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.

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.

I almost envy what a sheltered life you must have lead, to be so utterly divorced from the realities of being a working parent. Almost.

I envy what a sheltered life you must have lead to be so utterly divorced from the realities of parenting.

No, I live in the world, so I was well aware when I had children that they would occasionally bringing colds home from preschool, and that life would not need to grind to a halt when that happened. If you can’t handle other kids going to school with a runny nose, homeschool your kids.

If you can’t handle having to taking care of your sick child, you shouldn’t have any.
Look up parenting.

I’ll keep a kid home for actual illness, not a runny nose. Again, I’m glad you live the kind of life where you don’t have a job or any other responsibilities to consider. Sounds nice!

I’m glad you live in a world where you don’t have the responsibility of parenting with having children. Sounds nice!
Maybe those responsibilities are more important to you than your children.

Keeping a roof over our heads and food on the table are pretty important to me, yeah. I know you don’t understand how that whole working for money thingy works.

If you’re that close to losing your house and starving, get off of dcum.

You should start your own website dedicated to out of touch, wealthy, entitled white women. I think you’d feel very at home there.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't send my kids when they are sick. However, I'm a SAHM. It's a privilege

No, being a SAHM mom is a privilege. Keeping your kids home when they’re sick is an obligation and common decency.

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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.

I almost envy what a sheltered life you must have lead, to be so utterly divorced from the realities of being a working parent. Almost.

I envy what a sheltered life you must have lead to be so utterly divorced from the realities of parenting.

No, I live in the world, so I was well aware when I had children that they would occasionally bringing colds home from preschool, and that life would not need to grind to a halt when that happened. If you can’t handle other kids going to school with a runny nose, homeschool your kids.

If you can’t handle having to taking care of your sick child, you shouldn’t have any.
Look up parenting.

I’ll keep a kid home for actual illness, not a runny nose. Again, I’m glad you live the kind of life where you don’t have a job or any other responsibilities to consider. Sounds nice!

I’m glad you live in a world where you don’t have the responsibility of parenting with having children. Sounds nice!
Maybe those responsibilities are more important to you than your children.

Keeping a roof over our heads and food on the table are pretty important to me, yeah. I know you don’t understand how that whole working for money thingy works.

If you’re that close to losing your house and starving, get off of dcum.

You should start your own website dedicated to out of touch, wealthy, entitled white women. I think you’d feel very at home there.

You should start your own website dedicated to out of touch, irresponsible, entitled women who think it’s other’s responsibility to take care of your own children. You could feel right at home there. Oops, you may not have a home if you take a day off.

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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.

I almost envy what a sheltered life you must have lead, to be so utterly divorced from the realities of being a working parent. Almost.

I envy what a sheltered life you must have lead to be so utterly divorced from the realities of parenting.

No, I live in the world, so I was well aware when I had children that they would occasionally bringing colds home from preschool, and that life would not need to grind to a halt when that happened. If you can’t handle other kids going to school with a runny nose, homeschool your kids.

If you can’t handle having to taking care of your sick child, you shouldn’t have any.
Look up parenting.

I’ll keep a kid home for actual illness, not a runny nose. Again, I’m glad you live the kind of life where you don’t have a job or any other responsibilities to consider. Sounds nice!

I’m glad you live in a world where you don’t have the responsibility of parenting with having children. Sounds nice!
Maybe those responsibilities are more important to you than your children.

Keeping a roof over our heads and food on the table are pretty important to me, yeah. I know you don’t understand how that whole working for money thingy works.

If you’re that close to losing your house and starving, get off of dcum.

You should start your own website dedicated to out of touch, wealthy, entitled white women. I think you’d feel very at home there.

You mean a website for those who are responsible parents? Yes, you wouldn’t feel at 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.

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.

I almost envy what a sheltered life you must have lead, to be so utterly divorced from the realities of being a working parent. Almost.

I envy what a sheltered life you must have lead to be so utterly divorced from the realities of parenting.

No, I live in the world, so I was well aware when I had children that they would occasionally bringing colds home from preschool, and that life would not need to grind to a halt when that happened. If you can’t handle other kids going to school with a runny nose, homeschool your kids.

