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When is your child too sick for school?
Posted on 18 February, 2015 at 7:39 |
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Answer: Children in child care or preschool have a higher chance of getting
sick because they're around more children more often. To help decrease the
chance of passing on colds and other viruses, parents with children who have a contagious
illnesses should keep a sick child home. This, however, is sometimes more complicated than it sounds.
By the time certain illnesses (such as virus-associated rashes) are diagnosed,
a child may no longer be contagious and can usually return to child care or
preschool right away. Keep your child home if he has any of the following:
Children with chicken pox can return to
preschool or Child care on the sixth day after their rash appears, sooner if the
sores have dried and crusted over. Children with impetigo (another contagious
skin disease) can go back after 24 hours of antibiotics, and kids with scabies
can return to preschool or child care after they've been treated. Children who get
a rash from the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccination are not contagious. Aside
from keeping your child home when they are ill, good hygiene goes a long way
toward preventing the spread of infection. Frequent, thorough hand washing is
important for your child — and the child care or preschool's staff and the other
children. This is especially important after changing diapers, blowing noses,
cleaning up any bodily fluids (urine, stool, phlegm), and before preparing
food. |
Parenting Styles
Posted on 10 August, 2011 at 14:43 |
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Well, here goes my first blog post. I have had many of you telling
me for some time that I needed to share my view points, wisdom, and
knowledge gained from the school of hard knocks. Eighteen years as a
family child care provider and thirty-two years as a parent, and now a
grandmother of three has given me some insights and philosophies that
help to make me who I am. Albeit, many days I
feel like Shrek a misunderstood ogre. Some days I seem to have the job
of being the daycare policeman, when I get to take the toy or the treat at the door. Which make me bare the guilt of causing the dramatic melt down that leaves
me feeling guilty for starting my favorite child care parent's mornings off
badly. For this I really do apologize. Let's deal with the whys of that
in our next parent-teacher conference or meeting during our question and answer session. This morning I
would like to talk about parenting styles. I found a wonderful blog written by a family child care provider that I think really provides interesting insights on parenting styles go to http://www.daycareanswers.com/3-parenting-styles.html .
I would like to hear from those who read this. What do you think your
parenting style is? I would like to believe that I am an authoritative
parent and provider, but sometimes I have to admit that I battle being
too authoritarian. My goal is always finding that balance that
maximizes the best in children. Knowledge is power and I hope that you
find the insights of this article helpful. I look forward to the many
insightful comments we can share with one another on improving and
maximizing our parenting styles. When we work together as parent and
provider we are building competent leaders for the future. It is worth
perfecting. Thanks for visiting our child care page and for sharing your insights with us. Come back often and soon. |
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