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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
The real issue is not a societal construct it's that many people are just increasingly more selfish and self absorbed than they have ever been. A lot of people simply don't care that sending a sick kid to school or daycare is going to infect several others and likely take down the teacher if the alternative is disrupting their own routine. The same parents that cant be bothered to look up from their phones at their kids sports practice/game or get off the couch or out of the house all weekend are usually the same ones that just can't find a way to work from home or shuffle things around.
In today's world, unless you're a shift worker or in a very niche line of work without family to support, there is little reason that you can't make arrangements to keep a sick kid home and/or work remotely with a sick kid once and a while. Most can certainly balance it out with a spouse and grandparents if it is a more common or recurring issue. If your employer isn't flexible on this in 2024 you need to find a new employer.
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This is from the position of privilege that CP off topic forum posters have. If we can post on CP during the workday we can probably take care of a sick kid. Lots of jobs don’t have that flexibility