Most of us providers don't jump the gun and keep kids home for every tiny instance like is suggested. We keep them home when they can not participate fully or need more attention than we can give or WHEN OUR STATE POLICIES SAY WE HAVE TO!

We aren't stupid. We understand that by the time symptoms show the others MAY HAVE CAUGHT THE GERMS but not always, and by keeping the sicky in daycare we are prolonging the exposure to kids that MAY NOT have caught the illness if the kid stayed home.

If parents wouldn't LIE so often about their kids' illnesses, if they would just be honest...ugh!

This is a hot topic for me, but I'll just stop now. This has been a HUGE issue in my daycare and since I have tightened down on my illness policy kids are getting sick much less. I'll keep doing it my way.

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