Fed up with parents who send sick kids to school

[Anonymous]

Sending kids with vomiting, fevers, etc. is horrible, but I’m surprised to see so many people implying that kids should be kept home for coughs, colds, etc. Our pediatrician always says to go back to school after 24 hours fever free or similar...wouldn’t truancy be an issue if kids took a week off for every cold or minor virus? My otherwise-healthy little kids seem to have runny noses and sneezing half the winter, and the doctor says that’s typical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sending kids with vomiting, fevers, etc. is horrible, but I’m surprised to see so many people implying that kids should be kept home for coughs, colds, etc. Our pediatrician always says to go back to school after 24 hours fever free or similar...wouldn’t truancy be an issue if kids took a week off for every cold or minor virus? My otherwise-healthy little kids seem to have runny noses and sneezing half the winter, and the doctor says that’s typical.

No, it is not normal to have a cold for half if the winter. Maybe because your kids never get a chance to recover? No, this is not healthy.

So you send your coughing and sneezing kids with running nose to school? You don’t care about other kids or your own do you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sending kids with vomiting, fevers, etc. is horrible, but I’m surprised to see so many people implying that kids should be kept home for coughs, colds, etc. Our pediatrician always says to go back to school after 24 hours fever free or similar...wouldn’t truancy be an issue if kids took a week off for every cold or minor virus? My otherwise-healthy little kids seem to have runny noses and sneezing half the winter, and the doctor says that’s typical.

No, it is not normal to have a cold for half if the winter. Maybe because your kids never get a chance to recover? No, this is not healthy.

So you send your coughing and sneezing kids with running nose to school? You don’t care about other kids or your own do you?

Yes, it is normal for kids to have several colds throughout the winter. You're attacking every person who says this is true, claiming the poor children do not get a chance to recover.

You can stop your foot stomping now, and find something else to fill your apparent copious amounts of free time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We always bend over backwards to keep our kids home when they're sick, but as so many PPs have said, it's often impossible to anticipate an illness coming on. It's never occurred to me to blame anyone else though. Is there really some magical world where no one ever catches a cold or strep throat?

No, only in the minds of those SAHMs who are busy priding themselves on “putting their kids first” while simultaneously taking digs at other moms for not putting their kids first (aka having careers).

[Anonymous]

Didn’t read the responses but it is easy enough to guess what they are..

I don’t think many parents (though I suppose there are some) would send their kids to school knowingly sick with strep. Odds are your kid was exposed before they knew. It is just part of life, and the way it goes with kids. I have one sick right now too (stomach bug). You will drive yourself crazy with bitterness if you keep thinking this way: I am a sahm and always keep my kids home (no reason not to) but I have missed a stomach bug (got called to pick kid up because she threw up on class) and things like strep are easily missed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 colds since Thanksgiving is nuts.

What that tells me is that the kid hasn't had time to rest and recover, so they are more likely to catch other viruses since they're already run down. Stop making your sick kids fit into your schedule. They are not widgets to manipulate around to avoid inconvenience to your schedule. Get it together and actually prioritize your kids for once.

My kids have had plenty of rest and recovery time, but thank you for your input. Yes, three cold in a month is nuts, but yes, it does happen. One of my children is home with a nanny, by the way, so there is no manipulating of widgets to fit my schedule. You may step down from your soapbox now.

Sahm. Mine has had three too. Mine has been home two out of four weeks and got bad grades as teacher will not allow make ups. I have had a cold for a month. Three doctor visits and one ER for me. Very possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sending kids with vomiting, fevers, etc. is horrible, but I’m surprised to see so many people implying that kids should be kept home for coughs, colds, etc. Our pediatrician always says to go back to school after 24 hours fever free or similar...wouldn’t truancy be an issue if kids took a week off for every cold or minor virus? My otherwise-healthy little kids seem to have runny noses and sneezing half the winter, and the doctor says that’s typical.

No, it is not normal to have a cold for half if the winter. Maybe because your kids never get a chance to recover? No, this is not healthy.

So you send your coughing and sneezing kids with running nose to school? You don’t care about other kids or your own do you?

Coughing and sneezing?? You can’t be serious. Fever, vomiting, pain, or even headache or extreme tiredness (depending) yes. But coughing?? That sometimes lingers for weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sending kids with vomiting, fevers, etc. is horrible, but I’m surprised to see so many people implying that kids should be kept home for coughs, colds, etc. Our pediatrician always says to go back to school after 24 hours fever free or similar...wouldn’t truancy be an issue if kids took a week off for every cold or minor virus? My otherwise-healthy little kids seem to have runny noses and sneezing half the winter, and the doctor says that’s typical.

