But someone brought a child into the Child Watch that was sick and now I'm messed up. It'd be nice if parents would let us know if their children were sick recently. I haven't even gotten sick for the past 7 months or so. Someone put me out of my misery; and by that I mean hit me with enough tranquilizer to knock me out long enough for this bug to pass by and let me get proper sleep. Last night was one of the worst nights I can remember, and I'm sure it's bound to happen again tonight.
Parents aren't supposed to bring sick kids to daycare and school due to the risk of getting the other kids sick, but unfortunately, technically there's no rule against it, so some parents bring their kids anyway because they are unable to/can't afford/are too lazy to find a different place to stick their kid for the day. Their only other option is to stay home with their kid and take the day off, but some people can't/are unwilling to do that.
I know, and it annoys every single person in the Child Watch. So many times we have parents say "Oh, he/she wasn't feeling well yesterday, but they're better now" or something along those lines. Let me tell you something parents, if that kid has green snot coming out of their nose, you can take them right back to your house and work out there. I'm just lucky I don't work till Friday, otherwise I'd have to call in sick, and this paycheck is going to be small enough as it is
I always went to school when I was sick--at least in high school my sophomore through senior years, except for one day senior year because my mom called me in sick before asking me about it.
Lucky for me I'm not in school for the next few months. And I've never had a sick day since starting college, though I do tend to get sick on the days I don't go for some reason.
My niece's school always has some notice on the front door about this or that sickness. Pink eye seems to be the common one. And she brings these home to share with her babysitters. We've had various forms of the flu, too many colds to bother counting, and some of us have had bronchitis.
Yes, but that was you choosing to go to school. High school. I'm talking about Preschool/Elementary School, where kids are a lot more liable to get sick because they're children and children don't wash their hands and like to play with gross things. Not to mention some kids just get sick easily, and haven't had as much time to build up immunity to things yet.
When they also put every toy they can inside their mouth it's easier for others to get sick. Cleaning only helps so much when it happens every 5 minutes, and that's not entirely exaggerated.
