Parent off the hook

[MrNurse(x2), ADN]

My wife and I had fun Friday exchanging emails with a parent who took self centeredness to a whole other level. I saw one student at the very beginning of the day. Stomach ache, low grade fever. Mom was here volunteering, so she called grandmom and student went home. Two hours later, his best friend came in complaining of the same thing. He was afebrile, so I chalked it up to sympathy and sent the bucket. Fast forward 45 minutes and student pukes obvious viral emesis. We then receive an email after school stating that another mother was appalled that I would send a sick child back to class to puke in front of a whole class! She then went into the scene from Stand By Me where there was basically a puke fest with students sending each other into status emesis. She went into infection control issues and basically told me I should send home any student that complained of anything stomach related. I told her a half dozen students would be sent home daily. She then said she was going to call the health department to complain. This made for a lot of laughter Friday night for my wife and I. Her daughter wasn't here Monday, that showed us who's in charge here. This was one of those instances where joy is in the words, we won't be returning next year. Her daughter will be home schooling herself in a non guided teaching situation. PTL!

[LikeTheDeadSea, MSN, RN]

I was belly laughing by the end of this.

[tining, BSN, RN]

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[cooties_are_real]

This was one of those instances where joy is in the words, we won't be returning next year. Her daughter will be home schooling herself in a non guided teaching situation. PTL!

Yipee!!! Until she re-enrolls at the beginning of the year next year in the same grade she left due to not doing her work as needed. I see this often. However, I have has several successes.

[MrNurse(x2), ADN]

The beauty of private school, we won't be accepting her. Not the first run in with this mother. Hope her children will be employable after this, she is doing hands off home schooling. It is a model that allows children to self teach on the computer. You follow whatever interests you during the day. Not sure how students who may not like a subject are supposed to know anything.

[tining, BSN, RN]

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[LikeTheDeadSea, MSN, RN]

The beauty of private school, we won't be accepting her. Not the first run in with this mother. Hope her children will be employable after this, she is doing hands off home schooling. It is a model that allows children to self teach on the computer. You follow whatever interests you during the day. Not sure how students who may not like a subject are supposed to know anything.

I would have become an expert on horses and giraffes. Can't say I would have learned any math with this model... Not sure how nursing school would have happened. I'm going to hug my mom later.

[RobotechTD]

In my schools I would be sending 20-30 students home a day for everyone that complained of a GI issue. Then the health department would be investigating.

[BeckyESRN]

In my schools I would be sending 20-30 students home a day for everyone that complained of a GI issue. Then the health department would be investigating.

Same! I'd have no kinder or 2nd graders left by lunchtime!

[Flare, ASN, BSN]

I do have to admit - it would be slightly more gratifying if you were a public school schlub like me and had to endure mom re-registering her and eating crow when the home schooling experiment doesn't work out. I've lived through that walk of shame for parents once or twice - it's hard not to grin through the whole process, especially if they were a jerk.

[MrNurse(x2), ADN]

I do have to admit - it would be slightly more gratifying if you were a public school schlub like me and had to endure mom re-registering her and eating crow when the home schooling experiment doesn't work out. I've lived through that walk of shame for parents once or twice - it's hard not to grin through the whole process, especially if they were a jerk.

I don't think this family would ever do that, they are pretty common. I have researched it, before hearing it from this family. They claim they are college material by 18, I just can't see how it could round a student.

[scuba nurse, BSN, MSN, RN]

Oh yeah, I feel your pain, been there! I have one parent that now any time their kids comes in, which is daily, I call them, and say "what do you want to do?"

That is what you get for claiming I am sending your kid back to class when they come and complain to me daily about stupid stuff! If I suffer, you will too! See, your kid is a PITA!