I cannot understand how they can stand at the nursery door and say that their child 'really wanted to come', when the poor child is very pale, has bright red eyes and is crying. I do understand that working parents rely on childcare and may not have access to other people to help look after a sick child, but what do they plan on doing once the child starts school and is automatically sent home when ill?
Some nurseries include this area in their policies, stating that children who are ill or have diarrhoea must stay off for 48 hours, whereas others have no regulations covering this area, resulting in many germs being brought into the setting which spread right through it and cause far more harm than there need be.
Why can't the powers that be set down once and for all a regulation for all nurseries to follow concerning this particular matter, and save the children and staff from unnecessary illness?
Gillian Dickson, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire
