Comments on: Sick kids and working parents http://www.blisstree.com/articles/sick-kids-and-working-parents-155/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:18:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Felecia http://www.blisstree.com/articles/sick-kids-and-working-parents-155/comment-page-1/#comment-92585 Felecia Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:41:04 +0000 http://www.careerandkids.com/sick-kids-and-working-parents/#comment-92585 My child has asthma and it is very difficult to balance. Sometimes, I wonder if I am going into work just to get my pink slip. I have to miss work at least once a week to take him to the doctor or pick him up from school due to his chronic illness. I filed the absences under FMLA but I am sure my major company can find a reason to get rid of me if the absences persist. I just don't know what else to do at this point. Isn't my child's wellness more important than my work? Of course it is. I have to have faith that what is meant to be with my job will happen and I will have to find a way to survive if his sickness continues to get worse. My child has asthma and it is very difficult to balance. Sometimes, I wonder if I am going into work just to get my pink slip. I have to miss work at least once a week to take him to the doctor or pick him up from school due to his chronic illness. I filed the absences under FMLA but I am sure my major company can find a reason to get rid of me if the absences persist. I just don’t know what else to do at this point. Isn’t my child’s wellness more important than my work? Of course it is. I have to have faith that what is meant to be with my job will happen and I will have to find a way to survive if his sickness continues to get worse.

]]> By: JayMonster http://www.blisstree.com/articles/sick-kids-and-working-parents-155/comment-page-1/#comment-92451 JayMonster Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:26:18 +0000 http://www.careerandkids.com/sick-kids-and-working-parents/#comment-92451 This has got to be one of the most difficult pitfalls of working parents (well, that and in our area anyway, the dreaded 1/2 day, where there is no aftercare provided to bridge the gap). Like you, I am fortunate enough that both the wife and I both have some flexibility to our schedules that we can often account for these situations without too much stress, though now that I have a staff it is far more difficult. I can't imagine how people that have jobs that do not offer such flexibility survive it. This has got to be one of the most difficult pitfalls of working parents (well, that and in our area anyway, the dreaded 1/2 day, where there is no aftercare provided to bridge the gap).

Like you, I am fortunate enough that both the wife and I both have some flexibility to our schedules that we can often account for these situations without too much stress, though now that I have a staff it is far more difficult. I can’t imagine how people that have jobs that do not offer such flexibility survive it.

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