[SuziQ]

Sadly, most parents don't give a fig about sending their sick kids to school to spread the germs.

School is their child care, and they don't want to have to find a replacement at the last minute.

[RMDupree]

School is their child care, and they don't want to have to find a replacement at the last minute.

Exactly.

I'm guilty of going to work with a cold bug. Most folks do that.

But we grown-ups are better at remembering to wash our hands and keep our germs to ourselves as much as possible. Kids will sneeze into their hand and then pass their friend a pencil. :-P