Mar 17, 2009 11:52am
The Fix: Juggling a Sick Child
EmailA "Classic mommy dilemma"… Big day for you, but your kid has a fever… With special guest – anchor John Quinones of "What Would You Do?"
A "Classic mommy dilemma"… Big day for you, but your kid has a fever… With special guest – anchor John Quinones of "What Would You Do?"
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You make it work…simple as that…and I thought Americans were a bit tougher and more resourceful than they seem to be these days…
Posted by: Jazz | March 17, 2009, 12:41 pm 12:41 pm
Well, you decided to have the child it is now your responsibility to care for him/her. I have 3 children and a career but if one of them is sick either me or my husband stays home with them. If I am miserable, I may choose to drug myself up and go to work, but children need to be home in the comfort of their own bed–with a parent to there to care for them. When they are sick, they do not want to have to go somewhere just so their parents can get their work done. Parents are becoming too selfish. Children ALWAYS come first and the job second. Too many parents want the kids only when it is convienent, well that is not how it is suppose to work. Parents are giving their jobs more respect than they give their children. If your job is that demanding, maybe you need to rethink having a family.
Posted by: Leslie | March 18, 2009, 8:41 am 8:41 am
A couple of things, first to comment on Leslis’s comments, YES the child always come first, but please remember that we are living in a country where jobs are few and far between. So what good did you do that child if you lose your job and then after that it all goes downhill, you can’t pay bills, lose the car, the house…you get it…Parents are not being selfish they are stuck…maybe we need to take a look at some kind of protection for working parents…after all we are raising the future. As for what do you do, you do what you have to, you take a look at the situation and see what needs to be done and what can be done. You use all the resources you can and then go from there. I am not a selfish mom because I am trying to keep my job. I make the situation work…
Posted by: Renee | March 28, 2009, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm
Hello, how about option #5, be a MOM and stay at home with your child. I really don’t think your child will care in the long run what you did for a JOB but how good you were as a mother. It is amazing to me how we put our kids last on the list in our priorities. How absolutely selfish and irresponsible to take a sick child into a work place and expose everyone to germs. Unconsciouable! Wake up parents, if you can’t actually be there to parent, please don’t have children. It isn’t realative, schools, coworkers or daycares responsibility to take care of your kid. It’s yours!
Posted by: Mmallison | March 30, 2009, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm