Please stop sending sick kids to school!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:12:17 again- I also think Covid quarantines put a huge stress on parents because many ended up using sick days for times when their kids weren't actually sick....

+1 this

In the first year of the pandemic there was more leeway but many of us either don't have sick days and/or are overwhelmed with work and can't just keep taking off full weeks at a time every month.

Then, you need back up care. Or, stop having more kids as you cannot take care of the ones you have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:12:17 again- I also think Covid quarantines put a huge stress on parents because many ended up using sick days for times when their kids weren't actually sick....

+1 this

In the first year of the pandemic there was more leeway but many of us either don't have sick days and/or are overwhelmed with work and can't just keep taking off full weeks at a time every month.

Then you need to find some alternative. That is your responsibility.

NP and yeah, the alternative is to send kids to school when they may have a runny nose but obviously feel fine. If you can't handle living in a society with other people go be a hermit in the woods by yourself, loser. Oh, by the way, while you're still here among the rest of us you better be doing your bit by pitching in at work to cover for those who have to take a day or more off to stay home with their kids to satisfy your anxiety, mmkay?

Don’t try to help those who agree with sending kids to school, you sound abysmally obtuse and don’t want you to be on my side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:12:17 again- I also think Covid quarantines put a huge stress on parents because many ended up using sick days for times when their kids weren't actually sick....

+1 this

In the first year of the pandemic there was more leeway but many of us either don't have sick days and/or are overwhelmed with work and can't just keep taking off full weeks at a time every month.

Then you need to find some alternative. That is your responsibility.

NP and yeah, the alternative is to send kids to school when they may have a runny nose but obviously feel fine. If you can't handle living in a society with other people go be a hermit in the woods by yourself, loser. Oh, by the way, while you're still here among the rest of us you better be doing your bit by pitching in at work to cover for those who have to take a day or more off to stay home with their kids to satisfy your anxiety, mmkay?

The way you speak, I’m sure you can take a day off from your cashier job at the gas station.

[Anonymous]

I think the OP sock puppeting over and over again.

My kids live with a runny nose and congestion most months out of the year. Pre-Covid, they went to school. During Covid, they go to school.

You can't hold your kid hostage at home for a runny nose.

OP - sorry (not sorry) you didn't get the responses you wanted but you haven't changed any minds here with your aggressive responses.

[Anonymous]

So much shaming and sanctimommy comments on this thread!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So much shaming and sanctimommy comments on this thread!

I’m a teacher who is home sick right now. I am 100% certain I got this from one of my classes, specifically from two kids who were too miserable to take their heads off their desks. I’ll admit I am very annoyed at their parents, who should have let those poor kids stay home. They were miserable, and here I am four days later, also miserable.

It’s selfish. You can say that getting sick is just part of my job, but that doesn’t change the fact that it is selfish to send your very sick children to school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the OP sock puppeting over and over again.

My kids live with a runny nose and congestion most months out of the year. Pre-Covid, they went to school. During Covid, they go to school.

You can't hold your kid hostage at home for a runny nose.

OP - sorry (not sorry) you didn't get the responses you wanted but you haven't changed any minds here with your aggressive responses.

+1. I think the OP is sick puppetting too. No one is keeping their kids home anymore. Or shaming people who don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the OP sock puppeting over and over again.

My kids live with a runny nose and congestion most months out of the year. Pre-Covid, they went to school. During Covid, they go to school.

You can't hold your kid hostage at home for a runny nose.

OP - sorry (not sorry) you didn't get the responses you wanted but you haven't changed any minds here with your aggressive responses.

+1. I think the OP is sick puppetting too. No one is keeping their kids home anymore. Or shaming people who don’t.

I’m the teacher who posted above. Clearly I feel like shaming parents who send sick, miserable kids in. I’m not talking sniffles and runny nose. I’m talking fever and extreme fatigue. Plenty of people do it and it’s wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So much shaming and sanctimommy comments on this thread!

My oh should be a same for sending your I’ll child to school.

[Anonymous]

I see kids at school with runny noses all winter. There is sick and then there is the runny nose that just sticks around for weeks despite the child feeling perfectly fine.

