Help Me with my NEW Sick Policy

[CPST_Manda]

Although I certainly agree that you should terminate if the parents are disrespecting you and your policies (ie. bringing the child with a fever and diahrea knowingly), I would not turn a child away for a cough and runny nose. Some kids have coughs and runny noses all winter...the parents cannot stay home for the whole winter because of continuous colds. If there was no fever or other signs of a more serious illness, I would have been upset as a parent as well to be sent home. However, if she did drug the child and bring him with fever and all, that is totally unacceptable and is definitely grounds for termination.

I have it in my contract that children are to stay home if they are contagious. I agree with you about a common cold but her kids have only been in care for 6 weeks and they are always sick. They came to me coughing and on puffers for 10 days (she didn't mention this little gem until I asked her about the stomach bug!)... then the stomach bug debacle and now her son arrives coughing and snotting all over my front porch... NO THANKS. Another red flag went up when she told me she's "never had to keep her kids home" and "it's a problem because I work" That to me just affirms what I think she has done and will continue to do; send sick kids to daycare. I'm done with this family!!! I definitely understand your point about the common colds, but if there are kids in my daycare that are sick every few weeks then I will ask them to leave too. Most kids are sick 1-2x/year not 1-2x/month.

[sunnydays]

I don't know any kids who are only sick 1-2X per year, unless we are only talking about flu with fever, vomiting. I have had kids on puffers for coughs that are persistent and it wasn't a problem for me. Many kids catch every cold that comes around, which actually could mean that they are sick (with cold symptoms) 1-2 X per month especially if they are new to daycare and haven't been exposed to a lot of things before. Anyway, this is just my opinion, but again, I completely understand you terminating based on her sending the child with fever, diahrea etc knowingly...that is totally unacceptable.

I have it in my contract that children are to stay home if they are contagious. I agree with you about a common cold but her kids have only been in care for 6 weeks and they are always sick. They came to me coughing and on puffers for 10 days (she didn't mention this little gem until I asked her about the stomach bug!)... then the stomach bug debacle and now her son arrives coughing and snotting all over my front porch... NO THANKS. Another red flag went up when she told me she's "never had to keep her kids home" and "it's a problem because I work" That to me just affirms what I think she has done and will continue to do; send sick kids to daycare. I'm done with this family!!! I definitely understand your point about the common colds, but if there are kids in my daycare that are sick every few weeks then I will ask them to leave too. Most kids are sick 1-2x/year not 1-2x/month.