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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's weird to argue that parents don't understand what it's like to be in charge of small children. I... have kids. Yes I have had a 3 year old with a cold randomly put her hand in my mouth. Yes, I have been handed any number of randomly wet items and been unsure why they were wet or where they had come from. I've been sneezed on, peed on, vomited on. I've cleaned poop out of underwear and carpets and the drain in the bathtub. I'm a mom. This is how kids are.

And, it stands to reason, I don't want my kid getting sick at school or daycare because, as the main person cleaning up after their bodily fluid, I'm going to get it. So of course I think parents should keep their kids home when sick, and I do. BUT I'm also aware that they don't always, and that germs spread even when parents keep the very sick kids home, and that inevitably my kid will get sick, and inevitably I will get sick too. It is what it is.

It's just strange to argue that the parents of your preschoolers don't know what it's like to work with preschoolers or to act like we are selfishly sending our sick kids to you so that we can go to more fun things. They are our kids. We know what is up.[/quote]

Exactly.  So then why were the PPs arguing that teachers don't have to do tasks like that?  I dunno, but I had to argue it.  It is strange! I'm not arguing with parents of my preschoolers as they are absolutely awesome.  I'm arguing with people on this thread that stated teachers don't have to do that kind of work when I do. Everyday, in a public school, here in the DVM.  That is all. If you think we aren't highly exposed to germs, think again.  I didn't act like anyone was being selfish or even say kids with runny noses and coughs shouldn't be in school. Maybe that was said by another PP?
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I don't think anyone was saying that teachers don't have to do tasks like that. We were saying that there are other jobs where you have to be in close contact with people who might be sick, even clean up their bodily fluids. And that while of course everyone wants people who are sick to stay home, typically if you are in one of these jobs, you accept that you will be exposed to other people's germs and have a higher risk of getting sick, especially during cold and flu season. Which is why when a teacher comes on and says "you don't understand, people are sending these kids to school and some of them are sick and it's going to get me sick!" the response is often, "yes, and?" It's the same for flight attendants, nurses and doctors, some retail workers, childcare workers, etc. etc. AND its' the same for parents, whose kids often come home from school or daycare with illnesses and not only do the kids infect the rest of the family but then the parents must care for the sick kids and for themselves while everyone is sick. It sucks! It's also just kind of the way it is.

I say this as someone who keeps my kid home when sick. In fact, my kid has been home this week with a brutal cold which I now also have. But she didn't get it at school -- her dad brought it home from a work trip and despite our best efforts it's working its way through the family. But he's not yelling at his colleagues or the people on the plane or in airports or whoever gave it to him. He just accepts that it's November, it's an extra bad year for these viruses, and somehow he got sick. Oh well. [/quote]

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