We generally only let our kids miss school when they have a high fever or keep vomiting or have a highly contagious sickness. I think school is important and staying active will keep their minds off of it. I think it also allows them to fight it off faster as some medical studies have indicated. What are your rules for your kids being sick? Have you ever made them go to school when they did not feel well?
2006-10-19 21:24:46 · 25 answers · asked by billy f 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
No, I never made my kids go to school when they were sick with a fever, vomiting, excessive coughing or anything that might have looked like they'd give it to the rest of the class.
l. Why make everyone at school sick?
2.How are they going to learn when they feel miserable?
As a teacher myself, I've seen kids sent in, and they obviously don't feel well. They come to me first off, and tell me, "Miss I don't feel good." I feel their heads, and they have fevers! I say, didn't you tell your mom? They say, "Yes, but she made me come anyway." So, then they go to the nurse, and the school has to call them up to pick up their kids. I had one kid whose parents never showed up. He was so miserable, I had him lie in the back of the classroom on the rug until school was out. And he slept. How sad!
Don't send your kid to school if they're sick.
That said. Sometimes kids will fake it. I recognize that. My own kids tried it with me. If they said, "I have a headache." I'd give them some Tylenol and told them to try. If they had a stomachache but no other symptoms, I'd say, "Try." Then if the school called, I'd know. But once they stayed home sick, they don't go anywhere else that day. No playing when everyone else comes home from school.
2006-10-19 21:32:35 · answer #1 · answered by ThatLady 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Same here, if they have a fever or vomiting I keep them home. I wish some other parents would do the same thing with their children, some times those kids are so sick and they just send them to school to get rid of them for the day and that is how other kids wind up getting sick. I guess some mom
s work too and they don't have any one else to watch them so they have to send them. They should be sent to the school nurse to rest for the day and when they leave their parent should be told that maybe they better keep them out until they are feeling better.
2006-10-20 10:19:16 · answer #2 · answered by lisa b 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A level of sick a child should stay home from school is probably the same as you would stay home from work. Quite honestly I hate it when people come in to work sick because they get about half the work done as they usually do and they get everyone else sick, so if I have a fever or a really bad cold I'll probably stay home.
Rest helps people get better quicker. It takes energy to go to school and it takes energy to fight a sickness. Thats why doctors tell you to get some rest and drink lots of fluids. I don't know what sudies you're talking about, but it's doesn't sound really credible. If someones coughing all through class it's really disruptive. If someones blowing their nose ever few minutes it's really disruptive. If someones falling asleep because his or her body is fighting something they aren't learning anything. I guarantee you it's much harder to learn when you're sick. Also you have to think about how your child is getting all the other children sick. A day off in some circumstances is alright.
Just make sure your child is actually sick. I've faked it once or twice.
2006-10-20 04:42:31 · answer #3 · answered by To Be Free 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This isn't really an issue as we home school. But if they did go to public school I would keep them home when they aren't feeling well. Many people, including kids, have days they just don't feel right. It may be that they are just over tired. They might not have a fever or be contagious, but it is important to listen to ones body. Have you ever had muscle aches or a general feeling of unease and kept going only to fall really ill days later? People are so out of tune with their bodies. We ignore what our bodies tell us and push ourselves because god forbid we miss a day of work or that our children miss a day of school. Our bodies tell us when to slow down and we should listen.
Yes, school is important. But it is not so important that it will hurt to miss a day here or there. I would never force my kids to go to school if they didn't feel good. There have been a few days where they've gotten up in the morning and I can tell they aren't quite right. They tell me they don't feel good so I let them rest. We take the day off of school and I make sure they're comfortable and resting. To me that is important.
2006-10-20 05:50:26 · answer #4 · answered by Amelia 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If my son has been vomiting, has diarhhea, or a fever over 99.5 he will stay home and I will make him a same day doc appointment. If it's something like my stomach hurts some, or cold like symptoms I will send him to school and tell him if it's not better by lunch to go to the nurse and have them call me. From there if he goes to the nurse I'll make him a doc appointment for either that day or the following one. He has to be truly sick to stay home. And if it's something that he will be home for more than one day with(chicken pox, flu), he might get to watch a favorite movie or two and get a little special treatment.
2006-10-20 10:05:04 · answer #5 · answered by d4cav_dragoons_wife84 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I find it very frustrating when other parents have their sick kids at school, after my daughters cancer treatment she had trouble with her white blood counts and fighting infection all long time after treatment. She wanted to be at school (and her doctor wanted her to return) as she had missed 8 months or more from illness. But i was constantly having to go get her cause parents had their children at school with pox and god knows what. Why should she miss more school when she is healthy. Alot of the time its parents that work and cant get baby sitters. Immunising all children is also important, something i didnt realise (even though mine are) till my daughter was ill. Anyway thats my moan for the day.
2006-10-20 04:43:48 · answer #6 · answered by lividuva 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't forget that there are plenty of other children at the school who are not unwell and sending your child to school could make them sick as well. Keeping them home is not bad unless you just let them watch television. Try keeping them active at home, give them books to read and small easy sums, that way their brains are being kept active and their bodies are given a chance to rest.
2006-10-20 04:31:42 · answer #7 · answered by kip 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let them stay home and get over thier sickness. Going to school will only instigate either a relapse, or intensify the illness. Children need rest when they are sick. Being active will only worsen things.
2006-10-20 04:33:23 · answer #8 · answered by stallion6539 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bring up kids like they are and they deserve. DO not impose too much restrictions Allow them to play. Let them enjoy. When they are not well give them good care and rest.
School will never run away if u miss a day or two.
Kids are always a happy merry lot, miss them one day u know the pain.
2006-10-20 04:35:07 · answer #9 · answered by Loganathan Raja Rajun R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If they are really sick then of course keep them home. There is no excuse to send a sick child to school and make everyone else sick and risk your child getting even worse. My mother always tryed to make me go when I was sick yet my sisters got away with faking it (damn them and their fake vomit).
2006-10-20 09:30:31 · answer #10 · answered by Chelle's Belle 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