Am I Over Thinking This?

[KiddieCahoots]

I'd write a note basically how you stated....dcg was not in attendance on 8/28 due to illness, that dcm had text'd with notification on 8/27 at approximately 7:00 p.m., complying with sick child policies. Please see attached. (and attach your sick policy)
I'd also have dcm sign it, give dcm the copy to give to her boss, and keep the original in her file.
Just to cross your "t's" and dot your "i's", cause like Kabob said, something is fishy here.

Once had a dcm request a letter for her child that became sick during childcare hours. At the time, there was a terrible stomach virus going around the childcare.
Well, dcm slipped with the truth of the matter. Turned out dcm had been in a minor car accident the day prior, and was trying to sue the other driver, and using her sons illness as a result from the accident, with the letter I would be supplying her. I gave dcm a letter and made it clear of the on-going stomach virus passing throughout the childcare

[SignMeUp]

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Some employers have ridiculous standards for calling in sick...you're not able to use sick pay at our local hospital (the nurses) unless you are out for a full week, if you're sick for less than a week, it's an attendance violation. Another local employer requires 3 days illness to avoid a violation. Another requires 24 hour notice BEFORE you are sick. I'd do everything I could to support Mom in this situation-the attendance policies around here are downright cruel and ridiculous...they punish the 99% of people who are doing right because of the 1% who may be lying about illness rather than just dealing with the violators.

My sister calls this "post-recession America".

[Dilley Beans]

Sounds like she needs an actual doctors note for her child's illness for this guy. You aren't qualified to determine illness even if you saw the child. I'm sorry for her having to jump through these hoops for her boss, that ****s.

[AmyKidsCo]

ITA with Kabob that it's a confidentiality issue. Unless the mom gives you permission, you can't say whether the child was in attendance or not.

If she does give permission I would just state that you were told that the child was ill, and that he was not in attendance on that date.

I wouldn't say that the child was sick unless I knew it for a fact either.