Commentary: Must we choose between being a parent or employee when kids fall sick?

SINGAPORE: “My child is sick, can I take a day off?” will be easy however dreaded phrases.Not solely by the supervisor who now wants to search out a cowl, however particularly by the working mother and father, who – on high of coping with a fussy affected person – worries if we’ve taken a break day one too many instances, creating a poor impression of our reliability and dedication to the job.It appears a completely cheap request, in as we speak’s society the place it’s widespread to have two working mother and father with younger youngsters.Yet, when I first grew to become a mom, I couldn’t assist however really feel a pang of guilt and concern every time I wanted to deliver my child to see the physician.What if my boss felt I used to be away too usually? What if my small group of 5 was pissed off at having to cowl my duties but once more? Some of us would possibly even have heard, pre-pandemic, of buddies giving their kids a dose of allergy drugs to suppress the morning sniffles, bundling them off to preschool and crossing fingers there received’t be a name to select them up in the course of the day.Worse nonetheless for fogeys who've heeded the nationwide name to have more youngsters – if one falls unwell, you will be positive the remainder aren’t far behind.

WORKING PARENTS’ PRE-COVID DILEMMA

It isn’t that oldsters don’t perceive the necessity to maintain their kids away to forestall the unfold of sicknesses. But when a fever or cough can take days to resolve, mother and father are caught in a dilemma - with solely six days of childcare go away and our personal urgent work deadlines.

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