Go to support the team or no?

[Carly_Roach]

So what did she finally decide to do? Wasn't the OP going to make a decision at 5:00 on Saturday?

 

[Mouse House Mama]

I understand where your DH is coming from in that you made a committment, you are part of a team etc. BUT- if your kid is sick he is sick! Please keep him home. I would not want him sitting near my kid. Sorry but there is no need for him to sit on the bench sick coughing on everyone else. It is not good for him and not good for anyone else.

As an aside, do you keep your son home from practice and games for every little thing? Maybe that is where your DH's attitude is coming from. I personally cannot stand it when people sign their kids up for sports/activities and then only come when they feel like it. If you make the commitment then make it. If you are genuinely sick that is one thing, if you just don't feel like it then don't sign up.

I hope your son is feeling better and that you kept him home.

 

[N&B'smom]

I would keep him home and hit my husband in the head with a frying pan if he gave me or my son a hard time about it.

Seriously! His attitude is absolutely bizarre. These dads are reliving their youth through their kids and putting too much pressure on them. Unreal. The OP's husband is more concerned about how it might look to others then whether or not his child feels well. That's sad. OP, I hope you stuck to your guns, you're the mom and certainly the one in this situation with the most common sense.

This game means nothing, the season is over, big deal. My DD6 missed her last chance to cheer this morning...why? Because she's been sick and having fevers since Wednesday. There was NO WAY I'd be sending her to the game today. She feels like crap and I certainly wouldn't want to infect the rest of the squad, last game or not.

I do want to say I think when you're a part of a team that teaching commitment to that team is VERY important. My kids know that when they sign up for something, even if they change their mind and don't want to do it they will finish out that season. We're not quitters. They also know they need to show up to practice and games and not just decide they don't feel like going and not go. (I know LOTS of people like that and I don't think that teaches the children the right way to behave) But if/when they are too sick to go, they stay home. Their health is way more important then any sporting event.

 

[BLTtinkerbell]

I'm not the OP but unfortunately I know many dads like this, including my brother. My nephew was sick last week with the flu (most likely swine flu) and he was still on the bench at football practice last Saturday in the rain. I was LIVID - now it looks like other kids on the team are sick - surprise, surprise. There is just no reasoning with my brother.

I would pull the mom card and keep him home!!! He especially shouldn't be around the other players if he's been running a fever.

Do what's best for your child. As another poster said, this is not the NFL.

My friend did this last week too. Son was sick & had fever & doctor said probably swine flu but the son went to football practice anyway.

 

[N&B'smom]

My friend did this last week too. Son was sick & had fever & doctor said probably swine flu but the son went to football practice anyway.

This is why it's EVERYWHERE!!! People just need to keep their kids home!!