Sick Parents and Kids Rant!

[HappyEverAfter]

If you had the 24/48 hour rule, that ^^^ would have been bad situation for that DCM.

Sending a child home from care means they stay home until they have been symptom free for a full 48 hours/2 days.

If parents choose to keep their sick child home on their own decision making skills the child is only excluded until 24 hours/1 day symptom free.

That rule puts the onus back onto the parent and prevents most dope and drops.

I do have a 24 hr rule and already told her he was out until Wednesday but perhaps I do need a 24/48 rule instead. Pretty confident he was a dope and drop today.

[amberrose3dg]

It’s impossible to keep illness totally away. The best you can do is clean well and regularly, boost your immune system as much as possible, and stick to your exclusion policies like crazy.

I just had a dcm (who is off work for mlk day anyway) drop her sick child off this morning. He was snotty and congested but she swore it was just a cold that he was working on getting over. Well, a few hours later I picked him up and heat was practically radiating off him so I took his temp two ways and it was over 100 both ways so I called for pick up. Dcm, who also looked sick btw, swore he was fine to stay and that it was likely his cold plus teething. Nope! Over 100 and you’ve gotta go home, that’s the rules. No exceptions. She wasn’t happy but I don’t care.

And she was off work? Oh my don't you love parents like that. Spread illness around when you do not even have to work. Fever = contagious