When Kids are Sick, What’s a Working Parent to Do?
The idea for my Mommy Tracked column this week started blossoming in my brain the moment that my kids’ pediatrician diagnosed one of my children with the swine flu and would be out of school for a week. This followed closely on the heels of my three children having had a ton of sick days last month, on different days, more than I can ever remember them having in any previous year.
Entitled, “In the Time of Swine Flu, What’s a Parent to Do,” the column includes quotes from a teacher who thinks that in order to contain epidemics like swine flu, there should be paid parental sick days, and examines Congressional attempts (that have thus far failed) to allow parents to take paid time off to care for ill children so they don’t send their sick children to school to contaminate more children and school employees.
UPDATE: Today’s Pajama Diaries comic strip makes the perfect illustration for this blog entry.
What do you do in your family when your kids are sick?
Author and columnist Meredith O'Brien gives you a peek behind the picket fences of modern day life and parenting in the 'burbs. With humor and candor, it's her take on real parenting in the real world.
