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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really wish they would stop, but [b]the pandemic exposed how many parents can't stand to be around their children. [/b]They are so used to spending less than 5 hours a day with them that they loose it if the kids are home. It's the oddest thing to me because I love being around my kids and know how to parent without outsourcing to teachers and coaches.

They will continue to send sick kids to school. All you can do is make sure your children are eating well, getting enough sleep, being active spending time in the sun and fresh air, and keeping their hands clean. [/quote]

Unfortunate this is very true.[/quote]

Or perhaps it exposed the lack of sufficient paid sick leave in our country … I mean, I think a lot of parents would take a paid day off to take care of their sick kid. But when your leave balance is depleted from COVID quarantines and your employer’s sympathy is running out, this is what happens. I work from home, so I can keep my kids home with me. But I feel for parents who need to go in person. This is why so many of us begged the past two years to end all the ultimately useless contact tracing so we could save our leave for when our kids were actually sick. I missed quite a few days myself with healthy kids who never ended up catching it from their close contacts. [/quote]

This. It's bizarre to think that parents just don't like their kids, vs sick leave policies not giving them the flexibility to stay home as much as they would like.[/quote]

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