To think a child shouldn't be off sick from school but be able to go shopping with parent?

[AlexanderandPie]

Or is this acceptable?

My Dd did it last week.

She had a cough that was quite bad that even the teacher advised she stayed home.

So the next day she did. However Dh needed to go to town to get some essential items, so had to take her with him.

He wasn't long and the fresh air helped

Big sickness and diarrhoea then no way

Do you mean food shopping? Because Id take a child that's been up half the night with earache or croup for a quick whizz round Tescos but I'd not send them to school.

Yeah but no. If they’ve got something non infectious but that has worn them out I suppose they could pop into Tesco to get food. I don’t think they should be going out shopping for the day.

Why not?

Maybe they went out to see a pharmacist.

How do you know what they’re off sick with? Could be stress due to bullying at school.

Of course its acceptable, but why is it any of your business anyway?

What are parents supposed to do with their dc if they need to get something from the shops?
Sometimes a child is not well enough to sit and concentrate at school, but is up to going round the supermarket.

They have to be off school for 48 hours after being sick so if mine have been sent home sick at Monday lunchtime then they won’t be back to school until Thursday. I wouldn’t think twice about taking them to the shops on the Wednesday if they’d stopped being sick.
I understand that they might pass on germs confined to a class room for 6 hours with the same children and all touching each other, putting their fingers in their mouths then on pens, books, toys etc but I doubt they will pass anything onto someone walking past them in Tesco.

Its a puritanical attitude.
What are single parents supposed to do?

You sound like my ex-boss who raised a stink when he saw a colleague ‘shopping’ on his sick day. In actuality he was coming back from Boots & lived above a shop.

What if the school has a 48 hour rule after vomiting. If the child was sick at breakfast time the day before they would still be off school the next day but quite possibly well enough to go shopping.

Why not? If it’s not infectious?

Depends whats wrong with them. They shouldn't be out if they've had D and V or chickenpox etc but they could be off because of anxiety or a sore throat.

It's only school.
Mental health trumps schooling so if a child needs a day off for physical or emotional reasons them they should have it. This hysterical attendance fixation is crazily unrealistic and does not genius students make!

My mum got shit off a coworker whose husband saw her in town mooching around the shops when she was off sick. She was just killing time while waiting for a prescription.

Do you mean clothes/leisure shopping or nipping to Tesco for some groceries?

My son went shopping with me last night (to buy a thermometer), he has kidney disease and is on a high dose of steroids- his immune system is comprised and I need to keep a close eye on him, he’s ok to pop to the shops but not go to school.

I think it entirely depends what's wrong with them. Life doesn't stop when a child is sick, in the same way life doesn't stop when we are sick. If the parent needs to do some shopping (food etc not mooching around town) and the child is fit to walk around a supermarket for half an hour without infecting anyone and then go back home and lie on the sofa/go back to bed. Fair enough. Half an hour in the shop is very different to a full day at school.

Good point Mike
i've been known to give my DD a mental health or duvet day now and then if she gets really over tired. If we needed milk she would come with me to get it!

Quick nip to the supermarket/boots fine if not infectious. Day out at the Trafford Centre/Bullring/Bluewater not on.

Depends what kind of shopping.

Dragging a child around a shopping centre for 3 hours: No

Popping into a couple of shops to get essentials or something which cannot wait: Yes

ASD i hope your son is feeling ok today x

Need more info really.

Of course you can think what you like but golly why on earth would you care?

It depends what the "off sick" was caused by.

D&V then i wouldnt while they were being sick, but possibly might while they were in the 48hrs window (as long as they had stopped being sick, and what we needed was urgent)

earache..... my dc was off with earache, I dont drive so we walked to the gp surgery, then to the chemist and nipped to the co-op across the road to stock up so we didnt have to go out again.

My dc was also sent home because he "wouldnt stop shivering", got home and he was fine. I would have gone out to the shop if we needed to.

I know someone who's dc face planted a metal rail. Their mouth was a mess and dentist said they were to be careful, no running, eat only soft/liquid foods, so dc was kept off school for a week to prevent them from knocking it.... should he have to stay home even though he wasnt contagious.