To think parents should keep their vomiting children off school

My kids school any vomiting you are not allowed in for 48 hours. They had a serious bug this year (entire school had to close for a day due to so many illnesses) and when they reopened, my kids both said they'd felt sick and got sent home (school was sending any kids saying it home, there was like 12 in the office when I got there 😂)

This is so selfish (not to mention absolutely clueless as to the reason for the rule). People like you are the reason why these viruses spread through schools like wildfire.

How very superior!

No concern for freelancers who don’t get sick pay.

What about two of my freelancer friends who are undergoing chemo and are vulnerable to illness?

There was a school in our area that needed to be shut down and deep cleaned recently because of Norovirus. Lots of parents’ wages lost because of it.

You must be be very well off to dismiss these as third world problems. We may all factually be very lucky in our country compared to some, but that doesn’t mean we should throw caution to the wind either.

The rule in our school is 48 hours,we always keep our kids of if they are sick.It really angers me when people send there kids to school sick what could be one vomit for there child could make another child more ill.I remember one year parents sent there kids in sick it took down the whole class our child was ill for a fortnight was terrible.Some real selfish people out there

The rule is 48 hours since the child last had symptoms (vomiting or diarrhoea), whether it was once or 50 times. It couldn't be clearer.

I was picking my DD up from gymnastics when she was 4, and overheard one of the coaches telling a mum that her DD had complained of feeling sick, the mum replied, "Oh she said that earlier but i sent her any way to see how she went".

Midnight my daughter vomited, she then vomited every 10-20 minutes for the next 20 hours, I came really close to having the take her to A&E, but she was a little super star taking syringes of diluted apple juice and I managed to keep her passing just enough urine, it took her a week to recover, and she is rarely ill so this was extreme.

I was really angry!

My sister brought her 10 year old who had tonsillitis round when I had a 1 year old at home (who caught it, I wish I'd had a go at her at the time)

Unless your child is immunosuppressed this is very much a first world problem. Maybe the parents didn't know, or underestimated how sick they were. Maybe they have other stuff going on in their lives that made it especially hard for them in the spur of the moment to stay at home. But even if they are feckless repeat offenders who selfishly plough on regardless, you are bloody lucky for this to be one of your big problems. Have a moan if it makes you feel better, but get over it.

I work in a school and we regularly get children coming in who tell you they were sick at home. While waiting to be collected on one occasion, one child had diarrhea that I then had to clean up. On another occasion the kid vomited before the register was even finished...turns out he'd been sick all morning at home. Absolutely selfish on the parents part. There is no excuse at all.

Except statistically the amount of virus that is shed in stools after 48 hours is much less. So, arguably, yes, the germs do indeed "magically disappear" after 48 hours - that's why you have to wait 48 hours!! 🙄

If one of my DC were sick overnight or in the morning I would keep them off to allow them to rest and recover for as long as they needed. It might be 1 day, it might be 3 days but it would be 100% based on their needs. If they were well enough to go back to school after 24 hours or less then I dont see any point in keeping them off longer. Germs dont magically disappear after a set 48 hour period.

Ok, so my son has a reflux issue and massive problems with his duodenum. Because he gets worked up/anxious and is so scared about the bullies at school he is constantly “being sick”. His sick consists mostly of the bile type of sick, and he can easily eat/drink as normal and just throw up and crack on with his day. We currently have him going through CAHMs because of it, and have tried all sorts to stop it. He’s not doing it on purpose and the school really aren’t helping. Weve had 6 phone calls in the last 3 weeks from school asking us to collect him, despite his CAHMs worker stating he is better to be in school, than go home.
Frankly it’s causing us a great deal of stress and the situation happens to many more families than you will know about.
My son is not actually sick, ill or poorly. He’s just throwing up as a reflex because of a medical condition that there is currently not a lot of cures for. Just something to think about…

There is a policy, 48 hours vomit free. It’s not fair to others, I work in a nursery and I’m shocked how many parents send in their obviously sick children. I know it’s hard when you’re a working mum, I am one.

Yes I have emetophobia too its awful I would be horrified if that happened! Also why was the child sick on her child I understand they couldn't help being sick but surely they could have turned their head the other way so not to get it on them

Obviously I meant the parent! And tex they should its the least they should do

I meant telling the childs parents obviously lol

I doubt that would have happened as my own dc had good attendance

why would they fine someone whose dc was genuinely sick

Yanbu, but I see why some struggle with inflexible workplaces or gig economy type jobs

Grim. I remember many years ago (I was a teacher) we had the whole class photo. Two children on the back row vomitted, each onto two children in front of them. Six children with vomit covered clothes and hair. Horrible for them all. So yes, I'm not on favour of parents sending in poorly children. 😷

Fingers crossed your DC doesn't get it. Yanbu I definitely think parents should keep their children off school if they are vomiting or have diarherra. I got really annoyed at a parent at my school once for sending her child into school after vomiting because she "wasn't having her child missing out" on preforming in the Christmas performance and lo and behold my child got it and missed out on things she'd have enjoyed because of course I kept her off. This parent also went round threatening any parent whose child inconvenienced hers, got to love the double standards.

Yanbu, as a parent I would dither over cough/cold type symptoms in the morning before school but if my child vomited it would be a straight decision to keep them off.

Our private school has the 48 hour rule but then emails if attendance declines as private schools are now under scrutiny. I give up and send mine in and they can send home. Attendance data prevents common sense but that's what the state wants! So annoys me.

It's really bad, every parent knows with sickness it should be 48 hrs off. There's so many children and adults who can't just get over a bug for various reasons. Having said that, we (imagine not the only school) are completely bombarded with details on attendance, about how we should send our kids in if at all possible including with colds etc. I know some parents keep them off for mild sniffles and maybe some parents need to hear it, but I really don't agree with all the constant noise about attendance - it makes parents like this, think they're doing the right thing. When they're not.

A school mum, after drop off one day, told me her daughter (in my son's class) had thrown up that morning but she seemed fine so she'd dropped her at school. I'm afraid I marched straight into school and told them. Selfish cow!

What's worse (imo) is when a child is clearly ill (vomiting and diarrhea), parents send them to school and then refuse to collect them when they inevitably end up being sick or worse at school...and then still try to send them back in the next day!

The amount of ill kids I've had sat outside my office because they're too poorly to be in class and parents will not come for them...it's just shit.