If you can’t handle having to taking care of your sick child, you shouldn’t have any.
Look up parenting.

I’ll keep a kid home for actual illness, not a runny nose. Again, I’m glad you live the kind of life where you don’t have a job or any other responsibilities to consider. Sounds nice!

I’m glad you live in a world where you don’t have the responsibility of parenting with having children. Sounds nice!
Maybe those responsibilities are more important to you than your children.

Keeping a roof over our heads and food on the table are pretty important to me, yeah. I know you don’t understand how that whole working for money thingy works.

If you’re that close to losing your house and starving, get off of dcum.

You should start your own website dedicated to out of touch, wealthy, entitled white women. I think you’d feel very at home there.

You mean a website for those who are responsible parents? Yes, you wouldn’t feel at home.

Unfortunately for you and the other posters, this website doesn’t discriminate against poor parents.

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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.

I almost envy what a sheltered life you must have lead, to be so utterly divorced from the realities of being a working parent. Almost.

I envy what a sheltered life you must have lead to be so utterly divorced from the realities of parenting.

No, I live in the world, so I was well aware when I had children that they would occasionally bringing colds home from preschool, and that life would not need to grind to a halt when that happened. If you can’t handle other kids going to school with a runny nose, homeschool your kids.

If you can’t handle having to taking care of your sick child, you shouldn’t have any.
Look up parenting.

I’ll keep a kid home for actual illness, not a runny nose. Again, I’m glad you live the kind of life where you don’t have a job or any other responsibilities to consider. Sounds nice!

I’m glad you live in a world where you don’t have the responsibility of parenting with having children. Sounds nice!
Maybe those responsibilities are more important to you than your children.

Keeping a roof over our heads and food on the table are pretty important to me, yeah. I know you don’t understand how that whole working for money thingy works.

If you’re that close to losing your house and starving, get off of dcum.

You should start your own website dedicated to out of touch, wealthy, entitled white women. I think you’d feel very at home there.

You mean a website for those who are responsible parents? Yes, you wouldn’t feel at home.

Unfortunately for you and the other posters, this website doesn’t discriminate against poor parents.

Sorry, wealthy parents have children who get sick as well as poor.

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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.

I almost envy what a sheltered life you must have lead, to be so utterly divorced from the realities of being a working parent. Almost.

I envy what a sheltered life you must have lead to be so utterly divorced from the realities of parenting.

No, I live in the world, so I was well aware when I had children that they would occasionally bringing colds home from preschool, and that life would not need to grind to a halt when that happened. If you can’t handle other kids going to school with a runny nose, homeschool your kids.

If you can’t handle having to taking care of your sick child, you shouldn’t have any.
Look up parenting.

I’ll keep a kid home for actual illness, not a runny nose. Again, I’m glad you live the kind of life where you don’t have a job or any other responsibilities to consider. Sounds nice!

I’m glad you live in a world where you don’t have the responsibility of parenting with having children. Sounds nice!
Maybe those responsibilities are more important to you than your children.

Keeping a roof over our heads and food on the table are pretty important to me, yeah. I know you don’t understand how that whole working for money thingy works.

If you’re that close to losing your house and starving, get off of dcum.

You should start your own website dedicated to out of touch, wealthy, entitled white women. I think you’d feel very at home there.

You mean a website for those who are responsible parents? Yes, you wouldn’t feel at home.

Unfortunately for you and the other posters, this website doesn’t discriminate against poor parents.

Being responsible is a huge part of 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.

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.

I almost envy what a sheltered life you must have lead, to be so utterly divorced from the realities of being a working parent. Almost.

I envy what a sheltered life you must have lead to be so utterly divorced from the realities of parenting.

No, I live in the world, so I was well aware when I had children that they would occasionally bringing colds home from preschool, and that life would not need to grind to a halt when that happened. If you can’t handle other kids going to school with a runny nose, homeschool your kids.

If you can’t handle having to taking care of your sick child, you shouldn’t have any.
Look up parenting.

I’ll keep a kid home for actual illness, not a runny nose. Again, I’m glad you live the kind of life where you don’t have a job or any other responsibilities to consider. Sounds nice!

