Sep
25
2009
Keeping Sick Kids Home
Posted by DDOCS in Family, tags: Common Courtesy, Family, Health, Hygiene, moms, Parenting, Safety, Stupidity
At the mall one morning recently, I overheard two parents talking. As our small kids were all riding kiddie rides, one mother told the other that her son was sick that day and he wouldn’t be in pre-school that afternoon. She wanted to keep him out of school to “you know, be considerate.”
How about keeping your kid home from the mall, too? If your son or daughter is too sick to go to school, does it really make sense to let them spread germs at the mall? When my kids are too sick for school, that means no galavanting around town, either. Kids are everywhere, and sick kids can spread germs as easily at the mall as they can at school.
What’s wrong with some parents?
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My favorite is to hear parents say they are keeping their kid home from church “to be considerate” or “to keep the other kids from getting sick”. This situation usually comes up at a family get together where my children are playing with their children. I don’t understand the logic there. Maybe because it’s missing!