I won't take doctor's notes because I've had kids whose doctors misdiagnosed communicable illnesses. If the symptoms are on my exclusion list, they can't come back until until they've been symptom-free for however long my handbook requires.

Parents push back. Nurses diagnose bacterial conjunctivitis without doing a test and it turns out to be viral. Doctors diagnose "teething" and man, that was an ear infection. "That's not a serious rash" turned out to be hand, foot, and mouth disease. Hold the line. Your insistence on advocating for the health of your entire daycare is often the best way to advocate for a sick, suffering child.

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