When Parent Is Sick...

[Ac114]

Not BC, but I have a strict illness policy and have no issue calling for and insisting on pick ups. We *rarely* have illness run rampant through day care because of this.

I have said before that it's no ones job but my own to give me a break. So I take 3 weeks of vacation, all the Federal holidays and give myself 5-7 paid sick/personal days each year. Once I started taking care of me, I found I didn't feel as "used" as I previously had.

I do wonder if maybe you are having this issue with a particular parent and not all your clients, it might be best to start interviewing and let them go?

It’s just this one family and they are part time and goes to grandmas 2 days a week so I guess it rubs me a little more. Every other parent has kept their child home if they are not feeling well. I don’t if it’s out of courtesy or just not wanting to get dressed to drive their child over here 😂

[lblanke]

If you say you are not going to provide care when the parents are sick, I bet a lot stop telling you that they are sick if their child is well.

[lovemykidstoo]

I have never excluded due to a sibling or parent illness. If the child is showing no signs of illness I take them. Most of the time you are exposed before the family even realizes they have it and you are even more exposed to what's going around when you go to the store, the mall, the movies etc. If I excluded kids when parents were sick, I'd never have kids. Seems like my parents are more sick than the kids.

[Ariana]

I only exclude for symptoms for the chikd attending. The bottom line for me is that not everyone catches what other people get. Even if the parent is home with a fever or vomitting does not mean the kids will get it. Also people are contagious well before they show symptoms so there is very little you can do to prevent illness besides manage your own health and stress.

Last month my daughter got FluB and Strep, I got strep, my husband got FluB. My youngest daughter got nothing and none of the daycare kids got any of it! My daughter had undiagnosed strep for 3 days and the beginning if FluB while the daycare kids were here and was playing with them and my youngest daughter normally. I have also had kids go home with fevers that never spread to anyone else and have had siblings at home vomitting and the other kid got nothing! This is why my illness policy only excludes for symptoms.

[Edwardy]

I will tell you about our daycare center. My kid goes to a children care Brooklyn. They work even during the Covid. But they follow all the strict rules to prevent a virus from spreading. For example, the daycare providers do not allow parents to come in. They meet children at the entrance door and say bye to the parents. They check kids' health conditions including the temperature. Of course, they do not allow sick children to come. Some parents did not like those methods at first. We can understand them. They can't afford to cancel a job and so on. But I really appreciate everything our daycare does for our kids. I wish every parent understood the importance of those actions.