When Should You Keep Your Sick Child Home From School?

By Dr. Dave Hnida
(CBS4) -How sick is too sick for a child to stay home from school?
A new survey of more than 1500 parents from the University of Michigan shows a wide range of views on keeping a kid out of the classroom when illness strikes.
For example, while almost all said a child with diarrhea should stay home, but about half thought it was okay to send a youngster in with a low grade fever or one who had been through a bout of vomiting. And when it came to a runny nose, watery eyes, or a