It's Friday! Tomorrow is the start of 2 days of rest and recuperation from the last 5 days of the daily grind. The daily battle of traffic, of angry bosses, of needy children, (oh wait- that doesn't stop on the weekend), of tight schedules and deadlines. Now is your chance to let everyone who has done you wrong this week know exactly how you feel about their indiscretions towards you. Or, and this is a rarity so be sure to let us know all about it, if you have qualified for VH1's Best Week Ever you must let us know that too. We would all love to live through you vicariously. So write up the who, what, when, where, and why of the happenings of the week (in letter form of course) grab the button from my left sidebar, and link up at the bottom. I look forward to your Letters of Intent!
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Dear Fellow Preschool Mom,
You did no one any favors other than yourself. Sure you got to drop your kid off at school and still head off to work. Sure you got to go about your day as if everything was normal and your child was not covered in a communicable disease. And when I say covered, I mean the kid looked like he had leprosy. In actuality, I believe the sores that plagued your son were more along the lines of Impetigo.
Yup, your son gave my son a nasty little skin infection. The difference is that I kept my son home as soon as we knew what it was. He only had one tiny little spot at the corner of his mouth, but your son was covered in them, and yet you continued to send him to school.
So of course when I called the school and let them know that the entire room needed to be disinfected (because that is the nature of this disease), I also tattled talked to the director about how your son looked. I find it fascinating that you told the school that the doctor said it was not Impetigo when I would gamble money on the fact that it definitely was. So thanks for the non-existent concern about your son's highly contagious disease. You are a stellar member of the community. You ought to be nominated for Mother-of-the Year. In fact, I think we should all strive for such excellence.
Signed,
The mother who keeps her son home from school when he has a highly contagious disease.
*I am subbing at Jakob's school today in an art class! I will be sure to give every single one of you lovely bloggers some comment love once I get home from work on Friday. Thank you so much for linking up!
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Oh my goodness. that is TERRIBLE. I don't know how people do stuff like that!!
I have to imagine that the child was not the least bit comfortable, so I can't imagine sending them like that.
That is awful!!! The nerve of that mom who didn't want to take the day off to take care of her son. Insane!! That poor boy. YOUR poor boy!! I hope he didn't have it too bad.
How horrible! Keep your kids at home if they're sick!
So excited to be playing along for the first time... and I had just the letter to write, too...
~Elizabeth
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OMG that's horrible! I'm glad you got it under control though. Some people just don't think.
It's bad enough when they send kids to school that look normal, but are still contagious. But when you have big enough kahunas to send a visibly cootie covered kid to school, it's a totally different thing. My son had this a while back and we took extreme caution to get rid of it. He carried hand santitizer for a week after it went away. We wanted to make darn sure it didn't spread.
OMW! Poor Nolan. I had that when I was a kid and it was GROSS! Nothing used to piss me off more than when Bubba was in preschool and parents dropped off their obviously sick kids at school. You just want to punch them in the face.
what a dummy! geeeezzzzz
Don't you hate that! It like they think well my kid is sick so yours might as well be too! That just shows you that she is really self centered and only cares about herself...I really dislike people like that!
I always have to wonder why parents do that! Sometimes I think it's lack of care and concern and others I wonder if both parents work jobs that just don't allow for sick time. Guess you never know, but it's still no fun when others get sick. Hope it clears up soon so none of the others in your house get it!
some people are just so selfish...i don't know why they became parents! ahh!
And as the child care provider that has to provide CARE to this child....
EWWWWWW!!
It's just added yuck and mess and WORK to my day! If they are sick...PLEASE keep them home! It might not be a big deal for YOUR child, but to another child with a compromised immune system...it could put them in the hospital. Shame shame.
OMG, gross! but I can relate - someone gave it to one of my kids this week too! Some people.....
You are too funny. I am such a sucker - I would have totally believed the mom if she said her pediatrician said it wasn't Impetigo. I would have been scratching my head like, hmm wonder what that could have been? And weird coincidence that my kid got Impetigo but hers didn't.
I am just too naive like that sometimes.
And I think it's funny how some folks are like OMG that's so awful! How can she do that??? To me, it's just par for the course. Some parents could care less who gets sick, ESPECIALLY if it's not THEIR kids. So, sometimes I am just cynical like that.
I'm a tough bird to figure out! ha ha
Don't you love irresponsible mothers!
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That is awful! That is a pet peeve of mine too! So, I found your blog from Elizabeth's over at Confessions of a Working Mom.I loved the idea of a Letter of Intent and after your and Elizabeth's I had to do one too, lol! I linked back to your blog from it :)
Have a great Friday!
