate of others. Moms who don't are inconsiderate of others and selfish. That's the bottom line.

NP: I don't think you can be so absolute on things like this. I had one of the worst days of my life a few weeks ago - I had two sick kids and a husband who had just had surgery himself and couldn't look after the kids. With both kids in tow, I went to the pharmacy at Target to pick up a prescription for one of the kids, and I had some nut start lecturing me about taking the sick kids out in public. Hello, I don't have an alternative. I wanted to start crying.

I'm just saying that it is hard to conclude that everyone in public with sick kids is inconsiderate and selfish.

[Anonymous]

If a bad cough is going to kill a child then taking him to daycare is you being irresponsible, not the person with the child who has a cough.

"The law only cares that YOU ACTED SELFISHLY AND PUT OTHER CHILDREN AT RISK. "????

This is demented, I am afraid. The extensive use of capitals is, as always, an indication. You think "The law" would come after you for putting a child with a cough in daycare? Which section of the legal code is that based on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Moms who keep their sick kids at home are considerate of others. Moms who don't are inconsiderate of others and selfish. That's the bottom line.

NP: I don't think you can be so absolute on things like this. I had one of the worst days of my life a few weeks ago - I had two sick kids and a husband who had just had surgery himself and couldn't look after the kids. With both kids in tow, I went to the pharmacy at Target to pick up a prescription for one of the kids, and I had some nut start lecturing me about taking the sick kids out in public. Hello, I don't have an alternative. I wanted to start crying.

I'm just saying that it is hard to conclude that everyone in public with sick kids is inconsiderate and selfish.

Agreed. People act like everyone in this area has super-high paying jobs, multiple nannies, extended family, and what have you, so that they are able to keep their sick children home all the time, 24/7, no matter what. Come on. Life is not that easy. Have some compassion.

[Anonymous]

It is against the law to drive a car above the speed limit.

It is not against the law to bring an ill child out in public, with a few exceptions. (If you child has been quarantined for having a serious, contagious disease such as XDR-TB. But even then, the quarantine is almost always voluntary.)

[Anonymous]

Oh, this is probably why that woman in NE left her 3 tiny kids home alone -- they were sick but she needed to go get medicine.

Right.

[Anonymous]

Oh, this is probably why that woman in NE left her 3 tiny kids home alone -- they were sick but she needed to go get medicine.

Right.

Huh? I don't think anybody made a point even vaguely close to that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: With both kids in tow, I went to the pharmacy at Target to pick up a prescription for one of the kids, .....

Where else can sick people go to get their prescribed medicine, but the pharmacy.

Makes me wonder why the pharmacies are at the gocery stores and at places like target, walmart.

Anyone with a highly contagious disease has no alternative except to go to a place like that to get their medicine

[Anonymous]

With both kids in tow, I went to the pharmacy at Target to pick up a prescription for one of the kids, and I had some nut start lecturing me about taking the sick kids out in public.

I hope you told her to mind her own F**ng business 8)

I've taken my child with a cold to daycare - that's where she got the cold! If she has symptoms that would require exclusion - determined by DC law - then I don't take her. I can't keep her home every time she sneezes, I would lose my job!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everytime one of you moms takes your very contagious child out into public places (and come on, most of the time these kids DO have a fever, you just may have not bothered to check the temp) my child winds up catching a ride in an ambulance to Children's ER.

Why?

Because as I noted in another thread, every time my child gets sick with a virus, he has one or more seizures. So yes, to me it is bothersome when I see parents take very sick children out to public places.

I really don't mind the colds, they are harmless... but what really gets me is when kids come to school who cough like they just smokes a pack of cigarettes, with snotty noses and obviously miserable. They should be HOME!

i'm sorry your child has a seizure disorder. but honestly, and i say this as a person with a chronic illness/disability, the rest of the world does not and should not accommodate exceptions, such as your son.

wow... so you can go ahead and sneak your kid to school although he/she has a FEVER and definitely is too sick to go to school because otherwise you would accomodate my child?

we're not talking common cold here. Everyone gets those and staying at home for that is not necessary. But hey next time my son has a stomach bug, I'll just go right ahead and send him to school...

btw I am not purell mom. I don't think I can completely avoid having my kids sick anyways. But when my kids are sick, they stay home with me. Someone has to break the cycle of spreading things that are contagious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a bad case of chickenbox when I was 5. I went to school when the disease subsided and was no longer infectious, even though I had the spots.
Was my mom supposed to keep a child that is not at home, bored to death?
Either way, it was horrible the way the boys ran away from me.
From what I hear, here the day care centres would not accept a kid if they still have spots, even if the disease has already subsided. I am not convinced this is what is best for a healthy child.

If you have a child with a fragile health issue, maybe you should consider home day care or a nanny that will teach your child at home, not a preschool

Sick child policies are already in place in preschool for a reason. So don't tell those who have less robust children to stay at home. Instead, follow what your preschools are asking you to follow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a bad cough is going to kill a child then taking him to daycare is you being irresponsible, not the person with the child who has a cough.

"The law only cares that YOU ACTED SELFISHLY AND PUT OTHER CHILDREN AT RISK. "????

This is demented, I am afraid. The extensive use of capitals is, as always, an indication. You think "The law" would come after you for putting a child with a cough in daycare? Which section of the legal code is that based on?

Why are you afraid? And who cares whether I capitalize or not. Be a big person and see past the capitals just as I am seeing past your numerous question marks. Again, the preschools already have a sick child policy in place. If you dont' want to follow it then YOU keep your child at home. We're all the ones who are following the preschool's policy. Tort law generally says you take your victims as you find them, fragile, robust, etc...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, this is probably why that woman in NE left her 3 tiny kids home alone -- they were sick but she needed to go get medicine.

Right.

This is really ridiculous. NObody is saying that if you need medicine to keep your children alive you need to keep them home alone to go get the medicine. We are talking about the general situations where moms tend to place sick kids in preschools, daycares, and in playgrounds...places where they know their children will/ might infect others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: With both kids in tow, I went to the pharmacy at Target to pick up a prescription for one of the kids, .....

Where else can sick people go to get their prescribed medicine, but the pharmacy.

Makes me wonder why the pharmacies are at the gocery stores and at places like target, walmart.

Anyone with a highly contagious disease has no alternative except to go to a place like that to get their medicine

FYI -- the pharmacy on Connecticut and Knowles delivers.