Pretending To Be SickCold and flu are very common nowadays and kids are the first victims. Here are some tips to know if your kid has the bug or just simply faking it to get away from school.
The symptoms of cold and flu are easy to tell with kids and once these are evident it’s time to take your kid to the doctor; in some cases, however, it’s quite difficult to tell if the kid is sick or not. Your kid might look perfectly fine to you; so, before you panic and start to worry about the kid’s temperature, prepare the chicken soup or call your boss, you might want to confirm first if your kid really has the bug, or something else.
There are millions of reasons out there for your kid to fake sickness, and you have no way of knowing what those reasons are, what you have the upper hand at, is of course trying to find out if the kid is only faking it.
There are studies that show that up to 10% of kids try to fool their parents into making them stay home because of a ’supposed’ sickness. Most of the time, the reasons for feigning disease are very innocent, but sometimes these incidents may outline an underlying problem like anxiety, depression, or wishing to avoid someone at school, perhaps a bully. These reasons can affect a healthy lifestyle.
If your child looks and acts very sick, then it’s really time to call a doctor, but if otherwise, then maybe you should send your kid off to school and let him/her know that you can’t be duped.
Good read:
* Prevention Strategies for Colds and Flu
* Get That Cold Gone In 12 Hours
Here are good ways of telling whether your kid is faking sick or not:
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