It’s nuts that she’s shared a reply saying do it, but make sure you feel bad??!
It is so tough sending your kids to nursery and seeing them come home with a new virus every single week. Those first couple of years back to work from mat leave were so stressful, it felt like my life was a house of cards. Crippling childcare bill, constantly stressed that I was failing as a mum, or at work, or both. In my child’s first months at nursery she lost so much weight from bugs I took her to the GP. She said keep going, she had the same with her kids, she either gets these viruses now at nursery or later at school.
I think my kids nose ran for two years straight! It never crossed my mind to blame other parents when my kid was constantly sick. Often the bugs are passed before it’s clear the child is ill. Once they start throwing up halfway through the nursery/school day and get sent home it’s too late, half the kids have already caught it and will be dropping like flies over the next few days.
I have a very different outlook on life to Kathleen, I’m not the kind of person that can put a holiday to Dubai on credit card and go, I want to provide my kid with stability. Of course I have compassion for medically complex children and their families, but also I have worked all my adult life and I’m realistic about how far I can push things.
My kid is at school now and missing 3 days in a half term is classed as persistent absenteeism!
If Kathleen wants things to be different she needs to target school attendance targets and inflexible work places, not heap guilt and pressure on other parents.