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Ok to make a child clear up their own sick?

134 replies

FannyMcAdams · 01/12/2017 21:50

I’d like some advice from parents out there please.

If your child woke during the night and was suffering bad sickness and diarrhoea and vomited in their bed (top bunk). Would you make them (still feeling very sick) climb back up the ladder with a bin bag and make them strip their bed and clean the mess up?
My next question is: would you expect this to happen to your child in a paid JUNIOR boarding school?
After cleaning the mess up the child was taken to the school medical centre where they continued to suffer more sickness.

I’d appreciate as many views as possible before I take matters further and to ensure I’m not overreacting.

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CauliflowerSqueeze · 01/12/2017 21:52

No of course not.

Sounds like a scene from Dotheboys Hall.
Jesus Christ.

Moogletea · 01/12/2017 21:53

Not ok

ErmagherdWerfWerfs · 01/12/2017 21:53

No. That’s horrible 😟

Biddlyboo · 01/12/2017 21:53

No way. That’s horrible op. Your poor dc! Sad

doodlejump1980 · 01/12/2017 21:54

Surely the housemasters are in loco parentis, so I would say that was a very cruel thing to do when the child is obviously unwell. Disgraceful. although if it was self-induced teenage drinking I might be of a different opinion

Neolara · 01/12/2017 21:54

No. That's pretty terrible.

DulliDulli · 01/12/2017 21:54

No. Definitely not ok.

MartysHere · 01/12/2017 21:54

No. That's awful.

Godotsarrived · 01/12/2017 21:55

Absolutely not! What a vile thing to do to a child. Cruelty. Simple cruelty,

LovingLola · 01/12/2017 21:55

No. It is far from ok.
But then again I am not a fan of boarding schools so nothing would surprise me about them.

Panting · 01/12/2017 21:56

No. Despicable. As if it’s a choice to be sick and that’s a punishment. In fact, that would be a huge warning sign to me about the ethos of the school.

How old is the child?

Doyouthinktheysaurus · 01/12/2017 21:56

Definitely not okay. Really unacceptable and unkind.

SandAndSea · 01/12/2017 21:58

Absolutely not. Completely unacceptable. Hiw is going that caring for the child? I would remove the child from that environment asap.

SandAndSea · 01/12/2017 21:58

*How is that caring for the child?

Thebluedog · 01/12/2017 21:59

Never! Absolutely not

Caulk · 01/12/2017 22:00

Obviously that’s unacceptable. You know it it. Just talk to the school....

Pastaagain78 · 01/12/2017 22:00

No. That is NOT OK. Poor child.

Badhairday1001 · 01/12/2017 22:01

No, absolutely not ok. I would never make my own children do that and would certainly not make any children in my care do it.
I am a teacher in a residential school and have cleared up plenty of sick during lessons. Snot and spit too for that matter! It's part of the job! I know if the children who are residents are sick then staff clear up and help get the child cleaned up too.

tabulahrasa · 01/12/2017 22:01

Can an adult get up to change it?

I used to have to send a child up to strip the top bunk when they had bunk beds because I just couldn't get up there to do it, I'm too tall.

Flinkyflonk · 01/12/2017 22:02

That's outrageous Sad poor child. I'd be livid with the school.

BarbarianMum · 01/12/2017 22:04

Yes, actually that is exactly what I would expect from a junior boarding school. That's why the kids grow up so independent damaged .

Rahrahcantdo · 01/12/2017 22:06

Shocked. This is horrifying. Poor child. Disgraceful.

dantdmistedious · 01/12/2017 22:06

The poor child. Of course it's not ok.

fabulous01 · 01/12/2017 22:08

This can’t be a real post
No way could that happen

SingingSeuss · 01/12/2017 22:08

That's so completely not ok Angry

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