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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So do you think parents should be able to depend on other parents to check their kids?  This does not seem to be working very well. What's your solution?[/quote]

I depend on other parents to monitor their kids for strep, colds and other illnesses, but many parents don't do a very good job of it and send their kids to school sick. I don't think, however, that schools should set up parent committees to check for fevers. I don't expect families to produce a doctor's note to prove that their child's runny nose is due to allergies, not a cold. Yet those are contagious, disruptive conditions too and they pose a actual health risk, particularly if a member of the family is immune compromised.

My solution is to accept the risk and deal with it if my child gets lice (which unfortunately has happened twice, but was caught very early due to routine checking at home). When you send your child to school or anywhere out in the world, there is a risk they will catch something. If the fear that he or she will get lice is more than you can bear without monitoring other students, then you can keep your child home. But your fear doesn't entitle you to intrude physically on a child that is not yours or to demand access to another child's private health information.[/quote]

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