Ok to make a child clear up their own sick?

[FannyMcAdams]

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.

*If I can go to them with opinions from other parents it will strengthen my position.&

I very much doubt that the opinions of a bunch of anonymous randoms on a forum, are going to make any difference whatsoever.

No that's horrible and weird, but boarding schools in general are horrible and weird sooooo

No loving parent would dream of doing this to their child. If you were in hospital would you be expected to clean up hour vomit?,School is out of order

Jesus Christ that's a horrible thing to do to a child

It's certainly not great, I would be appalled! I went to boarding school and they would never have made me do this if I'd been sick! I would have been taken to the san and

I understand it might be tricky if it's a bunk but 1) how did they not figure this out earlier? and 2) thoroughly agree that a nurse who gags at sick probably should not be a nurse - and certainly not at a junior school.

However, if your son isn't bothered and he really wants to go back to boarding then absolutely let him - while you continue to pursue your complaint against the school.

And to all those bashing boarding schools, I loved it and had a great time, as did the many friends I am still very close to from those days. I think/hope that experiences like OP's are the exception these days.

If it makes Matron gag and she can’t reach, they need a different Matron. Your first post made me gasp, in horror.

Having said that, this is one of those things we adults feel worse about than the kids often do. They can brush it off quite easily (or maybe they’ll remember it as the time when...), one instance won’t form or change a personality.

But yeah. As one adult to another, that Matron needs to fucking check herself. Horribly cruel behaviour.

I don't know what incredibly important thing you are doing that means your junior school age child can't live with you and have the comfort of a parent when they're ill, but yes, this child has been failed by the people paid to bring up your child. Your poor kid.

OP not sure how I missed your further posts but I apologise unreservedly for that. Can see he's only part time and 11 and you're on your own and he really likes his three nights a week.

Now if he'd been 8 and away full-time...

No probs @allthatmalarkey x