Staying home from school?

Question

How often does your kid stay home due to a sickness, or cold, or fever, or anything? What was it for? How many day's did he or she miss

Answer 1

Hardly ever.  Under 4 days a year at the most on average.

Answer 2

This year my son (2nd) has missed 4 days from when he had his tonsills out and sinus surgery........first days he has missed since starting school.

My 10 year old has missed once this year because of a stomach bug........she missed 5 weeks last year due to a medical issue and the school had a tutor come to the house for her.

My oldest is 15 and she has missed maybe 10 days of school in the 10 years she has been going.  But she says school is more fun than being at home!

Answer 3

it depends which kid.  i have one kid in elementary school who is virtually never sick ... he's probably missed only 1 or 2 days of school for illness in his 2 years of elementary school.  i also have a daughter with severe asthma who's also had pneumonia twice, and she's probably missed several weeks of school in her four years at elementary.  my preschooler is always getting strep throat for some reason and because there's a rule you can't go if you've had a fever in the last 24 hours or have been on antibiotics for less than 24 hours, has probably missed 7 or 8 days of school this year (and she only goes to school three times a week).

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if they're sick, they're sick.  i would never send a child with a fever or strep or throwing up or something to school.  but i would certainly send a kid with a sniffle or mild cough; otherwise most of my kids would pretty much have to be homeschooled....

Answer 4

I have been blessed with pretty healthy kids. My daughter hasn't missed school all year and last year she missed one day because of a funeral. I encourage lots of hand washing and try to make sure she gets plenty of rest.  My kids also know that I won't let them stay home unless they are really ill.

Answer 5

my kids have missed one day this year.  actually what happened was they were outside waiting for the bus and there puppy max was ran over right in front of them, at the time I didn't know I heard my daughter yell but I thought she was yelling at her brother.  So when they got on the bus I happened to look outside and see there dog "I was in tears"  anyway I went to the school and checked them out and my daughter spent the day crying in my arms.

Answer 6

my son is in 2nd grade in pre school he missed 0 in kindergarden he missed 0 in first he missed 2 because he broke his nose and was on pain med and his eyes were swelled shut. now in 2nd only one so far because of strep and high fever. I always make him go and if it is to bad he can then call usually he don't .

Answer 7

When I was a child I only Missed matter 5 days of school. That is a good amount

Answer 8

stayin' alive, stayin' alive, ha ha ha ha, stayin' allliiiivvvveee. doo do la da do doo

Answer 9

weak thats wot deez kidz iz 2day if day dont git 2 skool how dey gonna lern nuffin dats wot i sayz my kidz get dey *** wooped on like d cough if they sick 4 mor dan a day at a time per semezta

Answer 10

my oldest daughter(4th grade)

has missed 4 days (funeral,really bad cold, stomach flu, stomach flu)

cody(2nd grade) has missed 5 days(funeral,fever,then he had strep throght last wed,thur,fri)

Lydia(kindergarden has only missed one due to a funeral, but at her school they have random days off