I think we can all agree that you should keep your kid home if they feel miserable, exhausted, have a fever, etc. But keeping your child home every time their nose runs? There is no sense in doing that, no one does that, and if it frightens you you should homeschool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see kids at school with runny noses all winter. There is sick and then there is the runny nose that just sticks around for weeks despite the child feeling perfectly fine.

I think we can all agree that you should keep your kid home if they feel miserable, exhausted, have a fever, etc. But keeping your child home every time their nose runs? There is no sense in doing that, no one does that, and if it frightens you you should homeschool.

Teacher again. Clearly we can’t agree. Seriously, there are a good number of parents who send very sick kids in. I can handle minor sniffles. I can’t handle slumped-over, feverish kids.

To the parents on this thread who wouldn’t dream of sending miserable kids in: THANK YOU!
To the unfortunately high number of parents who are apparently okay with adding additional suffering on your kids (and subsequently sharing those germs with others): you negatively impact the classroom in ways you probably can’t imagine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the OP sock puppeting over and over again.

My kids live with a runny nose and congestion most months out of the year. Pre-Covid, they went to school. During Covid, they go to school.

You can't hold your kid hostage at home for a runny nose.

OP - sorry (not sorry) you didn't get the responses you wanted but you haven't changed any minds here with your aggressive responses.

+1. I think the OP is sick puppetting too. No one is keeping their kids home anymore. Or shaming people who don’t.

I’m the teacher who posted above. Clearly I feel like shaming parents who send sick, miserable kids in. I’m not talking sniffles and runny nose. I’m talking fever and extreme fatigue. Plenty of people do it and it’s wrong.

Well now we are talking about something different. But any daycare or school who has its act together will call the parents if a child has a fever. I’m sorry yours doesn’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see kids at school with runny noses all winter. There is sick and then there is the runny nose that just sticks around for weeks despite the child feeling perfectly fine.

I think we can all agree that you should keep your kid home if they feel miserable, exhausted, have a fever, etc. But keeping your child home every time their nose runs? There is no sense in doing that, no one does that, and if it frightens you you should homeschool.

Teacher again. Clearly we can’t agree. Seriously, there are a good number of parents who send very sick kids in. I can handle minor sniffles. I can’t handle slumped-over, feverish kids.

To the parents on this thread who wouldn’t dream of sending miserable kids in: THANK YOU!
To the unfortunately high number of parents who are apparently okay with adding additional suffering on your kids (and subsequently sharing those germs with others): you negatively impact the classroom in ways you probably can’t imagine.

Are you just trying to pick a fight? Because PP literally agreed with you as to when you shouldn’t send kids to school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:12:17 again- I also think Covid quarantines put a huge stress on parents because many ended up using sick days for times when their kids weren't actually sick....

+1 this

In the first year of the pandemic there was more leeway but many of us either don't have sick days and/or are overwhelmed with work and can't just keep taking off full weeks at a time every month.

Then, you need back up care. Or, stop having more kids as you cannot take care of the ones you have.

Oh after this pandemic I’m certainly not having any more kids, don’t worry. It’s turned a lot if people off from having more kids actually because families got hosed. Guess we’ll see how lower population growth works out for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the OP sock puppeting over and over again.

My kids live with a runny nose and congestion most months out of the year. Pre-Covid, they went to school. During Covid, they go to school.

You can't hold your kid hostage at home for a runny nose.

OP - sorry (not sorry) you didn't get the responses you wanted but you haven't changed any minds here with your aggressive responses.

+1. I think the OP is sick puppetting too. No one is keeping their kids home anymore. Or shaming people who don’t.

I’m the teacher who posted above. Clearly I feel like shaming parents who send sick, miserable kids in. I’m not talking sniffles and runny nose. I’m talking fever and extreme fatigue. Plenty of people do it and it’s wrong.

Well now we are talking about something different. But any daycare or school who has its act together will call the parents if a child has a fever. I’m sorry yours doesn’t.

Of course we call. The question is… why does it have to get to that point? By the time we call and the child gets picked up, plenty of other people have been exposed AND the sick kid has had to needlessly suffer.

There’s no reason for us to call if you keep sick kids home.