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Child with a cold--stay or go?


Should kids with colds stay home?  

  1. 1. Should kids with colds stay home?

    • I keep kids coughing/sneezing with colds home when possible
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    • Cold viruses are no reason to stay away from people
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If he's really coughing and snotty, then I'd stay home. But it's hard with colds. They linger for a month and it's unrealistic to stay inside all winter. So some of the clear cut attitudes here are difficult for me to swallow.

 

I agree. However, if it's the initial stages of a really bad cold, I'd keep my children home. If it's lingering symptoms, I would go.

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If my kids just had a cold (coughing and/or sneezing etc, but otherwise normal energy and activity level) and the event was in a public place, we'd go and not think twice about it. If the event was in a private home, I'd leave it up to the host whether or not they wanted us to come.

 

We would stay home if someone was sick (fever, lethargy, body aches, etc).

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