if you knew a little boy in your sons/daughters nursery was hiv +, what would be your reaction, if any?

Answer 1

I could only get about halve way down before I couldn't read any more of your responses. I am now convinced I live in a world full of uneducated morons. Aids can only be transmitted through blood, semen, vaginal fluids, and breast milk. We talking about a nursery so you can rule out all but the first. The blood of the infected child would have to enter the blood stream of another child to infect him/her. In order for a bite to transmit HIV the infected child would have to have an open sore in his/her mouth and bite hard enough to get to blood vessel in another child. My mother ran a home day care just about the whole time I was growing up and I've seen a lot of children bite. I have never seen one draw blood or even break the skin. If a child can be bitten long enough to draw blood without being stopped, I don't want my child at that day care in the first place, with our without a HIV+ child. I have also seen quite a few children get cuts. I don't know of any child care provider that would let the other children near the blood of any child know matter what. If you knew of another child in a day care that was HIV+, the providers would also know, and would take the additional precautions. Really the only other thing they would need would be gloves with their first aid kit, which they should have anyways. And that would be for their protection and not necessary for the other children.

Answer 2

I'd ask to make sure that the school had precautions in place. Unless the parents told the staff that the child had HIV, they most likely would not know the child had it. By law, children with HIV are protected against discrimination/exclusion on the basis of their HIV status. And, even if the director was told that the child had HIV, it is against the law for them to tell their staff members. I have worked in preschools for 15 years, and with children with special needs for 5... I'm certain that at some point I have worked with a child with HIV and never knew it. Both of my children have attended preschool, so I am certain that they too have come into contact with a child who was HIV+ as well. Yes, the disease is scary- but these are children first. Just as a child with a special need should be viewed as a child first, so should a person with HIV. Just take the standard precautions, learn what you can do to protect your child, and make sure that staff is doing their part to use standard precautions as well.

Answer 3

i think it's only natural to worry when it's anything to do with your child but reassure yourself with the fact that the staff at the nursery are trained to deal with children - for any child they would deal with a cut, for example, in a hygienic way that would protect the child from infection (not just hiv, i mean germs and things as well), if they know the child is hiv + they will take extra precautions.

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Answer 4

none at all - it is very unlikely that my child would catch the virus since its main transmission is through fluids. A tiny scratch from the infected child would not give my child HIV -plus i would think what if it was my child?There was a case like that in Australia i think about a little girl who contracted the virus through a blood transfusion i think and the parents whose children went to her nursery campaigned for her exclusion from the school because they feared that she would infect their children. Apparently she had to move country with her parents. It's very sad and uncalled for - people are afraid of things which they don't understand and to be quite honest they are just ignorant!

Answer 5

the fact is hiv is not an easy thing to get, kids biting ,scratching etc would not allow transmission. the nursery should take universal precautions with every child. i would not worry about my child in that situation. And sharing toys !!! maybe you could catch an ordinary tummy bug, not hiv...IMPOSSIBLE !

Answer 6

sorry i wouldnt never discrimanate a child with hiv NEVER i would have a child with HIV sleep over i would adopt a child like this...just to leave my childin nursey with about 20 other kids and like 3 adults no as no one watches your child like you do my son comes home with a scratch a bump a bruise from playing its harder for them to watch so many kids..and anything could happen...i know i shouldnt think that way but i would not be human if i didnt

Answer 7

I would remove my children immediately. Little ones drool, throw up, bite, etc.
I also think that if it were my child who was HIV+ I wouldn't have him in nursery. Kids are germ magnets. I would be concerned for his well-being...because of his compromised immune system...it could possibly be life threatening for him to be exposed to so many germs.

Answer 8

I would want to make sure the school authorities know in case there are any problems involving blood, nosebleeds, whatever. But otherwise I woldn't worry. The chances of contagion are very slight since I assume the kids won't be having sex or sharing needles.

Answer 9

To be honest I would consider removing my child. I wouldn't want the child or family to be witchhunted but I would have concerns about my child. Accidents do happen with children. With the greatest will in the world you can't predict them afterall thats why they are called accidents. My child was bitten severely on the cheek at nursery ( a full set of teethmarks, which broke the skin). Nosebleeds and scrapes were commonplace because children like to run and climb. As the children got older I wouldn't mind because they can take care of themselves better and would have a better understanding of the consequences. One accident is all it could take to infect my child.

Answer 10

As long as staff had adequate training and the child himself understood about the exchange of body fluids (put, of course into language he could understand) then I see no reason for concern. I would send my children to the same nusery.