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Keep Your Sick Kids Home, Seriously!
Updated: Dec. 24, 2016
Originally Published: Jan. 12, 2015
To the parent who thinks it’s perfectly fine to take their sick child to:
- the supermarket
- the park
- a friend’s house
- school
- sports practice
- the library
- a kids’ play area
Let’s do a little math here: If your child has been unwell for a week, and I have four kids, that’s a whole month of illness you’ve just passed along to my family. And let’s not forget about the extra two weeks because there’s no way my partner and I are coming out of this unscathed after being sneezed, coughed, and snotted on every night since our sick kid(s) are sharing our bed. So now we’re looking at a month and a half of sleepless nights.
Yup, six weeks of complete chaos and exhaustion, all because you couldn’t keep your child at home for a few extra days until they were no longer contagious. And while you’re at it, factor in that after a round of sickness spreads through my kids, the first one typically gets sick again. So, congratulations! That’s a total of 12 weeks—three long, miserable months. That’s an entire season! All of winter is basically shot.
Now, I realize it doesn’t always go like this—sometimes it’s longer, sometimes shorter, depending on the bug’s incubation period. But you get the gist. If we start using exponents, that’s when all the kids get sick at the same time, and it just spirals out of control.
Can we please just agree on this? I don’t need your help boosting my children’s immune systems. Keep your sick kids home, and I promise I’ll do the same.
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Summary:
Keeping sick kids at home is crucial for the health of everyone around them. The ripple effect of one sick child can lead to weeks of illness for multiple families. It’s a simple request—let’s prioritize the well-being of our children and those in our community by keeping them home when they’re not well.