Same, and I totally agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We always bend over backwards to keep our kids home when they're sick, but as so many PPs have said, it's often impossible to anticipate an illness coming on. It's never occurred to me to blame anyone else though. Is there really some magical world where no one ever catches a cold or strep throat?

No, only in the minds of those SAHMs who are busy priding themselves on “putting their kids first” while simultaneously taking digs at other moms for not putting their kids first (aka having careers).

This isn’t about the SAH/WOH debate, though you seem unnecessarily triggered. It’s really about the selfishness of some parents to disregard the health of other children by sending their sick kids to school or out where there can spread their illness to other kids (see it a lot at my library). Selfish parents SAH and WOH, as evidenced upthread by former nanny to selfish SAH mom sending her sick kid to school, even though nanny would care for sick child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We always bend over backwards to keep our kids home when they're sick, but as so many PPs have said, it's often impossible to anticipate an illness coming on. It's never occurred to me to blame anyone else though. Is there really some magical world where no one ever catches a cold or strep throat?

Same. These things usually hit suddenly and unfortunately the kid has most likely already exposed classmates/others.

I do agree there are a few parents out there who are irresponsible about this, but by NO means the majority.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are often contagious without symptoms. Too bad Op!

Yes or have symptoms after they are no longer contagious. My 3 year old is always a coughing sneezing mess, but I make sure to send him to school only well after he’s had any fever or changed behavior. If I kept him home whenever he LOOKED sick, he’d be out half the time. I’m sure people have looked askance at us when we are walking down the hall, but he isn’t actually sick!

You should get that checked out. Because... yuck.

I for him checked out last winter and just last week. Doctor always says he is fine and we don’t get a diagnosis or meds. School policy is no fever for 24 hours or egregiously contagious symptoms, like sneezing green snot, so we follow that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sending kids with vomiting, fevers, etc. is horrible, but I’m surprised to see so many people implying that kids should be kept home for coughs, colds, etc. Our pediatrician always says to go back to school after 24 hours fever free or similar...wouldn’t truancy be an issue if kids took a week off for every cold or minor virus? My otherwise-healthy little kids seem to have runny noses and sneezing half the winter, and the doctor says that’s typical.

No, it is not normal to have a cold for half if the winter. Maybe because your kids never get a chance to recover? No, this is not healthy.

So you send your coughing and sneezing kids with running nose to school? You don’t care about other kids or your own do you?

Cleveland Clinic says to send kids with mild cold symptoms to school.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/should-your-child-stay-home-sick-heres-how-to-decide/

[Anonymous]

I’m a nanny with a temp service and parents who call me in to care for their kids and DONT TELL ME THEYRE SICK are the absolute worst. Horrible people! I missed out on 10 days of temp work the past two weeks (my busiest time of year because I work for hotels) because a jerk Mom didn’t bother to tell me her kids were sick with the flu! Guess who got the flu next?? I’ll never work for her again and I’ve been temping for her for 2 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sending kids with vomiting, fevers, etc. is horrible, but I’m surprised to see so many people implying that kids should be kept home for coughs, colds, etc. Our pediatrician always says to go back to school after 24 hours fever free or similar...wouldn’t truancy be an issue if kids took a week off for every cold or minor virus? My otherwise-healthy little kids seem to have runny noses and sneezing half the winter, and the doctor says that’s typical.

No, it is not normal to have a cold for half if the winter. Maybe because your kids never get a chance to recover? No, this is not healthy.

So you send your coughing and sneezing kids with running nose to school? You don’t care about other kids or your own do you?

Cleveland Clinic says to send kids with mild cold symptoms to school.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/should-your-child-stay-home-sick-heres-how-to-decide/

This is why it spreads like wild fire. Keep your kids home. Teachers, clean every so often. We had had years with fewer illnesses but the teachers were good about cleaning. Other years like this year are terrible and teacher does not clean or have kids do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We get to spend today and tomorrow at urgent care getting treated for strep and I’m sure we’ll all still feel terrible by Christmas. You know who you are. You’re selfish and I’m just so angry because you do this ALL THE TIME and now we can’t do many of our cherished holiday things. F u guys.

I don't send sick kids to school, but you gotta think that there are sick people walking around in public, too.