Angela
http://lovelaughterandonecrazylife.blogspot.com/
Oh I hate that too when parents send their kids to school knowing full well that they are sick...just because it would inconvenience them to keep them home. Don't get me started. Ugh.
Don't people think before they send their kids to school sick. I would have have been so mad at that mother!
LOL. I found you through another blogger who is doing your Letters Of Intent. Wonderful. I am IN starting next friday. LOL (That's 3 memes I have for fridays! Wow! I'm gonna be busy!) I LOVE it! I'm now following. Maybe come by and see me too sometime!
Ewwww! Selfish parents drive me nuts. As a kid who had a compromised immune system - let me tell ya - it was no fun catching chicken pox from kids at school... THREE TIMES.
I lost my hearing to it, so shame on you parents who can't make the sacrifice to keep your child at home until they are well.
Ew, Ew, Ew, Ew, Ew, Ew, Ew
That's all I have to say.
Thanks terrible! Last year my daughter got lice...and I can promise you she got them from school, but when I alerted the school to the fact, they made it sound like it was her.
And I was really ticked when I found out our neighbors had it a few weeks before and didn't tell us.
Having worked with kids, some parents never cease to surprise me unfortunately. Hope your son feels better soon.
That's the worst thing we've encountered in preschool...and the most annoying...It only takes one or two parents who consistently send their children in sick to infect alot of others...We all know these parents exist; my question is why doesn't the school do something about it? In my opinion parents should be called to take their children home when they're lethargic, clearly feverish, rash-covered or just not feeling well. Yuck! They have other kids to think of--mine.
Yes, people with sick kids should keep them at home. Some folks dont have the option. Maybe she's a single mother and doesn't have alternative day care options. Maybe she'll lose her job if she misses any more work. Sometimes there just isn't an option. It sucks, but it's a very real problem. I'm not saying it's fine for her to bring a sick kid to school, but a little empathy wouldn't go amiss.
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I can not understand why people do not get it about keeping their kids away from others when they are sick. It makes no sense to me at all. For everyone's sake, keep them home until they feel better and are not contagious anymore.
I spent nearly ten years working as a preschool teacher...so this sadly does not surprise me. The stories I could tell... :(
Nothing ticks me off more than when parents send sick kids to school. Those are probably also the same kids who don't wash their hands either.
I HATE it when parents do that. Just hate it!!!
How awful!
I can't stand when parents send their kids to school contagious.
Nothing different than the people who go out in public while sick just to make sure we all get a good dose. Stems from the same lack of understanding of civil discourse and common understanding.
OOOOHHHH! That makes me so mad! I go over to the school and I can't believe the kids blowing their nose in their hand, then putting their fingers in their mouth, then touching EVERYTHING else in class! Why? Why? Why?
ok, WHA??????? There needs to be two separate schools. One where all the crappy parents send their kids, and one where all of the diligent parents send theirs.
GROSS!
That is so terrible. Hi and Welcome to the Friday Follow. I'm your newest follower. So glad to have you with us. I'm way behind but here I am.
Tami
www.heartsmakefamilies.com
My co-worker shares all kinds of communicable diseases with us :) Colds, the flu, leprosy etc.
oh, that is so RUDE.
Slap that woman!
;)
(i am just getting caught up, bear with me!)
first of all, impetigo sucks and i'm sorry your kiddo got it; i hope it doesn't get severe. i have to say, though, that you came down on that mother pretty hard. what if the doctor DID tell her it wasn't impetigo? impetigo has a bunch of different appearances, and if her doctor said it wasn't impetigo and she had never seen it before, how would she know he was wrong?
as for the haters, i can't help but notice that every one of you took time out of busy days (either at home or at a job where you can get on the internet) to slam another mother.
what makes you so effing perfect that you can hammer down on someone else whose situation you know nothing about? what if she can't afford to take a day off? what if she has no family around to watch her kid? what if she honestly thought it was eczema? what if, what if, what if?
just sayin.
Okay I was laughing out loud at this one. Not because I was laughing at you but because I would have been equally angry and disgusted with the other mother.
I left my comment and then went and read all the other comments. It was going good until I read the handful of commenters that disagreed. I still don't feel badly about laughing, but now I wonder if she just couldn't take the time off and that is why she kept bringing the kid to daycare. At the same time, that makes no excuse for any parent to drop their sick kid off. What should have happened is the daycare should have stepped in and required a note from the kid's pediatrician saying it was anything but something contagious before the kid was allowed back at school. Even if you consider the mother might not have insurance or can't afford a doctor, there are free clinics she could have attended. It would have been a major pain in the butt, except you've got to do what you've got to do in these situations (I've been there myself).
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