What’s Your Plan for Sick Kids or School Closings? - Show #23
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Do you have a plan of action for when your child is sick or the schools are closed because of inclement weather? Whether you work at home or away from home, chances are high that you will experience the incovenience of unexpected illness or weather.
All elementary schools have rules about when a child should be kept home because of illness. Generally, children should be kept home until they are fever-free for 24 hours, if they have a severe or disrupting cough, or if they have a green runny nose. These are all signs that your child has some kind of germ/infection/virus and needs extra care.
Schools also tend to err on the side of caution when closing schools, even if the bad weather hasn’t yet begun. The superintendents don’t want parents complaining that the school busses were stuck in snow or possibly in accidents all because of the weather. Student safety is of the utmost importance.
Being flexible and having a support group of friends and family will help you stay calm when faced with sick kids or school closings. Talk to friends and family members ahead of time and ask if they would be willing to help out in a pinch. Find out their availability and keep it in a notebook by your phone so you know just who to call.
If your children go to an after-school program, ask the director if they can accomodate your kids when school lets out early. Be sure to fill out an emergency closing form with your school and bus company so they know where your child should go if school should close early.
If mom or dad are involved in extra activities, such as being a scout leader or sports team coach, do you have a substitute to call so the whole event doesn’t have to be postponed? Keeping your contact lists for each activity by the phone will save time when looking for someone to fill in for you.
Forming a backup plan is a necessary chore, even if you don’t think you will need one. My kids are incredibly healthy and rarely get sick…except for the one day I had things to do from 8:30am - 4:30pm.
What’s YOUR backup plan??
I loved the show - great format for today. Well unfortunatly we don’t have much family here other than my husband and I so we are our own back up (LOL). In a real ‘pinch’ I could call my best friend but since my job is very flexible, that has not happened yet. I’ve also admired the families that really pull togther and help mom & dad out when the little ones are sick.
Good topic and great show!
Great tips and for a short show, it was jam packed with good info!