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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Minor communicable diseases are a fact of life. Kids are better off learning resilience, proper handwashing/not touching face hygiene, working when they're not feeling great, etc. than disrupting their (and our) routines to whine around the house. If you keep your kid home with no fever and they are well enough to eat and play at a near-normal level, they should be at school.[/quote]

You just don't to be bothered with having to take care of a sick whiny child at home so you send him to school.  So really, it's all about YOU. Because it's inconvenient for you.  Selfish.[/quote]

I secretly love it if my kid has to stay home because she's sick. I get a day with her to dote on her and have a day off, cuddling and coddling her. She still goes to school if she has a cold. Thankfully she's not a sickly kid and this doesn't happen often at all.

So if your kid has a cold, do you barricade yourself in the house too? Because you've been exposed, you can infect anyone you come into contact with. So you stay home for the 5 or so days, right?[/quote]

Absolutely we stay home.  If I get sick, then I stay home till I feel better.  If we are all sick, we all stay home.  If my kid is sick, he stays home.  If I am really sick or my husband, we will stay with each other and care for the other one.  I get so tired of people being inconsiderate and going out when they know they are sick/contagious.  I have stayed home up to a week being really sick.  My husband gets the kids to/from school or my mom will step in.  Not a big deal.  We order grocery delivery if necessary or a neighbor/family drop off food.

Luckily our school sends kids home at the first sign of illness.  [/quote]

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