Re: ORe: Taking Sick Children to School

ROMARY · ‎04-28-2010

Some people forget about the health and well being of the child him/her self. When a child is very ill, he/she needs to lay down in bed and rest. That's the bottom line. The welfare of the child. Unless schools have sick rooms with beds and warm blankets, the child is better of in his/her warm bed, resting. Plenty of rest, drinking fluids, and whatever else the doctors recommend. Jmo, of course.

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RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

My girls were sick a lot as young kids. I had to return to work when they were 8 and 5, but purposely took a part time night shift job so that I was home and available during the day, and my husband was home with them at night. With some assistance from my parents, we always made it work.

september · ‎03-09-2010

@SilleeMee wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
What's wrong with calling a sitter? Imo, if you've got sick kids and have to go to work then it's time to call a sitter...not take them to school where they can spread the sickness to everyone there.
I know it's not available everywhere, but here we have professional sitter services that operate 24/7.

I have to ask what this costs?

For parents who aren't earning a high hourly wage...they would perhaps pay more for the sitting than they earn by going to work?

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

@september wrote:
@Carmie wrote:
@september wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
What's wrong with calling a sitter? Imo, if you've got sick kids and have to go to work then it's time to call a sitter...not take them to school where they can spread the sickness to everyone there.
Are you volunteering? No one wants to take care of sick kids if they don't have to. As a grandparent, I might do it if I lived near them. But if my own health was at risk...I'd have to say "no".
I’d volunteer, and I have. When my kids, grandkids or my husband have been sick, I take care of them. Yes, I am exposing myself to germs. Love is about putting others ahead of yourself.

I would and have taken care of other people’s sick children too. I hate to see children suffer. I have never gotten sick taking care of sick people, but I have taken care of sick people while I was sick....especially during the stomach virus plagues. Oh yuck!
And I did take care of sick grandchildren recently, as well as other members of my family. I didn't get too sick myself (much). I have a healthy immune system and got a flu shot

I don't think we should be shaming other people into possibly risking their health, if it isn't in their best interests.

Who is shaming other people? If you think it is shaming parents who do not take care of their sick kids or make proper arrangement for them when they are sick, then yes...

shame on them.

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

@september wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
What's wrong with calling a sitter? Imo, if you've got sick kids and have to go to work then it's time to call a sitter...not take them to school where they can spread the sickness to everyone there.
I know it's not available everywhere, but here we have professional sitter services that operate 24/7.
I have to ask what this costs?

For parents who aren't earning a high hourly wage...they would perhaps pay more for the sitting than they earn by going to work?

So? Sometimes you have to do what you have to do. Your kids, your responsibility.

Yes, kids cost money. They always have. Parents have always gone without to take care of their kids....but many don’t today. They don’t make much money, but they have the most expensive phones, cable TV with preminum channels, etc.

Their priorities are screwed up. I know, I see this often. I could say more, but I won’t.

JaneMarple · ‎05-23-2011

@Carmie wrote:
@september wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
What's wrong with calling a sitter? Imo, if you've got sick kids and have to go to work then it's time to call a sitter...not take them to school where they can spread the sickness to everyone there.
I know it's not available everywhere, but here we have professional sitter services that operate 24/7.
I have to ask what this costs?

For parents who aren't earning a high hourly wage...they would perhaps pay more for the sitting than they earn by going to work?
So? Sometimes you have to do what you have to do. Your kids, your responsibility.

Yes, kids cost money. They always have. Parents have always gone without to take care of their kids....but many don’t today. They don’t make much money, but they have the most expensive phones, cable TV with preminum channels, etc.

Their priorities are screwed up. I know, I see this often. I could say more, but I won’t.

@Carmie I agree with how you feel about sick children and their care at home but please don't generalize the parents of today because you know a few that are as you described above.

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Lucky Charm · ‎03-09-2010

When my kids were sick, I had a back up plan for them throughout the school year. Honestly, they were rarely sick and would get perfect attendence many years.

It's unbelievable how often my grandchildren are sick. I'm a back up for the local ones and have driven well over a hundred miles to stay with far away ones, if possible. (I would head over the night before and stay with them.)

And I'm amazed that kids are sent to school so sick (fevers and bad coughs). Parents seems to think just because they took them to the doctor and got a prescription--that they can send them the very next day.

It takes a while for a bad cold, cough, etc. to clear out enough to send them back again, but they don't wait.

Both my DILs are teachers and although they both have great tolerance from catching everything that's going around, my DH and I have been catching colds from the little ones for at least the past two years.

As a child, I was rarely sick. Maybe once a year, an absence? When we were kids, you stayed in your jammies, in bed, even took your meals in bed (so sweet!), the teacher sent home your lessons/homework.

When my kids were sick, no luck keeping them in bed! They had to be down with the rest of us, sitting at the table for meals, watching TV.

september · ‎03-09-2010

@Carmie wrote:
@september wrote:
@Carmie wrote:
@september wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
What's wrong with calling a sitter? Imo, if you've got sick kids and have to go to work then it's time to call a sitter...not take them to school where they can spread the sickness to everyone there.
Are you volunteering? No one wants to take care of sick kids if they don't have to. As a grandparent, I might do it if I lived near them. But if my own health was at risk...I'd have to say "no".
I’d volunteer, and I have. When my kids, grandkids or my husband have been sick, I take care of them. Yes, I am exposing myself to germs. Love is about putting others ahead of yourself.

I would and have taken care of other people’s sick children too. I hate to see children suffer. I have never gotten sick taking care of sick people, but I have taken care of sick people while I was sick....especially during the stomach virus plagues. Oh yuck!
And I did take care of sick grandchildren recently, as well as other members of my family. I didn't get too sick myself (much). I have a healthy immune system and got a flu shot

I don't think we should be shaming other people into possibly risking their health, if it isn't in their best interests.
Who is shaming other people? If you think it is shaming parents who do not take care of their sick kids or make proper arrangement for them when they are sick, then yes...
shame on them.

You totally misunderstood my point. Which was that grandparents shouldn't be shamed into taking care of sick grandchildren.

grandma petes · ‎03-09-2010

I worked in an elementary school for 7 years and this was an ongoing issue every year. Sadly, parents told us they had to work and couldn’t afford daycare or hiring a sitter. I truly empathize with them, but when a child is that sick, it is incredibly inconsiderate to bring them to school and expose everyone else to their sickness.

This should be planned for in advance, just in case....have someone to care for them or keep them home with you, but please don’t bring them to school and risk others health and safety.

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

@JaneMarple I know that most parents are caring and I am not generalizing. The Original post is about those parents that send their sick kids to daycare and school. The parents who keep their sick kids are home and take care of them aren’t an issue here.