Fed up with parents who send sick kids to school

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Anonymous wrote:Sending kids with vomiting, fevers, etc. is horrible, but I’m surprised to see so many people implying that kids should be kept home for coughs, colds, etc. Our pediatrician always says to go back to school after 24 hours fever free or similar...wouldn’t truancy be an issue if kids took a week off for every cold or minor virus? My otherwise-healthy little kids seem to have runny noses and sneezing half the winter, and the doctor says that’s typical.

No, it is not normal to have a cold for half if the winter. Maybe because your kids never get a chance to recover? No, this is not healthy.

So you send your coughing and sneezing kids with running nose to school? You don’t care about other kids or your own do you?

Cleveland Clinic says to send kids with mild cold symptoms to school.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/should-your-child-stay-home-sick-heres-how-to-decide/

+1. Pediatrician spouse, and we send our kid to school with mild symptoms (only one cold so far this year, kid doesn’t get sick often).

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We send our kids as long as the fever is under 102. We give them Motrin and they are fine. They are just sitting at school so they get rest and aren’t bored

You are the literal worst. Scum of the earth.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sending kids with vomiting, fevers, etc. is horrible, but I’m surprised to see so many people implying that kids should be kept home for coughs, colds, etc. Our pediatrician always says to go back to school after 24 hours fever free or similar...wouldn’t truancy be an issue if kids took a week off for every cold or minor virus? My otherwise-healthy little kids seem to have runny noses and sneezing half the winter, and the doctor says that’s typical.

No, it is not normal to have a cold for half if the winter. Maybe because your kids never get a chance to recover? No, this is not healthy.

So you send your coughing and sneezing kids with running nose to school? You don’t care about other kids or your own do you?

Oh look, it’s Dr. Momma! Medical degree from Hallmark Lifetime University! {winks cutely}

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When me and my kids get sick, it never crosses my mind to blame others. Viruses are part of life.

And I have full time childcare help so I don’t say this as someone who has to send ill children to school. Just a realist.

This. But then, some folks áre just predisposed to blame others for all their troubles. We know who you are...

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Anonymous wrote:I'm probably one of those posters. Both of my kids have runny noses from November - May. I don't get it. They never get sicker either. We've been to the pediatrician about it so many times. My dad is a type 1 diabetic so he gets sick nearly every time he visits (I do bleach every thing down in preparation and am a clean person myself). He says it's worth it though to see my kids. He seems to be the only one who gets sick, but I think that's because he has a lesser immune system.

One time my DD was on her way to a birthday party and she threw up. It wasn't unusual- she did sometimes get car sick because she's rear facing. I cleaned her up (including hand washing) and didn't think any thing about it because she seemed very healthy, no fever, and wasn't sick the morning before. She was fine the entire party and was smiling. Later that night she started violently throwing up for hours. Pretty sure we gave everyone norovirus or something at that birthday party. It was miserable. DH and I were both incredibly sick too. Totally felt terrible about that one...

Yes, you are one of those parents. Shame on you.

So the kid seemed fine and sometimes threw up from car sickness. Why is this a shame on you?

When it comes to puke always be safe than sorry. Especially when heading to something like a birthday party!! Take the poor girl home clean her up and move on with your day. It was not detrimental that she be at the party - and I’m sure the host would have agreed.

That’s ridiculous for known carsickness. My 2 year old gets carsick every time we drive more than 30 mins. It sucks. She is perfectly fine before and after the car ride. We travel with wipes and extra clothes. It’s awful but she’s not sick. When this happens a lot you learn to tell the difference.

Except the mom who took her kid to the party anyway thought it was carsickness and it was actually a virus. But good try convincing us that you know with 100% authority that it’s just carsickness. Play on the safe side and don’t risk infecting others. Your kid will survive not going to the event, especially if you have to stop to clean up the puke anyway. No one wants a kid who smells like puke at an event. Stop being selfish.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm probably one of those posters. Both of my kids have runny noses from November - May. I don't get it. They never get sicker either. We've been to the pediatrician about it so many times. My dad is a type 1 diabetic so he gets sick nearly every time he visits (I do bleach every thing down in preparation and am a clean person myself). He says it's worth it though to see my kids. He seems to be the only one who gets sick, but I think that's because he has a lesser immune system.

One time my DD was on her way to a birthday party and she threw up. It wasn't unusual- she did sometimes get car sick because she's rear facing. I cleaned her up (including hand washing) and didn't think any thing about it because she seemed very healthy, no fever, and wasn't sick the morning before. She was fine the entire party and was smiling. Later that night she started violently throwing up for hours. Pretty sure we gave everyone norovirus or something at that birthday party. It was miserable. DH and I were both incredibly sick too. Totally felt terrible about that one...

Yes, you are one of those parents. Shame on you.

