Sending kids to school with a cold but no fever?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Agree, colds can last a week or longer.

Again, if you child has weeks and weeks of colds that's not normal. A healthy child does not constantly have a cold. And one week off once in a few months is not a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Minor communicable diseases are a fact of life. Kids are better off learning resilience, proper handwashing/not touching face hygiene, working when they're not feeling great, etc. than disrupting their (and our) routines to whine around the house. If you keep your kid home with no fever and they are well enough to eat and play at a near-normal level, they should be at school.

You just don't to be bothered with having to take care of a sick whiny child at home so you send him to school. So really, it's all about YOU. Because it's inconvenient for you. Selfish.

[Anonymous]

I keep my son home first day or two of cold. The runny nose can last for weeks.

[Anonymous]

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I can't believe you're seriously taking this position. This is either a minor cold or allergies. If the spread of germs is going to be fatal to someone else, that person needs to be the careful one, not everyone else in the world. Teach all kids to wash their hands frequently, but staying home for a cold? Um, absolutely not.

So you realize you're infectious to other people and they'll probably get sick because of you, but you're too selfish to care.
Americans are not lazy. Just selfish.

No, dear, "selfish" is not the correct word. I think the correct work is that do not want my child to be "truant." I do not want my child missing gobs of school when he is perfectly fine playing at home, though needs to wipe his nose on occasion. The only possible thing I can think of is that you do not have a school aged child yet. If you do, and you keep your kid home with every sniffle, sneeze, cough, eye water, runny nose, stuffy nose, etc. then GREAT for you and your school-missing kid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Minor communicable diseases are a fact of life. Kids are better off learning resilience, proper handwashing/not touching face hygiene, working when they're not feeling great, etc. than disrupting their (and our) routines to whine around the house. If you keep your kid home with no fever and they are well enough to eat and play at a near-normal level, they should be at school.

You just don't to be bothered with having to take care of a sick whiny child at home so you send him to school. So really, it's all about YOU. Because it's inconvenient for you. Selfish.

If my kid was sick enough to be whiny, he would be home If he had a true cold and was acting normally but for some cold symptoms and slight discomfort, off he'd go to infect you and yours.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
I can't believe you're seriously taking this position. This is either a minor cold or allergies. If the spread of germs is going to be fatal to someone else, that person needs to be the careful one, not everyone else in the world. Teach all kids to wash their hands frequently, but staying home for a cold? Um, absolutely not.

So you realize you're infectious to other people and they'll probably get sick because of you, but you're too selfish to care.
Americans are not lazy. Just selfish.

What in the hell are you talking about? People are talking about following the school's own policy. The schools have a vested interest in the kids actually attending school. And your character shows when you feel the need to slam "Americans" for an issue like this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Agree, colds can last a week or longer.

Again, if you child has weeks and weeks of colds that's not normal. A healthy child does not constantly have a cold. And one week off once in a few months is not a big deal.

Wait until your child is in MS or HS, then you will sing a different tune.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Both so they don't give it to other kids, and also because a kid really needs to rest when they are sick. Adults, too. It's a very bad aspect of our culture that we continue to "go-go-go" when we are sick, just because the demands of our lifestyle/culture push for it.

Until you can reform employers, sometimes it's necessary for kids to go to school when all they have is a cold. I have never in 25 years missed work due to a cold that did not involve a fever or infection.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Agree, colds can last a week or longer.

Again, if you child has weeks and weeks of colds that's not normal. A healthy child does not constantly have a cold. And one week off once in a few months is not a big deal.

Wait until your child is in MS or HS, then you will sing a different tune.

The average child has 6 colds a year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Minor communicable diseases are a fact of life. Kids are better off learning resilience, proper handwashing/not touching face hygiene, working when they're not feeling great, etc. than disrupting their (and our) routines to whine around the house. If you keep your kid home with no fever and they are well enough to eat and play at a near-normal level, they should be at school.

You just don't to be bothered with having to take care of a sick whiny child at home so you send him to school. So really, it's all about YOU. Because it's inconvenient for you. Selfish.

I secretly love it if my kid has to stay home because she's sick. I get a day with her to dote on her and have a day off, cuddling and coddling her. She still goes to school if she has a cold. Thankfully she's not a sickly kid and this doesn't happen often at all.

So if your kid has a cold, do you barricade yourself in the house too? Because you've been exposed, you can infect anyone you come into contact with. So you stay home for the 5 or so days, right?

[Anonymous]

Yeah, you cough and have a running nose? Tough it out kid and go to school. Because mommy doesn't want stay at home with you. That's why on snow days there are threads like "How do you tolerate school closures without alcohol?"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Agree, colds can last a week or longer.

Again, if you child has weeks and weeks of colds that's not normal. A healthy child does not constantly have a cold. And one week off once in a few months is not a big deal.

Wait until your child is in MS or HS, then you will sing a different tune.

The average child has 6 colds a year.

I don't think my 7 year old son had a cold at all last year. I think a parent knows the difference between a child miserable with "just a cold" or a just a runny nose.

[Anonymous]

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So if your kid has a cold, do you barricade yourself in the house too? Because you've been exposed, you can infect anyone you come into contact with. So you stay home for the 5 or so days, right?

Yes, actually we do stay at home or go outdoors where there are no kids around. Imagine that. Because we don't want to infect others.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
So if your kid has a cold, do you barricade yourself in the house too? Because you've been exposed, you can infect anyone you come into contact with. So you stay home for the 5 or so days, right?

Yes, actually we do stay at home or go outdoors where there are no kids around. Imagine that. Because we don't want to infect others.

You are truly the best parent ever. Congrats!

I also bet that if you asked your pediatrician, she or he would tell you that kids with just colds should go to school. But again, you know better than everyone else.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
So if your kid has a cold, do you barricade yourself in the house too? Because you've been exposed, you can infect anyone you come into contact with. So you stay home for the 5 or so days, right?

Yes, actually we do stay at home or go outdoors where there are no kids around. Imagine that. Because we don't want to infect others.

I call absolute BS. So you stay in your house for days on end?? Absolute BS. But whatever, stay delusional.