Please stop sending sick kids to school!

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

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Mmmmm. Really tried to get worked up about this one because I enjoy getting worked up on dcum but just can’t get there on this one.

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My kid came down with a bad cold on labor day weekend. She was home for the long weekend (obviously) plus several days the following week, returning on Friday when she was much improved, fever free for 2 days, and significantly reduced congestion. (Negative PCRs and antigen tests at various days). It is over 3 weeks later and she still has a runny nose at times, and coughs at night or when she lays down for nap occasionally. I do not think keeping her home for the month of September waiting for a cough/runny nose to resovle is reasonable.

Agree with the idea of not sending actually sick kids with fever (medicated or not), who are clearly contagious and can't even participate in the day. That is obvious

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

Welcome to being a parent.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

Welcome to being a parent.

Sure, but the "you shouldn't have kids if you can't afford them" responses are kind of putting me over the edge here.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

Welcome to being a parent.

Sure, but the "you shouldn't have kids if you can't afford them" responses are kind of putting me over the edge here.

PS I'm the PP who posted this rant, this is not my first kid, and it was NOT this bad before covid (and I was "being a parent" working with all my kids home from March 2020-Feb 2021, thank you very much!). Things have not been normal for 2+ years. My kids did get sick before the pandemic occasionally, but the 2 week quarantines and resurgence of out of season viruses are worse than before and not something people could possibly have known how to plan for before having kids. So no, it's not "being a parent" in the general sense, things ARE different if your kids are a specific age that is not the same as what a parent of a 12 or 15 year old experienced.

I agree with most posters about not sending kids while actively sick or miserable, but not waiting for every lingering symptom to resolve after weeks, so I'm not arguing for sending kids in with fevers or fatigue or pouring snot. But the condescension seems like willful ignorance that this is NOT normal parenting.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

Welcome to being a parent.

What a strange statement from the person trying to argue against historical precedent.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

PP here. I was home without childcare for my then 1.5yo the first six months of the pandemic while I worked remotely. Said child (who is now 4) has also been home for three days this week with a bad cold he picked up at school and gave to our baby. Yes, it’s not fun. He should be in school learning and socializing but instead I kept him home. His teachers don’t need to be exposed to contagious kids or caring for under the weather ones.

The so called structure you say should be in place should be flexibility in the workplace. No one except 1:1 caregivers should be responsible for caring for your sick kids. This is why having young kids is hard.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

Welcome to being a parent.

Sure, but the "you shouldn't have kids if you can't afford them" responses are kind of putting me over the edge here.

Truth hurts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

Welcome to being a parent.

NP. You shouldn’t have had a kid if you were too stupid to know that colds spread around at daycare and school. It’s part of the package.

WeLcOmE tO bEiNg A pArEnT.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

PP here. I was home without childcare for my then 1.5yo the first six months of the pandemic while I worked remotely. Said child (who is now 4) has also been home for three days this week with a bad cold he picked up at school and gave to our baby. Yes, it’s not fun. He should be in school learning and socializing but instead I kept him home. His teachers don’t need to be exposed to contagious kids or caring for under the weather ones.

The so called structure you say should be in place should be flexibility in the workplace. No one except 1:1 caregivers should be responsible for caring for your sick kids. This is why having young kids is hard.

Do you think everyone can work from home?

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

PP here. I was home without childcare for my then 1.5yo the first six months of the pandemic while I worked remotely. Said child (who is now 4) has also been home for three days this week with a bad cold he picked up at school and gave to our baby. Yes, it’s not fun. He should be in school learning and socializing but instead I kept him home. His teachers don’t need to be exposed to contagious kids or caring for under the weather ones.

The so called structure you say should be in place should be flexibility in the workplace. No one except 1:1 caregivers should be responsible for caring for your sick kids. This is why having young kids is hard.

Do you think everyone can work from home?

No, but again, that isn’t your schools problem. It’s yours.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

Welcome to being a parent.

NP. You shouldn’t have had a kid if you were too stupid to know that colds spread around at daycare and school. It’s part of the package.

WeLcOmE tO bEiNg A pArEnT.

Something wrong with your keyboard?

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

Welcome to being a parent.

NP. You shouldn’t have had a kid if you were too stupid to know that colds spread around at daycare and school. It’s part of the package.

WeLcOmE tO bEiNg A pArEnT.

What a stupid way to try to rationalize being irresponsible.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry people can't take time off work every time their preschooler has a runny nose. It is a luxury only for SAHPs.

lol yes. Society shouldn’t be set up this way but unfortunately it is. I’d much rather stay home with muy kids and relax. I’d lose my job if I stayed home for all my kids runny noses.

Since you have a good job, you can afford to pay someone when you cannot take care of your kids. Or, your spouse can stay home.

Whew, yes, it's a good thing everyone with jobs has unlimited money

Money or no money, childcare for unwell children is not your schools problem. That is a responsibility you take on when you have kids.

Have you and your spouse been home with a toddler for at least one week of every month since summer 2021 due to either exposures/quarantines or every virus that laid low during covid precautions raring back? In the worst month, THREE weeks? Have you taken every inch of leave and flexibility your work would give you to the point that your boss's reaction out loud, when a new cold spread around the entire day care classroom last week, was "Again?!" I don't really want to hear that I'm not taking care of my kids because I can't wait more than a week for the postnasal drip cough to clear up before sending them back. This has been a BAD year and I don't think "parents not having enough individual responsibility" is the root issue here. Maybe we could set up a STRUCTURE where parents don't have to make bad choices.

Welcome to being a parent.

NP. You shouldn’t have had a kid if you were too stupid to know that colds spread around at daycare and school. It’s part of the package.

WeLcOmE tO bEiNg A pArEnT.

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