Every parent with school aged kids face the dilemma on whether or not to send their kids to school.

Thanks to The Doctors – I got the answer:

Any temperature taken orally and is over 99.5 should be considered a fever and the child should be kept home.

Of course I was trying to hear the rest of the segment but obviously my family doesn’t deem my television time as being important – so I’ll just go out on a limb and say a few other things that warrant keeping a child home from school might be:

Screaming squirts

Puking up a lung

Chills, extreme fatigue and icky wet coughs

The latter symptoms would run in combination of course. I wouldn’t keep a kid home with just a cough – but when it teams up with any of the other symptoms, that can just spell one big mess, literally.

What are some of the reasons you find to be solid excuses for keeping a sick kid home? And while we’re at it, do you have any tips on getting other members of the family to respect your television time and shut the hell up?