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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m also tired of parents calling on call sitters to care for their sick kids AND NOT DISCLOSING ILLNESS. I arrived to a booking today through an agency and promptly left when I found out the kids were super sick. Parents were so mad and the agency supported me. Enough with parents being so inconsiderate!!!!! I’m not your nanny, I’m an on call sitter. I’m not risking getting sick when you don’t give me sick days. I get sick, I can’t work. So selfish!! [/quote]

Humm... why do you think a family would use a sitter for school aged kids during the school day.[/quote]

Yeah, I mean the family should still disclose the illness but the main reason on call sitter services exist is for families who can't send their kids to school or daycare due to illness. Sometimes it might be something like a nanny going out of town or a SAHP who is sick or has to travel. but I'd bet more than half of the people using those services are just looking for emergency care for sick kids. You'd think one of the first questions the service would ask is "are the kids sick? what are their symptoms? what is your policy on masks?" It's just practical.[/quote]

Anytime it's a school-aged child during school hours, except if that child is in virtual school, you can expect those kids to be sick.  The service gets paid by the family so they aren't going to ask as then they'd lose money.  If a SAHP is sick, the sitter should not be in the house either if they don't want to catch something.  [/quote]

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