The New Sick Day Playbook: How Working Parents Are Redefining Sick Days
Briefly

Telehealth and hybrid work schedules let parents manage children's sick days without leaving work, enabling telehealth appointments during lunch breaks and mobile offices in children's bedrooms. Family group chats and shared calendars coordinate care and logistics. Many telehealth platforms allow parents to schedule appointments at convenient times, which benefits children who are too sick to travel or who have special needs. Being treated at home reduces stress for children who find leaving the house difficult. More than two-thirds of schoolchildren missed at least one day of school because of illness or injury last year, with half absent up to three days, per the Centers for Disease Control.
No sick day is a good day, but thanks to remote work and telehealth, now they are as good as they can be,
For a child, especially one with special needs, leaving the house causes a lot of stress. Being in the comfort of their own home is everything for some kids.
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