Taking Sick Children to School

Twins Mom · ‎04-03-2016

As we all know flu is rampant and everyone trying to stay or get well. How can parents take their kids with fevers or diarrhea to day care? They even admit kid is on TamaFlu! The icing on cake, mother is resident in hospital. Dad is out of town. Mom gives general phone number, no direct link. Another parent says she will be there to pick up sick child in two hours. Wait until staff all sick and see who complains loudest when have to close doors for lack of staff. By the way, staff gets minimal sick days and Is not earning much over minimum. It’s called backup plans. Kids require planning.

blackhole99 · ‎08-22-2013

What are the parents supposed to do? Most everyone needs to work and can't stay home with their sick kids. We better start demanding more from the powers that be as far as day care and time off with pay when your kids are sick. This is a poor and middle class issue yet we are not fighting for it. The money has to come from somewhere, either out of your own pocket or an increase in taxes.

OKPrincess · ‎03-10-2013

This happens because parents don't/can't/won't take off from work and don't have a back up plan for sick children. I was fortunate to have retired in-laws when my daughter was little and retired parents when my son was a baby.

LizzieInSRQ · ‎12-27-2010

@blackhole99 wrote:
What are the parents supposed to do? Most everyone needs to work and can't stay home with their sick kids. We better start demanding more from the powers that be as far as day care and time off with pay when your kids are sick. This is a poor and middle class issue yet we are not fighting for it. The money has to come from somewhere, either out of your own pocket or an increase in taxes.

Well the money better not come from increasing MY taxes...

i didnt have children because I felt I wouldn't be able to afford them iespecially if I were to be single. I sure as heck don't want to pay for others' poor planning.

Its Me LuLuBelle2 · ‎10-12-2016

My husband and I saved vacation and personal days for the exact purpose of having that cushion. To send a child to school sick is shameful. It's not fair to the poor kid who should be home in bed and certainly not fair to expose healthy kids, teachers and day care providers to an illness they shouldn't have to be exposed to. If we choose to have children, it's on us to be responsible for our children.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@twins mom wrote:
As we all know flu is rampant and everyone trying to stay or get well. How can parents take their kids with fevers or diarrhea to day care? They even admit kid is on TamaFlu! The icing on cake, mother is resident in hospital. Dad is out of town. Mom gives general phone number, no direct link. Another parent says she will be there to pick up sick child in two hours. Wait until staff all sick and see who complains loudest when have to close doors for lack of staff. By the way, staff gets minimal sick days and Is not earning much over minimum. It’s called backup plans. Kids require planning.

How awful! The mother was willing to get those who worked there sick and all the other children. Is it possible to send out a notice to all parents telling them to keep sick children at home, they would be passing on a dangerous flu to others?

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

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.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

People and children are dying from this flu.

So far, 22 children in CA have died from it. I would imagine a day nurse could be hired or someone has to stay home.

Edit: Now that I think about it, I believe it’s 26 children dead.

dex · ‎03-09-2010

I think that it is very inconsiderate to take a sick child to school or daycare.That means your life is more important than the people who could be mpacted.I also wonder how the parents want the schools to care for a really sick child that needs to be home in bed.I think a sick child should not be with other children who aren't sick and may have lowered immunity from other health problems. come on ...can't have peanut butter at school or daycare but will bring flu.

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

I think it is awful when parents send their sick kids to school. I have seen kids who were running a high fever and vomiting and the school called the parents to come pick them up and they have an excuse, real or not, that they can’t.

One child was sent to school with a tooth ache for a week. The boy would cry all day at school. The father would hang up the phone when the school called him. The school’s social worker finally got permission to take the child to a dentist to have the tooth extracted. The child lived with his father who worked nights and slept during the daytime. Who knows if he was home alone all night?

These poor children are stuck in the nurses office for hours until it’s time to go home on the bus.

It is the parents responsibility...period. It’s not the employers or the tax payers responsibility. If you have kids, it is YOUR responsibility to have a back up in place. I have kids so I know that it can be difficult.

I am the back-up for my grandkids and a few other kids too. I have not had to go get anyone except one grand daughter one time, but I know that I will if I am called.

Sometimes kids are off for snow days and I know for a fact that they are home alone, even the young ones. Some are also home alone all summer long.

Nothing will be done to stop this unless a child gets hurt or the parents are reported for neglect.

i feel so sorry for the little ones and their daycare workers who have to handle them while they are sick and can’t do anything except let them lie there in pain.

My dogs have a better life then some children do. It’s criminal.