Fed up with parents who send sick kids to school

[Anonymous]

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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.

+1. --WOHM

[Anonymous]

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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/

+1. Pediatrician spouse, and we send our kid to school with mild symptoms (only one cold so far this year, kid doesn’t get sick often).

[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.

FULLY agree. Spent most of my daughter's childhood handling asthma because people brought their obviously sick kids out. One NURSE brought her coughing, snotty, son to an indoor play activity and when I confronted her, she said she was 'sick of being home'. So you bring him to a group to play that obviously sick?

[Anonymous]

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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/

+1. Pediatrician spouse, and we send our kid to school with mild symptoms (only one cold so far this year, kid doesn’t get sick often).

+1

We send our kids as long as the fever is under 102. We give them Motrin and they are fine. They are just sitting at school so they get rest and aren’t bored

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

As a child care provider, you should be getting a flu shot every year. It isn’t full proof, but you symptoms will be milder if you get the shot and then get the flu.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm probably one of those posters. Both of my kids have runny noses from November - May. I don't get it. They never get sicker either. We've been to the pediatrician about it so many times. My dad is a type 1 diabetic so he gets sick nearly every time he visits (I do bleach every thing down in preparation and am a clean person myself). He says it's worth it though to see my kids. He seems to be the only one who gets sick, but I think that's because he has a lesser immune system.

One time my DD was on her way to a birthday party and she threw up. It wasn't unusual- she did sometimes get car sick because she's rear facing. I cleaned her up (including hand washing) and didn't think any thing about it because she seemed very healthy, no fever, and wasn't sick the morning before. She was fine the entire party and was smiling. Later that night she started violently throwing up for hours. Pretty sure we gave everyone norovirus or something at that birthday party. It was miserable. DH and I were both incredibly sick too. Totally felt terrible about that one...

Yes, you are one of those parents. Shame on you.

So the kid seemed fine and sometimes threw up from car sickness. Why is this a shame on you?

When it comes to puke always be safe than sorry. Especially when heading to something like a birthday party!! Take the poor girl home clean her up and move on with your day. It was not detrimental that she be at the party - and I’m sure the host would have agreed.

That’s ridiculous for known carsickness. My 2 year old gets carsick every time we drive more than 30 mins. It sucks. She is perfectly fine before and after the car ride. We travel with wipes and extra clothes. It’s awful but she’s not sick. When this happens a lot you learn to tell the difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know, all these people who don't have access to childcare or sick leave. Such jerks.

Stop making excuses. It’s part of the responsibility of having children, no matter how you came to be a parent. Grow up and deal.

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Can anyone cite to any evidence of the claim that people are most often contagious before showing symptoms?

Personally, I don’t believe this. I think what spreads the germs is the puke and the snot, and those things are most likely to be distributed when you’re most symptomatic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When me and my kids get sick, it never crosses my mind to blame others. Viruses are part of life.

And I have full time childcare help so I don’t say this as someone who has to send ill children to school. Just a realist.

Your immune compromised friends don’t feel the same way. It’s often a matter of life and death or at least hospitalization.

Well none of my immunocompromised friends are dullards so they certainly do know that viruses are a part of life.

[Anonymous]

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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/

+1. Pediatrician spouse, and we send our kid to school with mild symptoms (only one cold so far this year, kid doesn’t get sick often).

+1

We send our kids as long as the fever is under 102. We give them Motrin and they are fine. They are just sitting at school so they get rest and aren’t bored

Wut

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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/

+1. Pediatrician spouse, and we send our kid to school with mild symptoms (only one cold so far this year, kid doesn’t get sick often).

+1

We send our kids as long as the fever is under 102. We give them Motrin and they are fine. They are just sitting at school so they get rest and aren’t bored

Don't do this. A fever of 102 is no joke and they are not "fine" just because you gave them Motrin. Do your job as a parent and keep them home so they can actually rest and not spread it to others.

[Anonymous]

Many WoH parents don't have access to childcare for sick children or flexibility to work from home. This is the reason in many people some parents choose to SAH.
Then some parents don't give a damn either.

[Anonymous]

Wait, once you start antibiotics for strep, you basically feel fine. OP and her family won’t “still feel terrible” on Christmas if our several experiences with strep are anything to go by.

[Anonymous]

There are some people who should not have kids on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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/

+1. Pediatrician spouse, and we send our kid to school with mild symptoms (only one cold so far this year, kid doesn’t get sick often).

+1

We send our kids as long as the fever is under 102. We give them Motrin and they are fine. They are just sitting at school so they get rest and aren’t bored

Are you trolling? No doctor recommends this - I have multiple pediatrician friends who are also parents to younger kids. If you’re being honest, you fcking suck, dude.