Shared custody - Child sick - what should the parents do?

My son has never been sick with more than a bad cold but if visitation rolls around, he goes to dads whether he's sick or not. I feel like it gives my ex a chance to hone his parenting skills by caring for a sick kid. (Plus I'm evil and I love the fact that they all will get sick right after.)

I believe that the parents should put the feelings of a sick child before their own. If the child is very young, you know and I know, that that child wants his mommy, therefore, the daddy should allow the child to stay w its mother. NOW THIS MEANS, if the child is really sick (not just a little cold). The mother, as a child needs both of its parents, should allow the father to visit the child at home while it is sick and allow the father to have the child another time when it is not the father's regular time w his child, but he wants to take the child somewhere. If the child is older then the child should be allowed to decide whether or not he wants to visit his father while the child is sick.

I think it depends on the childs age. You should ask the kid where does he prefer to be sick in, some kids are very clingy to one parent when they are sick. If the mom has no plans and the kid wants to stay then I think the dad should let the kid stay and then maybe they could make up the weekend and have the kid spend the next two weekends with the dad..

If the kid wants to go to dads house he should go.. But I dont think forcing a really ill child away form their mom (if they prefer mom over dad when sick) is doing any one any good. ( now thats just if the kid is really very sick and not just coughing up some excuse to not to go.. )

Sick or not, it's dad's turn to have the kid.

What difference does it make being sick at mom's house or sick at dad's?

If the kid was visiting dad for a holiday and got sick while they were there, would there even be a question about what to do? Probably not. Mom would still take the child home on schedule as planned.

I say let the child stay home with mommy. Most sick children call out for mommy or want to be stuck under mommy. Unless he or she wants dad at the point in time that they are sick, I vote stay home with mommy. I personally do not let my son go anywhere when he has a cold and he has not had them very often. When he gets sick, he really does get sick, flu, pneumonia, stomach virus...I personally don't want him at someone else's house, including dad while he has a cold for the following reasons, he came back sicker than he was the two times I have ever let him go, I don't want him spreading the cold around no more than it has already spread, and last, dad is not that great at giving medicine. So my vote is stay home with mom.

Visitation time should be renamed "parenting time." Regardless of whether or not the child is sick, both parents have an obligation to care for and nurture their children. Keeping them with mom when they're sick conveys a subtle yet unmistakable message that only Mommy really nurtures and takes care of her; that mom is the only 'real' parent and she should only feel 'at home' with her. Daddy is only a person she visits...and you don't leave home to visit people, when you're sick!

That's why many states have rules meant to emphasize that visitation is parenting time, not fun time; parenting means far more than taking your kids to the park on the weekend. It includes taking care of them when they're sick. If your children lived with both parents, they wouldn't have the option of sending them somewhere else when they're sick

If the youngster is ill then you definately want a physician's notice that states the youngster is basically too ill to be taken out of the living house after which you and pa artwork out an determination time as quickly as the youngster is definitely. to illustrate he could have the youngster for the week after the youngster gets extra helpful if he makes confident they get to college and collected and then the unique custody is going back in play. If that provides a controversy then you definately take it back to court docket approximately what to do while the youngster is ill.

When I was 6 and my mom came to pick me up at my dads I didn't go cuz I was sick. ( My dad was the better parent of the two, mom had us on weekends dad through the week ) It was my choice tho. When it came to things like that they usually asked us what we wanted. to the extent of driving us to the others ones house at all hours of the night if we missed the other parent.

Nope! Sorry but the kid needs to stay home. Why risk getting others sick, especially when one adult has health issues. It s not fair to the partner when the dad brings a sick kid into the home! It s respect! I do not want to be sick, period. Every weekend doesn t mean EVERY single weekend the kid needs to be with the dad, there are moments (especially when ill) that the kid needs to stay home and get the rest they need to feel better. It s selfish to send them knowing sick to another household. Shame on you!

At this point my ex and I just let the kids decide what they want to do (they're 12 & 14). When they were younger, we stuck to the planned visitation with very few exceptions. We're equally competent as parents, so there weren't any issues regarding who they would be with when they were sick.