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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll reiterate that this thread, at base, is just about shaming parents.[/quote]

So what.  Sometimes people need to be shamed when they act badly.

Reading these threads are so depressing.  People don't listen to each other.  A teacher wants you to keep your kids home when they are contagious.  The OP clarified they were talking about just a few days, not week, but you have pages of posters droning on and on about extremes.

People are selfish and stupid.[/quote]

Yeah, there's that person that seems selfish and stupid going on about keeping kids home for colds.

That person apparently has no empathy for parents and can't think of the community.[/quote]

The societal problems run much deeper than leave policies. Yes, we need more leave for everyone. But we also need jobs with workloads that allow the use of the leave. If you want sick kids to stay home, it must be easy for them to make up the work they miss. There needs to be affordable childcare for working parents who have exhausted their leave or for parents to use for the myriad school holidays so that they can avoid exhausting their leave for reasons not related to leisure or sickness. Public schools refuse to adjust, even in the slightest, to the reality that most families have two working parents. Impossible demands on the community lead to questionable decisions that undermine community health.

But the spirit of the OP was about people who send their kids in too soon when they are truly sick (fever etc) and contagious.

And you have proven my point about the stupid in this thread of focusing on extremes.  Ugh.  Morons.  Covid-pandemic brain rot....everyone is trying to keep my kids out of schoooooooooooooooooooooooooooool.

The real problem here is capitalism and family-UNfriendly policies that make it hard for so many parents to just stay home and care for sick children (or their sick selves).

So everyone can agree we should all elect representatives that will fight for more family-friendly maternity and sick-leave policies...right??  right!!??[/quote][/quote]

When you have kids, you need to use your sick and annual leave for your kids and not be under some delusion you get all this vacation and other free time.  Public schools are not child care.  You need back up child care.  If you have two working parents, more than likely, especially if you are on this board, you can afford it but choose to spend your money in other ways like travel, nice house in "good" school district, etc. and then expect free child care.  There IS affordable child care.  You just don't qualify for it because of your income level.  [/quote]

Can you point us to this affordable magical back up childcare that is available as needed? [/quote]

Don’t forget - this affordable magical backup childcare is availabke for your sick kid - fever, flu, COVID, etc. Too sick from school? No problem! We can pay someone to take care of you.

It’s cool. I’m sure whatever caregiver that is offering to provide care to your sick kid has lots of employment options and freely chooses to do this work for the excellent compensation, and there’s no concern whatsoever about exposing that person and their families/housemates to whatever illness your kid has. [/quote]

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