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Anonymous wrote:In a new mom. Do parents typically send kids to school with cough and runny nose?

During the pre-school years, kids get mild colds all the time. If you kept a kid home for every little cough and drippy nose, they would never leave the house. These little viruses strengthen the immune system so by the time they are in elementary school, there are much longer gaps between illnesses.

Those illnesses don’t actually strengthen the immune system, but you’re right that we all used to send our kids in sick. And also that everyone believes that illnesses strengthen the immune system. It doesn’t work that way.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a new mom. Do parents typically send kids to school with cough and runny nose?

Unless it is a particularly bad cough, of course they do.

OP, you need to find a new provider. That’s insane. I had a vaguely similar problem at one point where they weren't using the non-contact thermometers appropriately and were getting wildly high readings. In that case I was able to get them to use an ear thermometer that I provided, which stopped the absurd claims of fevers immediately.

I think this varies by school. At our private people absolutely do not, and your kid will be sent home if you do. We have way fewer sick days than some friends and I think it’s bc kids aren’t constantly passing stuff around.

At your private? All daycares are private. If you mean preschool then I’m gonna go ahead and guess your kid goes to one of the preschools that are not full day and aren’t considered a daycare. And those kind of preschools are closed all the time anyway for random stuff and for like 1-2 weeks for breaks holidays so parents definitely aren’t 2 full time working households using those kind of places. That being said, if parents kept their kids home for every random cough and clear runny nose most would almost never be in school. This is just how it is for the first 3-4 years or so and then it settles.

Sounds like you are trying to justify sending your sick kit to school. As parents you need a back up plan. You don't infect the entire school because you are too selfish to be a parent for the day.

Haha ok. You keep your kid home every time they have a runny nose. Let me know how that works out for you.

your kid has a cough and a runny nose. the school did the right thing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a new mom. Do parents typically send kids to school with cough and runny nose?

Unless it is a particularly bad cough, of course they do.

OP, you need to find a new provider. That’s insane. I had a vaguely similar problem at one point where they weren't using the non-contact thermometers appropriately and were getting wildly high readings. In that case I was able to get them to use an ear thermometer that I provided, which stopped the absurd claims of fevers immediately.

I think this varies by school. At our private people absolutely do not, and your kid will be sent home if you do. We have way fewer sick days than some friends and I think it’s bc kids aren’t constantly passing stuff around.

At your private? All daycares are private. If you mean preschool then I’m gonna go ahead and guess your kid goes to one of the preschools that are not full day and aren’t considered a daycare. And those kind of preschools are closed all the time anyway for random stuff and for like 1-2 weeks for breaks holidays so parents definitely aren’t 2 full time working households using those kind of places. That being said, if parents kept their kids home for every random cough and clear runny nose most would almost never be in school. This is just how it is for the first 3-4 years or so and then it settles.

Sounds like you are trying to justify sending your sick kit to school. As parents you need a back up plan. You don't infect the entire school because you are too selfish to be a parent for the day.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a new mom. Do parents typically send kids to school with cough and runny nose?

Unless it is a particularly bad cough, of course they do.

OP, you need to find a new provider. That’s insane. I had a vaguely similar problem at one point where they weren't using the non-contact thermometers appropriately and were getting wildly high readings. In that case I was able to get them to use an ear thermometer that I provided, which stopped the absurd claims of fevers immediately.

I think this varies by school. At our private people absolutely do not, and your kid will be sent home if you do. We have way fewer sick days than some friends and I think it’s bc kids aren’t constantly passing stuff around.

At your private? All daycares are private. If you mean preschool then I’m gonna go ahead and guess your kid goes to one of the preschools that are not full day and aren’t considered a daycare. And those kind of preschools are closed all the time anyway for random stuff and for like 1-2 weeks for breaks holidays so parents definitely aren’t 2 full time working households using those kind of places. That being said, if parents kept their kids home for every random cough and clear runny nose most would almost never be in school. This is just how it is for the first 3-4 years or so and then it settles.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a new mom. Do parents typically send kids to school with cough and runny nose?

Unless it is a particularly bad cough, of course they do.

OP, you need to find a new provider. That’s insane. I had a vaguely similar problem at one point where they weren't using the non-contact thermometers appropriately and were getting wildly high readings. In that case I was able to get them to use an ear thermometer that I provided, which stopped the absurd claims of fevers immediately.

I think this varies by school. At our private people absolutely do not, and your kid will be sent home if you do. We have way fewer sick days than some friends and I think it’s bc kids aren’t constantly passing stuff around.

Anonymous wrote:Get a note from your doctor that your child is fine to go to school. If they won't accept that, then it's time to find a new daycare.

This. Needs to be in writing. Make a photocopy to hand over to the school, but bring the original in your pocket/purse to prove it wasn’t forged. (Do not hand over the original to the school if you can avoid that.)

Anonymous wrote:In a new mom. Do parents typically send kids to school with cough and runny nose?

During the pre-school years, kids get mild colds all the time. If you kept a kid home for every little cough and drippy nose, they would never leave the house. These little viruses strengthen the immune system so by the time they are in elementary school, there are much longer gaps between illnesses.

Anonymous wrote:Get a note from your doctor that your child is fine to go to school. If they won't accept that, then it's time to find a new daycare.

This. All you need is a note from the doctor that the kid has no fever and is not sick. I've been there and done that. (My son was sent home for a red blotch near his mouth and they thought he had HFM. Blotch went away by the next day.)

Get a note from your doctor that your child is fine to go to school. If they won't accept that, then it's time to find a new daycare.

Anonymous wrote:In a new mom. Do parents typically send kids to school with cough and runny nose?

Unless it is a particularly bad cough, of course they do.

OP, you need to find a new provider. That’s insane. I had a vaguely similar problem at one point where they weren't using the non-contact thermometers appropriately and were getting wildly high readings. In that case I was able to get them to use an ear thermometer that I provided, which stopped the absurd claims of fevers immediately.

In a new mom. Do parents typically send kids to school with cough and runny nose?

Is he lethargic in any way or was he able to partido in the activities?

We were sent home today (around 11am)even the child has NO fever/No injuries/etc. When we came in the temperature was 98! The teacher said they add 2 degrees because they measure the forehead. We came with our own thermometer which measures in the ear and it was the same 98.2 . We picked the child because did not want to make a scene. The teacher said the kid is coughing(once is a few hours) and the nose is running(clear mucus). However half of the kids have the same symptoms and my kid has been like this for 2 weeks on and off. We saw the doctor 10 days ago for our regular checkup the doctor did not find my kid sick. We have scheduled the doctor's appointment for later today. In case someone ha been in the similar situation, how should we handle this situation?