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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]Yes, actually we do stay at home or go outdoors where there are  no kids around.  Imagine that. Because we don't want to infect others. [/quote]

PP, do you work, are independently wealthy, or do you benefit from a spouse working the long hours for the house? If I were a SAH mom, I would, too, cherish a few days here and there with my not-quite-sick kid. As it is, my employer does not have a benefit package with a bottomless supply of sick days. 3 weeks a year is average for the private sector corporate job. Days off are hard to come by -- and days "worked from home" are quite unfair to both child and employer -- many times. Especially with a just shy of sick child, who is full of energy.

The school rules exist and need to be followed. That means *you* don;t get to tell another parent when to keep their child home. You don't get to call anyone lazy because they cannot let their employer hang at the first sign of snowflake sniffle. It seems to me the reason this seems to get you all in tangles is that you would prefer the entire world to not dare breathe a microbe in the direction of your own little one, for fear that she may have to stay home and interfere with your own gym and lunch routine.

I have a career to mind, and I have a child to educate. I'm well within the school rules when I send my child to school. And you're out of line to complain.[/quote]

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