AIBU? Well, am I??

[CocacolaMum]

DD is 7 and does very well at school - top of the class (god know where she gets it from)

She awoke yesterday with a bit of a sniffle but went to school anyway and seemed fine. Last night she was running a slight temperature with a sore throat, sore red runny nose, she is usually up and downstairs by 7 in the mornings. I went in to her room to get her out of bed today at 7:30 and she was still sleeping, she said she had been awake between 2 and 4 this morning because of her blocked nose and sore throat.

AIBU to keep her off school? OH says give her some paracetamol and send her in but I disagree - whats the point in her being there when she's so tired and groggy?!

I would keep her off.

Hopefully a good day's rest & she'll be better for tomorrow.

Keep her off, she won't miss much, will have a better chance of recovering and will hopefully not pass it on to the other children.

Keep her off!

keep her off obviously.

But is thus stealth boast post? How is academic attainment relevant to her illness?

Yep. Clear stealth-boast, but I let her away with it as it will be rationalised with "well I only mentioned it to show she is not behind in school and can afford to take time off".

Do you really need to ask strangers if you should keep your ill 7-year old off school?

it is relevant in that she wouldn't be struggling to catch up after time off. As Moaney said.

No I didn't need to ask, I felt like it though so I did. Does anyone NEED to ask anyone on this forum anything?

Meh, shes off anyway so thanks for most of your replies, tres helpful as per..

I don't need to stealth boast - if I want to boast I will just make it blatant tbh. Shes awesome and the more people who know it the better.

My dds awesome too!

Yy to letting sick child stay off a) they recover quicker b) all the other kids don't get sick