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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Colds and runny nose can last for weeks in kids, so it’s hard to keep them out for that long.[/quote] I agree that there is a big difference between sending a kid to school with a runny nose/post-nasal drip cough (but no fever and the kid feels fine), versus sending a kid to school who is throwing up, or running a temp, or obviously feeling under the weather. The former is normal -- kids would just miss too much school if they were kept out for every sniffle. The latter is the result of (1) inadequate sick leave/childcare for households where both parents work or for single-parent households, and (2) the difficulty of catching up when missing school. If we want parents to keep their kids home, we need to give them more sick leave, AND not punish them at work for taking time to care for a sick child. And we need to make it easier for kids to make up work that they missed. [/quote]
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