Did I do the right thing?
I haven't been well. In fact, my family and I haven't really been well these days. I blame it all on the terrible weather. Well, what else I can blame it on? Friends around me seems to be falling sick one by one, and most of them had the same thing: high fever, cough and flu.We did not get it from each other cuz we haven't been seeing each other for quite some time, so it MUST be the terrible hot and cold weather.
Truth be told. I was really worried. I was afraid of the dengue outbreak. You see… I believe that the recent flood in Thailand brought various disease that has been spread through both water and air. You know how it's like when you don't manage flood properly. All sort of diseases will plague your country and the countries around you, and dengue is one of it, considering how easy Aedes mosquitoes breeds in stagnant flood water. (I really resent the way Thailand manages their flood! What the hell is their government doing? Aren't they gonna do anything about those stagnant water?)
I was really afraid that my family and I had dengue fever or something, but thank God, that was not the case. It was just nasty high fever that lasts very long and terrible flu and cough that can't seems to stop. Seriously speaking, it is not easy to recover from all of these fever, flu and cough because it seems to be really contagious.
I spent the last two weeks in bed, trying to desperately recuperate. But unfortunately for me, medicines doesn't seems to work effectively because when I'm about to recover from fever and stuff, I keep getting it back from my son and my husband.
Anyway, enough about that. I feel a little bit better now, and hopefully will stay that way. What I want to say is that as a mother, I feel abit guilty of letting my son skip school. Yes. I let him skip school because I don't see it fit to send him to school. It's as simple as that. Whenever the boy is unwell, I will just tell him to stay at home and rest instead of going to school.
It's been two week since he last attend school. I really feel bad cuz it is expected of us modern parents these days to encourage our children to be competitive, but frankly speaking, I'm not that sort of mother. I don't have high expectation on my son. It's okay if he's not at the top of the class or the not brightest crayon in the box as long as he's doing okay in school, it's fine with me. I don't expect him to get all As and whatnot.
Did I do the right thing, imposing self-quarantine whenever my boy is sick? Some parents and teachers condemned me for taking this course of action, but I don't think going to school is going to do my son any good when he can't concentrate in his studies.
This may sound conservative and old fashioned, but I always feel that when your children is sick, just let them stay at home and recuperate instead of letting them go to school and spread their germs to other children and make them sick as well.
Sure, some parents will tell you that they had no choice but to send their kids to school when their kids is sick because they are working and nobody can help take care of their kids and stuff, but I still think it is unfair to let other children mingle with your kids when they are having something contagious.
True, some school or kindergarten will isolate the children who are sick, but it does not guarantee that other children will not get infected as well cuz some sickness is spread by air.
Having said that… I think I did the right thing by not sending my son to school when he's sick. He may lag behind a little bit, but at least, I am humane enough to keep him at home so that his fever, flu and cough doesn't spread to other children.
So… parents and teachers… why are you complaining and condemning my action? I spared you from getting sick and I also spared the misery of having you taking care of a sick child who would do nothing but whine, moan, groan and annoy you… I think instead of condemning me, you ought to say thank you to me.
Cleffairy: I don't understand why parents these days are overly ambitious and expects too much of their children. Come on, they are just kids! Let them enjoy their childhood instead of forcing them to work like a robot just to make you proud!
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