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[quote=Anonymous][quote]If I kept my kid home for every cold, she would never go to school!

Actually, I keep my kid at home for every cold - because then he recovers completely and is ready to tackle school when he is healthy. He does not get sick (even with cold ) very often, because I give him a chance to rest and recuperate. I am SAHM and I can do that.

I see many kids with cough, cold and runny nose - being sent to school - for DAYS. These kids never recover fully and they make other kids sick as well. Most of these parents also dose their kids with Tylenol and send them to school. It is sad, but I guess they do not have a choice or flexibility in their work environment.

I am sorry but are you a school nurse? If not please spare us.[/quote]

My cousin has three kids who are extremely close in age and his wife is a SAH mom.  The younger two go to morning preschool, and the oldest is a first grader.  Even before the oldest went to public school and the youngest went to preschool, all three kids were non-stop sick with colds all winter.  Why?  They passed germs along to one another.  This "rest and recuperate" philosophy only works when you don't have other kids in the house bringing in new germs.  Even though she had the flexibility to keep a kid home, if she had let them stay home at any sniffle they would have never gone to school/preschool.  Jeez.  You must have an only child.[/quote]

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