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Anonymous
| I am going crazy with the number of moms who are telling me that their kids have a fever but they seem fine and are sending them to school on Tylenol/Motrin. Anyone else going through this? I have a vulnerable child (medically) and I am really angry about this and it has even included good friends. What would you do? |
Anonymous
| I don' think there's anything that you can do except vent. These parents are making different judgment calls than you would. Is there a school policy you can point to that is very clear about when to keep the child home? Teachers are usually quick to call parents to pick up a sick kid aren't they? |
Anonymous
| Entitled people. So many moms pump their kids full of tylenol/ibuprofen and call it a day. Poor kid for suffering. In any event, quoting another thread: karma's a bitch. |
Anonymous
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Yep, and we got a nasty-gram from the school telling off those parents.
The thing is (fever not included, since that is an obvious sign of illness) there are times when it is a judgment call. For instance, do I send my DD even though she's coughing and it sounds nasty? But she's not coughing all the time. And her eye itches. So that means it's probably allergies. But everyone is so hyped up about the flu that they might think I'm sending her in sick, when in reality, I don't think she really is (but she could be, of course, she just doesn't seem like it to me). Fever is different, as are other obvious ones. Is there any way your school can make the parents of other kids in your DC's class aware of your DC's vulnerable status? We went through that last year, and people were very careful about not sending their kids to school sick in order to keep the vulnerable child healthy. And without the note from the school, there's no way we would have known about this child's condition, since it wasn't obvious by appearances. |
Anonymous
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I can' tunderstand sending a child with a fever to school or daycare.
A headache or stomachache or sore throat I can understand, but not a fever. |
Anonymous
homeschool, stay away from ALL public places |
Anonymous
| Why blame the moms for decisions instead of the parents or the dads? |
Anonymous
Well, in the situations I am talking about it is the moms making the decisions. But fair point. |
Anonymous
I agree. These are not single moms or working without sick leave moms either, if you catch my drift. |
Anonymous
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Well, wait a minute ladies - I've been called twice in two days to pick up my child from school. The first day, nurse said the temp was 100.4 and he was coughing a lot (he was, although I took the temp several times yesterday and never got anything higher than 99).
Today I kept him home in the morning to wait and watch - he wasn't coughing, didn't have a temp, so I took him in late and two hours later, they called me again. The nurse said the temp was 99.7 and he was coughing again. If coughing is the new barometer for "sick" then he's going to be out of school a lot because he's like me and the cough tends to linger - we all had colds like a week ago. Not to mention my ped would never in a million years consider either of those temps a fever..... I understand the heightened precautions but it's also a bit ridiculous.... |
Anonymous
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such is life. Germs are everywhere. My kids got sick from someone who came to school with it, but I can not say that I am surprised the flu would eventually come our way.
Stop complaining and take care of your kids. |
Anonymous
My child's school says to keep your child home if the coughing will disrupt class. |
Anonymous
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My kids teacher came to school with a fever/chills and actually told me about it. "UGH, I feel so sick. I wish I was at home, etc"
WTF. Unacceptable. |
Anonymous
| I am a school nurse. FYI parents: Kids will always throw you under the bus. I can't count how many times I've heard "I had a fever last night but my mom gave me medicine this morning and said I could make it through the day" or "I threw up last night but my mom says I'm akay now." Our policy is fever free unmedicated for 24 hrs and no vomiting with the past 24 hrs. Yeah right. I realize that having an hour of so in the morning to evaluate your child before sending to school isn't a lot, but fevers are pretty straightforward. It might mess up your work schedule, errand running or tennis game but please keep them home!! |
Anonymous
| My teen had the flu, has no fever, but still has a chest cough. His doctor said it could take up to two weeks for the cough to clear up. You betcha he's going to school if that cough isn't clearing up for two weeks and he isn't contagious! |