+1. If we didn’t send kids to school with runny noses, there’d be less runny noses all around. See how that works? Mine have to suffer at home because ignoranous parents refuses to treat their sick kids as sick.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sending kids with vomiting, fevers, etc. is horrible, but I’m surprised to see so many people implying that kids should be kept home for coughs, colds, etc. Our pediatrician always says to go back to school after 24 hours fever free or similar...wouldn’t truancy be an issue if kids took a week off for every cold or minor virus? My otherwise-healthy little kids seem to have runny noses and sneezing half the winter, and the doctor says that’s typical.

No, it is not normal to have a cold for half if the winter. Maybe because your kids never get a chance to recover? No, this is not healthy.

So you send your coughing and sneezing kids with running nose to school? You don’t care about other kids or your own do you?

Cleveland Clinic says to send kids with mild cold symptoms to school.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/should-your-child-stay-home-sick-heres-how-to-decide/

+1. Pediatrician spouse, and we send our kid to school with mild symptoms (only one cold so far this year, kid doesn’t get sick often).

+1

We send our kids as long as the fever is under 102. We give them Motrin and they are fine. They are just sitting at school so they get rest and aren’t bored

You are the literal worst. Scum of the earth.

+1. Scum with a healthy dose of vomit and diarrhea. I hope you get what’s coming for you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm probably one of those posters. Both of my kids have runny noses from November - May. I don't get it. They never get sicker either. We've been to the pediatrician about it so many times. My dad is a type 1 diabetic so he gets sick nearly every time he visits (I do bleach every thing down in preparation and am a clean person myself). He says it's worth it though to see my kids. He seems to be the only one who gets sick, but I think that's because he has a lesser immune system.

One time my DD was on her way to a birthday party and she threw up. It wasn't unusual- she did sometimes get car sick because she's rear facing. I cleaned her up (including hand washing) and didn't think any thing about it because she seemed very healthy, no fever, and wasn't sick the morning before. She was fine the entire party and was smiling. Later that night she started violently throwing up for hours. Pretty sure we gave everyone norovirus or something at that birthday party. It was miserable. DH and I were both incredibly sick too. Totally felt terrible about that one...

Yes, you are one of those parents. Shame on you.

So the kid seemed fine and sometimes threw up from car sickness. Why is this a shame on you?

When it comes to puke always be safe than sorry. Especially when heading to something like a birthday party!! Take the poor girl home clean her up and move on with your day. It was not detrimental that she be at the party - and I’m sure the host would have agreed.

That’s ridiculous for known carsickness. My 2 year old gets carsick every time we drive more than 30 mins. It sucks. She is perfectly fine before and after the car ride. We travel with wipes and extra clothes. It’s awful but she’s not sick. When this happens a lot you learn to tell the difference.

Except the mom who took her kid to the party anyway thought it was carsickness and it was actually a virus. But good try convincing us that you know with 100% authority that it’s just carsickness. Play on the safe side and don’t risk infecting others. Your kid will survive not going to the event, especially if you have to stop to clean up the puke anyway. No one wants a kid who smells like puke at an event. Stop being selfish.

+1. That mom is a jerk who doesn’t know what she claims to know...and what kind of ahole goes to a birthday party where a kid has puked and smells like vomit? To a birthday party?! A total selfish asshole. I’m not a germaphobe but that is selfish and disgusting and rude to the kid having the party and every guest.

[Anonymous]

Ok the people claiming that kids need to stay home for a runny nose are nuts. Reminds me of how June got reported to family services because her daughter got sick at school in Handmaids Tale Season 1.

But yeah, fever or vomit? Stay home. My son got carsick right before a birthday party once and I had him miss it. You don’t chance it with vomit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sending kids with vomiting, fevers, etc. is horrible, but I’m surprised to see so many people implying that kids should be kept home for coughs, colds, etc. Our pediatrician always says to go back to school after 24 hours fever free or similar...wouldn’t truancy be an issue if kids took a week off for every cold or minor virus? My otherwise-healthy little kids seem to have runny noses and sneezing half the winter, and the doctor says that’s typical.

No, it is not normal to have a cold for half if the winter. Maybe because your kids never get a chance to recover? No, this is not healthy.

So you send your coughing and sneezing kids with running nose to school? You don’t care about other kids or your own do you?

Cleveland Clinic says to send kids with mild cold symptoms to school.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/should-your-child-stay-home-sick-heres-how-to-decide/

+1. Pediatrician spouse, and we send our kid to school with mild symptoms (only one cold so far this year, kid doesn’t get sick often).

