Jordan A E
Rev Infect Dis. 1986 Jul-Aug;8(4):626-30. doi: 10.1093/clinids/8.4.626.
The frequency of childhood illness, the exclusion practices of most licensed child care programs, and the limited sick leave policies of many employers all combine to create a particularly difficult dilemma for the working parent. A comprehensive solution to the problem of caring for the sick child must be tackled on three primary fronts: provision of expanded sick leave benefits and/or greater flexibility in the performance of job duties to enable working parents to care for children's illnesses without jeopardy to employment; development of clear regulatory guidelines and supplemental resources to enable care givers to accommodate a mildly ill child in the child's usual child care setting; replication of successful model programs, partially underwritten by public and/or private support, to assist parents with the costs of backup arrangements for the care of sick children when needed.
儿童疾病的频发、大多数持牌儿童保育项目的排除政策，以及许多雇主有限的病假政策，共同给有工作的父母造成了一个特别棘手的困境。解决照顾生病孩子问题的全面方案必须从三个主要方面着手：提供更多病假福利和/或在履行工作职责方面有更大灵活性，使有工作的父母能够照顾孩子的疾病而不危及就业；制定明确的监管准则和补充资源，使照顾者能够在孩子通常的儿童保育环境中照顾轻症儿童；复制成功的示范项目，部分由公共和/或私人支持资助，以帮助父母承担必要时照顾生病孩子的备用安排费用。
