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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I added it up.  Including a few doctors appointments that could not be scheduled at other times, I've missed 9 days combined from July through January including 4 days for the Flu for both of my kids.

It was 1 day July (kid), 1 day september (me), 4 hours combined appointments october + 4 days flu, December - 1/2 day kid, January 1 day me, 1 day kid.[/quote]

That is not a lot at all! I would say that’s pretty average or even less than average for parents of multiple young kids.[/quote]

9 days in six months is not a lot?  If the next six months are similar it will be 18 days/year![/quote]

It is not a lot, no. People with young kids have to take a lot of sick time. [/quote]

As a employer, I hire you to do a job and I count on you being available during business hours to do that job.  Your lack of childcare whatever the reason, should not be my problem.  Surely, OP must have known that children get colds and the flu, run a fever, etc., and should have found emergency childcare.

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Well, parents also get sick. I’ve got rock solid, multi tiered plans for childcare even with sick kids. But this winter has hit ME (a 30something mom) extremely hard. I’ve never been this sick in my entire life and have had to take a day off nearly every week since October. The illnesses now aren’t just the sniffles-they are taking our family DOWN.[/quote]

This is still not your employer's problem.    You should have taken a week off to get well instead of a day every week since Oct.  At this point, I would have had a long talk with you about all your sick leave and any more would be without pay and a doctor's note on your reason for taking so much time

I am running a business NOT a kindergarten.[/quote]

I'm sure you are the type of boss who would go to work sick, infect all your employees and then yell at them for taking time off.0[/quote]

No.  I would and do not go to work sick and I encourage sick employees to take sick leave.  But 9 days in 6 months for children bring sick is ridiculous.

Anyone who has children should know that the first ten years there will be a lot of colds, flu, normal childhood dresses and it should tell you that you need emergency childcare options.

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That’s nice in theory but the list of people willing to watch a vomiting, feverish child is very, very short. [/quote]

That's why mother's should find a job where they can work from home.[/quote]

NP. I was waiting for it to get here! And admit it, what you really wanted to type was “mother’s (sic) shouldn’t work at all”[/quote]

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