Kicked out of summer camp-last day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t have time to read the responses. But we are a BTDT family. We reminded them of ADA and there was a complete turn around.

Oh, really? What a load of...crap.

[Anonymous]

You shouldn't expect them to clean up your kid's diarrhea, no matter what the reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t have time to read the responses. But we are a BTDT family. We reminded them of ADA and there was a complete turn around.

Assuming you don’t mean “threaten them with reporting something that is not actually a violation of the ADA in hopes of getting my own way” the OP does not have time to get the documentation in place to support a request for reasonable accommodation by this morning. Something tells me OP is not going to find that this camp has availability for her next summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You shouldn't expect them to clean up your kid's diarrhea, no matter what the reason.

+1 If this was a repeated issue, you're asking too much. I'm sorry your kid was disappointed, but he was probably feeling uncomfortable too. At that age, they can't clean it up by themselves.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My child was in a summer camp for most of the summer. He has dealt with severe constipation from months ago that had impacted potty training. He got in with a specialist and we did a colon cleanse essentially over the weekend to clear the blockage and he’s on miralax now once daily. He’s been having a daily loose poop that has hit 3 times at camp.

Tomorrow is his last day with these friends and I got a call a few minutes ago asking me to not bring him because he had 1 episode of diarrhea. I reminded them it was his last day of camp….her response, “I know”.

I am pissed. Wtf? He hasn’t done anything to deserve missing out on his last day! He didn’t deserve to be kicked out like that. He was just telling me about his little buddies and doesn’t get to say goodbye.

This is childcare in my area. Total crap. You get either super conservative, religious preschools that hold to very outdated methods or more nature-based programs that are run often by people that are elitist and view childcare as just something on the side, for the fun and that parents are available at any hour to drop anything and pick up their kid, no matter the reason.

Oh, honey. Parenting is going to be a LONG road for you if you don’t get some perspective.

Yup. Also, OP, your kid is your responsibility and at the end of the day, you do have to be available at any hour to drop everything to get them. I’m not sure why you thought otherwise?

[Anonymous]

How old is this kid? I think if you sent a kid who is essentially not potty trained to a camp that requires potty training, you were kinda asking for this.

Regardless, if he’s 4 or under, he’s probably not even going to remember this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t have time to read the responses. But we are a BTDT family. We reminded them of ADA and there was a complete turn around.

Oh, really? What a load of...crap.

Is this a joke? Temporary constipation is not a disability, even if it's debilitating at the time. And there's no ADA right to send a 4 year old to non-essential summer camp.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, you sound incredibly entitled to expect a camp to deal with your child’s repeated diarrhea episodes.

This. No one at the camp is being paid enough to deal with your kids diarrhea whether it’s caused by Miralax or a bug or aliens— they have a bunch of other kids who need to be cared for and they have a policy about diarrhea which I have 99.9% certainty you signed at the beginning of camp. I’m sorry it is now inconvenient for you.

Yep. You are nasty op. Those people hardly get paid anything. Clean up your own child’s nasty diarrhea.

[Anonymous]

I’m more schooled your kid wasn’t kicked out the first time this happened. Gross, OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m more schooled your kid wasn’t kicked out the first time this happened. Gross, OP!

+1 There's a diarrhea rule at most daycares. How is the daycare supposed to know that your kid doesn't have a virus? And in any case, it's not fair to ask them to clean it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you sound incredibly entitled to expect a camp to deal with your child’s repeated diarrhea episodes.

+1

Sometimes, the entitlement on this board is truly breathtaking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They didn't kick him out. They asked him to stay home while he is sick. It just happened that camp ends. Even if it's caused by a medical issue, and not a contagious illness, diarrhea is a health hazard.

+1

Also, doing a Miralax cleanse isn’t fun - my youngest has had to do this more than once. It’s kinder all around to keep him home where he can be clean and comfortable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t have time to read the responses. But we are a BTDT family. We reminded them of ADA and there was a complete turn around.

Oh, really? What a load of...crap.

M

I wouldn’t do this for the last day of camp but medical conditions affecting the bowel do fall under the ADA. My friends kid had a whole IEP around her issues (which included encopresis) school had to deal.

4 year old might remember. I had diarrhea at preschool and took too long in the bathroom and was punished by having to sit out storytime at age 4 and I still remember how unfair I thought it was over 40 years later!!

Op can your kid make some goodbye cards that you could drop off?

[Anonymous]

They aren't licensed to clean up kids like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t have time to read the responses. But we are a BTDT family. We reminded them of ADA and there was a complete turn around.

Oh, really? What a load of...crap.

M

I wouldn’t do this for the last day of camp but medical conditions affecting the bowel do fall under the ADA. My friends kid had a whole IEP around her issues (which included encopresis) school had to deal.

4 year old might remember. I had diarrhea at preschool and took too long in the bathroom and was punished by having to sit out storytime at age 4 and I still remember how unfair I thought it was over 40 years later!!

Op can your kid make some goodbye cards that you could drop off?

If this lasts into public PK, yes, would need a 504 to deal with it. But OP laid none of that groundwork and gave the camp no time to reasonably prepare. And places only have to make reasonable accommodations. A constantly poopy preschooler may not be reasonable to have at a summer camp. TBH I would have kept my kid home if I knew they might be pooping out of control for whatever reason.