I’m glad you live in a world where you don’t have the responsibility of parenting with having children. Sounds nice!
Maybe those responsibilities are more important to you than your children.

Keeping a roof over our heads and food on the table are pretty important to me, yeah. I know you don’t understand how that whole working for money thingy works.

If you’re that close to losing your house and starving, get off of dcum.

You should start your own website dedicated to out of touch, wealthy, entitled white women. I think you’d feel very at home there.

You mean a website for those who are responsible parents? Yes, you wouldn’t feel at home.

Unfortunately for you and the other posters, this website doesn’t discriminate against poor parents.

Poor parents are more likely to be home. You are struggling with excuses.

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Anonymous wrote:Sending a kid with a fever, covid, flu, strep, HFM, yeah that’s a dick move.

Runny nose or mild cough? Post nasal drip? They can go to school.

+1. This is what the rule at our school is. I think it’s very reasonable.

Yes, even our school nurses do not require staying home for a runny nose or mild cough.

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Anonymous wrote:Sending a kid with a fever, covid, flu, strep, HFM, yeah that’s a dick move.

Runny nose or mild cough? Post nasal drip? They can go to school.

+1. This is what the rule at our school is. I think it’s very reasonable.

Yes, even our school nurses do not require staying home for a runny nose or mild cough.

Sorry, ours requires kids to stay home when sick.

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Anonymous wrote:I keep my kids home for fever, vomiting, unexplained rash, diarrhea, Covid, Strep, and flu. I am not keeping my kid home for congestion or a runny nose.

If your family gets sick for 7-10 days and misses
work due to a cold or if your whole family ends up on meds for a routine illness, perhaps you should talk to your Dr. about your immune system. That’s not normal.

OP here. I agree. Why are we so sick and everyone just considers it no big deal? We definitely don’t get that sick every time but it happens and it sucks.
Of course my youngest brought home Covid too but that had mild symptoms. We were better in days. I do worry about long Covid if we catch it too often but I’m probably alone in that concern too I think.
I’m not being a martyr as someone suggested. I’m just so tired of being sick.

What I’m trying to say is that my approach is admittedly really different from other parents and perhaps I’m the one who (reluctantly) needs to change.
I’m gathering that keeping my kids home to prevent spreading it is overkill.
It clearly makes me resentful but I guess if I send my sick kids back like everyone else, the resentment will lessen.

We are getting X-rays of my son’s tonsils because he snores and gets sick way too much. I have terrible sinus issues and my husband has some minor lung damage that can cause respiratory issues when he gets sick. Colds often are pretty bad for us. I also have a parent with incurable cancer she lives with so that’s stressful. She’s been to the hospital twice from viruses she caught from us. Though we consider ourselves relatively healthy, it seems these colds are affecting us more than others - I was curious about that. Seems like overall - people just don’t care about getting sick all that much. I really didn’t know that.

Thank you to everyone for your input - it’s helpful.

This is your first child, isn't it? This is what life was like pre-Covid OP. Welcome to the real world, you've been living life in an abnormal post-Covid world and we are back to normal. Get over it.

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Anonymous wrote:Sending a kid with a fever, covid, flu, strep, HFM, yeah that’s a dick move.

Runny nose or mild cough? Post nasal drip? They can go to school.

+1. This is what the rule at our school is. I think it’s very reasonable.

Yes, even our school nurses do not require staying home for a runny nose or mild cough.

Sorry, ours requires kids to stay home when sick.

PP here. Yep, ours require kids to stay home with a fever, strep, covid, or other actual illness. If schools required everyone to stay home for a simple runny nose, the classes would be half empty from October through February.

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Anonymous wrote:I keep my kids home for fever, vomiting, unexplained rash, diarrhea, Covid, Strep, and flu. I am not keeping my kid home for congestion or a runny nose.

If your family gets sick for 7-10 days and misses
work due to a cold or if your whole family ends up on meds for a routine illness, perhaps you should talk to your Dr. about your immune system. That’s not normal.

