TOTALLY GEEKED!

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Dear Abby: Coworker Brings Kids to Work

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Why would an employer want to allow that? What about liability issues and such?

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

That would annoy me. I'm glad I work in a no kid zone.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

I could see on some rare occasion like the babysitter not showing up or something like that but I don't see how this could be a regular thing that somehow an employer would accept or why would you even want to bring your kids to work?

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

The director of the OB department lets the unit secretary have her kids at work for a short time when her husband has to go to work before she gets off. They are really well behaved but I still think it's really inappropriate.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I love reading your dear Abby posts with Abby Lee as your avatar.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

I mean, if you are accepting a job, isn't it usually a given that it's your responsibility to figure out where you kids need to be while you are at work?

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Southern_Belle wrote:
I love reading your dear Abby posts with Abby Lee as your avatar.

LOL! Good point!

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
I could see on some rare occasion like the babysitter not showing up or something like that but I don't see how this could be a regular thing that somehow an employer would accept or why would you even want to bring your kids to work?

I think it is not a good thing for people to bring their kids to work on a regular basis. I empathize with the parent who does that. Our policies on kids in daycare not being able to go to daycare are horrible. I have two friends with kids in daycare and they frequently get calls to come get their children due to a fever of more than 99 degrees. They most times get them home and the kids don't have a fever. At that young age, teething or a simple cold will turn cheeks red. The day care puts the fever scanner on the forehead and gives an untrue reading. There should be a sick room at daycares. That would solve the problem.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Abby Lee has really flipped her lid.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

This is something for management to address.

NAOW · Vette's SS

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
I could see on some rare occasion like the babysitter not showing up or something like that but I don't see how this could be a regular thing that somehow an employer would accept or why would you even want to bring your kids to work?
I think it is not a good thing for people to bring their kids to work on a regular basis. I empathize with the parent who does that. Our policies on kids in daycare not being able to go to daycare are horrible. I have two friends with kids in daycare and they frequently get calls to come get their children due to a fever of more than 99 degrees. They most times get them home and the kids don't have a fever. At that young age, teething or a simple cold will turn cheeks red. The day care puts the fever scanner on the forehead and gives an untrue reading. There should be a sick room at daycares. That would solve the problem.

I agree and most day cares also will make you wait a full 24 hours before they are allowed to come back.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

You do what any good working mom does. In the morning you load up your kid with the maximum dose of motrin so they don't get a fever at daycare! biggrin

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
You do what any good working mom does. In the morning you load up your kid with the maximum dose of motrin so they don't get a fever at daycare!

Its called the dope and dump. They shouldn't have to do that. A simple separated area in daycare would solve the issue.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

That's a really good idea. Have an RN on staff for the sick room. People would pay good money to know their kids were cared for and the didn't have to stress about missing work.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
You do what any good working mom does. In the morning you load up your kid with the maximum dose of motrin so they don't get a fever at daycare!
Its called the dope and dump. They shouldn't have to do that. A simple separated area in daycare would solve the issue.

Our daycare did have a sick room so that a sick kid could go lie down. However, as for parents :"paying to have an RN", I don't know about that. It would be pretty expensive to employ an RN full time in case a kid gets sick.

ed11563 · Guru

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
I could see on some rare occasion like the babysitter not showing up or something like that but I don't see how this could be a regular thing that somehow an employer would accept or why would you even want to bring your kids to work?
I think it is not a good thing for people to bring their kids to work on a regular basis. I empathize with the parent who does that. Our policies on kids in daycare not being able to go to daycare are horrible. I have two friends with kids in daycare and they frequently get calls to come get their children due to a fever of more than 99 degrees. They most times get them home and the kids don't have a fever. At that young age, teething or a simple cold will turn cheeks red. The day care puts the fever scanner on the forehead and gives an untrue reading. There should be a sick room at daycares. That would solve the problem.

The mom should get a decent electronic thermometer (about $10) and take it along when they call her to pick up her kids. Test them herself before she leaves with them.

Also note that people have a temperature swing every day, lowest with they (we)first wake up, rising until late afternoon, then dropping during sleep.

The "99" might just be a kid's normal afternoon reading. Check them several times a day on weekends, and chart their "normal" readings.

ed11563 · Guru

Southern_Belle wrote:
That's a really good idea. Have an RN on staff for the sick room. People would pay good money to know their kids were cared for and the didn't have to stress about missing work.

I don't know what an RN would do for kids who just need to have peace and quiet and sleep, maybe help them blow their noses.

That doesn't require a highly skilled, highly trained person.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

There is no reason to pick up a kid with a 99 degree fever.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

No daycare is going to hire an RN. Trust me here. It costs too much money. There have been a few day cares opened out there just for sick kids but they have to follow strict laws and they end up being expensive to operate. Since most parents can't afford day care in the fist place most parents wouldn't want the added expense of a nurse on the premises. Also, they have to have a designated place AWAY from all the other kids and that would have to be staffed differently. This is going to be an issue for most day cares.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

99 isn't much of a fever though. DD could get that just from being outside and running around. .04 above "normal" is not much To be worried about in my book. It isn't even half a degree above normal!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Until your kid is exposed to another kid's illness and they infect your kid. Then every one wants to know why THAT kid was at school.

I don't know. I wasn't going to send my kid any where sick unless it was absolutely the only the I could do. I know how I feel when I am sick and i wasn't going to make them suffer through something they didn't have to.

I mean we fuss cause a coworker shows up sick but then we want to send our kids to day care or school sick so we can work. I don't get that. Never have.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Our state rules here are fevers over 100 have to go home. 99 is just too easy to attain if they take a nap and are hot sleepers. You also are not supposed to take temperatures for 15 minutes after they wake up.