Illness - What is; What isn't

So many parents are confused about illness in children. Here's the answer:

If a child needs over the counter medication in the morning
so that he can make it to school. He's ill.

Illness means a fever of 100 or more.

Illness means diarrhea within a twenty four hour period.

Illness means vomiting within a twenty four hour period.

Illness means profuse uncontrolable green drainage.

Illness means conjunctivitis.

Illness means a child has been sleep deprived - less than six hours the night before.

Illness means earache, stomach ache, constipation, hacking cough, open wounds and any thing that will keep a child from participating in the usual activities.

The state mandatory response to illness is to keep children home. For us it is to send children home.

Please keep ill children home the first day they are sick. it makes the whole process much easier and the children get better faster! Keeping children home prevents an epidemic.