+1

We send our kids as long as the fever is under 102. We give them Motrin and they are fine. They are just sitting at school so they get rest and aren’t bored

I wonder if you’re the parent who left your shivering kid in the nurses office at my school last week because you wouldn’t come pick them up when they went to the nurse because they were nodding off in class.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sending kids with vomiting, fevers, etc. is horrible, but I’m surprised to see so many people implying that kids should be kept home for coughs, colds, etc. Our pediatrician always says to go back to school after 24 hours fever free or similar...wouldn’t truancy be an issue if kids took a week off for every cold or minor virus? My otherwise-healthy little kids seem to have runny noses and sneezing half the winter, and the doctor says that’s typical.

No, it is not normal to have a cold for half if the winter. Maybe because your kids never get a chance to recover? No, this is not healthy.

So you send your coughing and sneezing kids with running nose to school? You don’t care about other kids or your own do you?

Cleveland Clinic says to send kids with mild cold symptoms to school.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/should-your-child-stay-home-sick-heres-how-to-decide/

+1. Pediatrician spouse, and we send our kid to school with mild symptoms (only one cold so far this year, kid doesn’t get sick often).

PP here. To clarify, we send our kid to school if she has a cough or a runny nose, that’s it—I don’t really consider that sick since the symptoms are very mild and can sometimes last a couple of weeks. Also, one of my parents worked in healthcare and also did not keep us home for cold symptoms.

Fever, vomiting, etc. kid stays home.

[Anonymous]

I love the self righteous women on this thread. Do you have toddlers? Mine have some form of sickness from October to May. Usually just a runny rose but sometimes a cough. I’m very clean and have a nanny, but who has that much annual leave? Also I’ve been told by several pediatricians that my kids aren’t sick. I used to bring my oldest in all the time with runny noses and coughs. In fact last time I brought my kids to the pediatrician they got an enterovirus from the waiting room. I’ve been told by elementary school that the runny noses go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok the people claiming that kids need to stay home for a runny nose are nuts. Reminds me of how June got reported to family services because her daughter got sick at school in Handmaids Tale Season 1.

But yeah, fever or vomit? Stay home. My son got carsick right before a birthday party once and I had him miss it. You don’t chance it with vomit.

Yeah, this isn’t that complicated. I’m amazed by the lack of common sense on both sides here. Cold symptoms are just part of life in the winter and you can’t stay home from work or school with just a runny nose. But fevers? Vomiting? Body aches? Child actually acting sick? Keep them home! What on earth, PP who gives Motrin and sends kids with up to 102 fever? That’s awful.

[Anonymous]

Fevers, vomiting, diarrhea, signs of flu, body aches-- stay home.

Congestion, cold symptoms, no fever, generally feeling okay --don't stay home

Sometimes I don't call it well-- DS wasn't running a fever, seemed to have a cold, felt okay. School called a few hours later - fever spiked to 102 and he had a sore throat. Strep.

It's not just two working parents-- in MS and HS, it is very difficult to miss school. If my DS gets behind, he's sunk. 2-3 hours of homework every night on top of missed concepts and make up work. A few days could ruin his whole semester. I wish it wasn't like that, but he will go to school unless he's really sick...and no, we're no taking one for the team when he probably got sick from someone else's kid under the same pressure.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sending kids with vomiting, fevers, etc. is horrible, but I’m surprised to see so many people implying that kids should be kept home for coughs, colds, etc. Our pediatrician always says to go back to school after 24 hours fever free or similar...wouldn’t truancy be an issue if kids took a week off for every cold or minor virus? My otherwise-healthy little kids seem to have runny noses and sneezing half the winter, and the doctor says that’s typical.

No, it is not normal to have a cold for half if the winter. Maybe because your kids never get a chance to recover? No, this is not healthy.

So you send your coughing and sneezing kids with running nose to school? You don’t care about other kids or your own do you?

Cleveland Clinic says to send kids with mild cold symptoms to school.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/should-your-child-stay-home-sick-heres-how-to-decide/

+1. Pediatrician spouse, and we send our kid to school with mild symptoms (only one cold so far this year, kid doesn’t get sick often).

+1

We send our kids as long as the fever is under 102. We give them Motrin and they are fine. They are just sitting at school so they get rest and aren’t bored

If they are ok after having some medicine, I don’t see the harm in sending them to school. If they just threw up, then I would keep them home. If it was a couple of hours ago, it’s out of their system and should be good to go

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok the people claiming that kids need to stay home for a runny nose are nuts. Reminds me of how June got reported to family services because her daughter got sick at school in Handmaids Tale Season 1.

But yeah, fever or vomit? Stay home. My son got carsick right before a birthday party once and I had him miss it. You don’t chance it with vomit.

Just a minor runny nose? No. But if your kid has a runny nose and will be sneezing and coughing on other kids all day, then no.

DD says the kids with crust around their noses are the worst. It’s probably PP’s kids that have colds all winter long (because they keep re-infecting each other and never get a chance to heal). You suck as a parent.