To not care how important your job is, if your child has impetigo

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You keep them off school! More so if the sores are still active!

Got a bit of morning run rage going on at the moment

And your choice to send poorly kids to school could land another child in hospital or even worse kil them in some circumstances.

If you're more concerned with a rude letter than making another child really ill....

5madthing glad you said something...people are twats. I am stuck at home because I just found out both my dc were exposed to cp, it's shit. BUt what can you do? They're contagious before the cp show up so I have to do it.. Play groups are full of babies and pg women.

I think SS should be involved if a child is sent to school which is clearly unwell.

I know that sounds harsh, but the parents are neglecting them sending them to school when they need to rest and get well.

hadabadday - tell the school that then as they send letters and give fines for dc not being in school - it doesn't matter to the school the dc is ill or should be at home in bed they are not allowed to be off school

There is at least one child and two mums that I know of at my child's school who are currently, or have recently, undergone chemo. I would be utterly fuming if a parent knowingly sent their unwell child in. It can have much bigger repercussions than a making another child a little unwell.

It's tough if work doesn't like it. If your child is sick and you don't have an alternative you have to stay home and look after them. Children are inconvenient. You shouldn't put other people at risk because it makes your life easier.

nocomet.

My dd was unwell, virus, temperature. I insisted she stay off school. She got really upset as someone had been into their class to tell them they must attend even if unwell. Her class had been identified as needing improvement. She thought it was all her fault.

readytopop

readytopop,

um yes?

unfortunately zero hour contracts for full time workers mean that people can't afford to be "the one who is always off". I know someone that has just had his hip replaced; he is still working because his employers are dreadful, he is on a 0 hour contract and there are plenty of other people wanting his hours. So if he takes 4 weeks off sick he won't have a job to go back to.

This is the reality for a lot of minimum wage workers in this country. Thank Dave

There are always a small few who think the world revolves around them and don't see it as there responsibility to help stop the spread of infection.

Sadly those people probably wouldn't care or notice if this had tragic consequences for someone vulnerable.

Oops...

Staying at home just because your dc have been exposed is slightly ott. The incubation time can be as long as 21 days and they probably haven't even caught it

From that link why do you have to keep a child off with impetigo but not a cold sore.

Because the risk of complications is much higher from impetigo than it is for cold sores. Most people carry the herpes virus but don't have outbreaks, so it is very different than impetigo. Although, I actually kept my son off school for a few days when he had his first cold sore outbreak as he was quite unwell with it.
Parents need to be sensible: High risk of infecting others or your child being uncomfortable then you need to keep them at home. As well as infecting other children the teacher can also be infected which will impact on the whole class when she has to stay home for a few days.

why are there people at school whilst having chemo?

I am amazed that so many don't recognise the reality for many workers. Losing your job and making your DC homeless, would be much worse for them.

ivy - Some people still work when having chemo

ivy Some conditions such as; post organ transplant or autoimmune diseases mean a person will be on a low dose of chemo for life. My school friend had leukaemia and the treatment was 2 years.

They cant fine you if yoir child is off ill ffs, stop scaremongering.

They can inform the education welfare officer, they did for us with ds2. They phoned me, I explained the illnesses ds2 had had, end of.

ivy for some cancers, like leukaemia, children have 6 months heavy treatment then a couple of years of maintenance chemo when they are generally relatively well but still vulnerable to infection.

Yanbu ds had the best part of 3 weeks off with it in year 1. It's pain but them is the rules.

Grennie my DS has recently finished cancer treatment. If he gets a fever within 6 months post treatment I have to take him to hospital straightaway and unless they are certain it's a virus he has to stay in for 5 days. He's 4 so I have to stay with him.

What if I lose MY job because a parent has sent their child in knowing they are unwell. Not to mention that DS' immune system is so knackered that a fairly average infection could actually kill him...

Silly - I have a serious chronic illness which means anything I catch from others, usually ends up very serious. So I totally understand it from this POV. But people do it not because they are selfish (usually), but because they have no real choice. We need better working conditions so people can take time off, without losing their job.

I am amazed that so many don't recognise the reality for many workers. Losing your job and making your DC homeless, would be much worse for them.

It's not okay to infect somebody else's child, causing that parent to need time off work (because they are responsible) and putting their job at risk.
It's also not okay to infect another child who may have a vulnerable immune system and could develop serious complications from contracting an infectious illness.

To only consider yourself is downright selfish.

I would hope the school would isolate the child and make a parent come and fetch him/her.