Why do people not keep there children home when ill

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I can’t understand it, mum from the school on fb saying her son has been sick and has tonsillitis, just seen her on the school run taking him in. I’m foaming, I have other small children and it’s a week before Christmas why are people so unbelievably selfish. It could get passed on to so many people, and ruin their Christmas for the children. Also, why would you send your child knowing they felt ill to school! You wouldn’t go to work with tonsillitis? It drives me mad people are just so selfish

Why are the parents being blamed? Why are we not questioning how a first, world, developed country with one of the world's biggest economies got to the point where parents were frightened to take a day off work in case they couldn't eat/pay essential bills?

Why are we not pushing back at OFSTED and the ridiculous pressure they put on schools who then push the pressure back to the parents?

Because if that attendance gets too low , the school sends a letter threatening the welfare officer .
Even if this is the first time your child's attendance has dipped below 98% in years and the child was screaming in pain , had attended a&e ,was advised by docs to stay off school.
This is personal experience by the way.
If my child gets D&V now i dont know what I'll do .

Yab utterly unreasonable.
They cannot have a 24/48h rule that excludes due to V from tonsillitis or uti or ear infection.

It is similar to saying for MS.

The lack of rules when i was a child were much more sensible- back in next day. (Maybe after yr r).

My dc was ill then ill again about 10d later so had been back in.
Mostly it's not noro anyway (and i would blame the people eating shellfish etc too) and the parents dont get it.
However the resurgence is often due to lactose intolerance. And both times it happened to dc1 they were fine for days in between.

Monitor hand washing etc better maybe.
Sanitizer at lunch and soft play. That works on viruses.
Im sure many 'well' kids are carriers/spreaders anyway.

Obviously the current d&v is very contagious. But that proves 48h doesnt work and people dont keep well kids off.
Would you stay off with a stomach ache? Or a bit of diarrhoea?

Maybe get an air purifier ? Or something for the kids loos.
One kid not washing hands could infect most the school.
Interestingly the cohort is much you ger this year and dc2 is ill but had 100% attendance i think last year.

Just be grateful yours doesnt get infections as it is stressful enough as gp often wait and see. (So if it were contagious that would be the point).
If you add 5+ ear imfection to other illness dc1 was only in nursery 70% of the time.

I think it’s most likely financial.

I don’t get paid at all for a days sick. If I take one day off that’s £100 lost from my already pitiful wages and I only work part time.
Luckily DH can absorb the shortfall but I imagine lots of families closer to the line can’t manage this.

It’s the fault of employers and school attendance policies IMO not always lazy parenting

@happycamper11 I’m not in the U.K. My streptococcus throat infection with a high temperature developed suddenly overnight and was diagnosed with a swab test at the doctor’s surgery, so there is not much doubt that’s what it was. I was given antibiotics and was much better within 48 hours, also an indication that it was not related to a cold or viral infection. I believe my doctor who said that type of infection is very contagious. It may be true that most tonsillitis is viral or a complication from a cold but it is not always the case. The NHS wants to save money so they are not going to encourage people to go to the doctor, so people are forced to wait until they are seriously ill. In my case swift treatment (which I pay for through my health insurance) meant that I was able to get better faster and avoid passing on the infection to others.

My ds had 4 days off with a d & V bug, and a slight temperature, I got a shirty letter about how his attendance had fallen below 94 % . You just can't win
I don't think school would appreciate sending a child in with D & V ?

I would send in if only slightly unwell with a cold for example