OP here. I agree. Why are we so sick and everyone just considers it no big deal? We definitely don’t get that sick every time but it happens and it sucks.
Of course my youngest brought home Covid too but that had mild symptoms. We were better in days. I do worry about long Covid if we catch it too often but I’m probably alone in that concern too I think.
I’m not being a martyr as someone suggested. I’m just so tired of being sick.

What I’m trying to say is that my approach is admittedly really different from other parents and perhaps I’m the one who (reluctantly) needs to change.
I’m gathering that keeping my kids home to prevent spreading it is overkill.
It clearly makes me resentful but I guess if I send my sick kids back like everyone else, the resentment will lessen.

We are getting X-rays of my son’s tonsils because he snores and gets sick way too much. I have terrible sinus issues and my husband has some minor lung damage that can cause respiratory issues when he gets sick. Colds often are pretty bad for us. I also have a parent with incurable cancer she lives with so that’s stressful. She’s been to the hospital twice from viruses she caught from us. Though we consider ourselves relatively healthy, it seems these colds are affecting us more than others - I was curious about that. Seems like overall - people just don’t care about getting sick all that much. I really didn’t know that.

Thank you to everyone for your input - it’s helpful.

This is your first child, isn't it? This is what life was like pre-Covid OP. Welcome to the real world, you've been living life in an abnormal post-Covid world and we are back to normal. Get over it.

OP,
I apologize on behalf of the PP above. That comment was unnecessary and clearly didn’t take into account the circumstances you lost above.

I wish people could be more reasonable with their choices. Stay home when you’re very sick and come to school when you’re only mildly inconvenienced by symptoms. If we could just agree on that, we would already be in a batter place than we are now because the worst cases would remain home. It seems we can’t even have that, however, so those of us with immune-compromised people living with us have to just suck up and deal with the fact we live in a truly selfish society.

I’d love to suggest that if you have any symptoms at all, you could wear a mask out of courtesy for others, but we know how well that would go over.

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Anonymous wrote:Sending a kid with a fever, covid, flu, strep, HFM, yeah that’s a dick move.

Runny nose or mild cough? Post nasal drip? They can go to school.

+1. This is what the rule at our school is. I think it’s very reasonable.

Yes, even our school nurses do not require staying home for a runny nose or mild cough.

Sorry, ours requires kids to stay home when sick.

PP here. Yep, ours require kids to stay home with a fever, strep, covid, or other actual illness. If schools required everyone to stay home for a simple runny nose, the classes would be half empty from October through February.

With a great deal of those being colds that get others sick.

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Anonymous wrote:I keep my kids home for fever, vomiting, unexplained rash, diarrhea, Covid, Strep, and flu. I am not keeping my kid home for congestion or a runny nose.

If your family gets sick for 7-10 days and misses
work due to a cold or if your whole family ends up on meds for a routine illness, perhaps you should talk to your Dr. about your immune system. That’s not normal.

OP here. I agree. Why are we so sick and everyone just considers it no big deal? We definitely don’t get that sick every time but it happens and it sucks.
Of course my youngest brought home Covid too but that had mild symptoms. We were better in days. I do worry about long Covid if we catch it too often but I’m probably alone in that concern too I think.
I’m not being a martyr as someone suggested. I’m just so tired of being sick.

What I’m trying to say is that my approach is admittedly really different from other parents and perhaps I’m the one who (reluctantly) needs to change.
I’m gathering that keeping my kids home to prevent spreading it is overkill.
It clearly makes me resentful but I guess if I send my sick kids back like everyone else, the resentment will lessen.

We are getting X-rays of my son’s tonsils because he snores and gets sick way too much. I have terrible sinus issues and my husband has some minor lung damage that can cause respiratory issues when he gets sick. Colds often are pretty bad for us. I also have a parent with incurable cancer she lives with so that’s stressful. She’s been to the hospital twice from viruses she caught from us. Though we consider ourselves relatively healthy, it seems these colds are affecting us more than others - I was curious about that. Seems like overall - people just don’t care about getting sick all that much. I really didn’t know that.

Thank you to everyone for your input - it’s helpful.

This is your first child, isn't it? This is what life was like pre-Covid OP. Welcome to the real world, you've been living life in an abnormal post-Covid world and we are back to normal. Get over it.

You’re an idiot. Get over it.