Mother Urges Parents To Keep Sick Children Out Of School

Dec 11, 2018 by apost team

A mom that lives in Canada is beyond angry with other parents who send their children to school sick. When children are sent to school when ill, this puts her own daughter's health at risk and she wants other parents to understand exactly what they could be doing.

As Maria Jordan was dropping her daughter off at school one morning, she had another mom say that her daughter was sick but she was bringing her to school anyway as she had many things to do that day. Maria wasn't holding back any longer. She said her mama bear jumped out into action. She couldn't help it and tears streamed down her face. She started explaining the risks that her daughter faced by being around other children that were sick.

Maria's daughter, Jordan Grace, was born with Down Syndrome. Maria had no problem pointing this out to the other mom that was being inconsiderate. She went on to explain that it's not only about sending your child to school sick, it's also about getting other children sick. This is especially important for children that suffer from low immune systems like her daughter, Jordan Grace. She goes on to tell her that she could even end up in the hospital needing extensive therapies from breathing treatments and requiring the aid of oxygen. This has already happened to Jordan before.

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The mom that Maria was talking to didn't like her opinion about when she should or shouldn't send her daughter to school but Maria wasn't worried that she may have "stepped on some toes". She knew that she had to stand up for her own daughter and it was only right to stand up for the sick child as well.

She remembers that the little girls was coughing relentlessly and she looked extremely tired and didn't want to be there. Maria said it was so sad that that her own mother didn't even notice how her child was feeling. She was more worried about the fact that Maria was telling her she shouldn't have her there. The other mom even went as far as using the excuse that another sick child was at school.

Maria tried very hard to explain that when Jordan get's sick, it's not like when others get sick with a cold or even the flu. She has to have machines to help her body do the work that other children's bodies do naturally.

The other mom was still upset with her. Maria knows that jobs pay the bills and that is a necessity and she can sympathize with those that have their job in jeopardy for missing work, but she knew this wasn't the case for this mom.

Maria desperately wanted the mom to understand that she could possibly be putting Jordan's life in danger. She wasn't trying to be dramatic at all. The other mom just simply wasn't getting it that if Jordan gets sick, she will struggle to fight it off and breathing isn't something that will be easy for her. It terrifies Maria when Jordan gets sick. She just wanted to be heard.

Maria felt that talking with this one mom wasn't getting her very far. She wanted others to know and understand the dangers behind sending a sick child to school. She thought that there may be some people that simply didn't understand. She decided to post online in hopes of letting others understand. She starts off by telling the situation of how Jordan gets so ill when she gets a "common cold" and explains all the risks and medical issues she faces. Then, she goes on to explain that school is not a babysitting club. This isn't somewhere you send your child so that you can run errands.

She goes into further detail to let others know that it's not only about putting others at risk but they need to think about their own children. When they are sick, they need to be loved on and cuddled. They need to be cared for until they are back in full health.

Maria thinks about how Jordan feels when she is sick and there is no way that she would want her at school feeling that way. She says that when she is sick, she always thinks about her first. But, she also thinks about others. She wouldn't dare want anyone else to end up sick and especially in the hospital just because she sent her sick child to school so she could get some things done. It's something that all parents need to think about before sending their child anywhere when they aren't feeling well.

Have you ever sent your child to school even though it was sick? Does this make you think any differently? Let us know in the comments and pass this article on to help spread awareness.