It’s a dilemma that many parents face. You have a child home sick but other children to collect from daycare or school.
But when single mum of two, Renee, posted an innocent photo of her unwell eight-year-old daughter, Breanna, on her personal Facebook profile, she didn’t expect to be on the receiving end of criticism from an old friend followed by a public rant.

Renee's big parenting fail? Taking her daughter, who was home sick with a 24-hour tummy bug - to school pick-up where she was collecting her six-year-old son, Brandon.
While Renee's friends were quick to offer their well wishes to her daughter, a woman the mum went to high school with on the Central Coast, named Lisa*, commented with: "If Breanna doesn't come good in the next 24-48 hours I'd take her to the [doctor] as viruses usually don't last more then 48 hours."
Followed by: "I hope Bree is feeling much better. Though not a good idea to take her to school pick-up where other kids could pick it up. You couldn't leave Bree with a neighbour or friend or have a friend pick him up from school?"
Renee responded with: "It was a 24 hour virus Lisa* and no I couldn't leave her with anyone as that's my predicament being a single mum."
Lisa replied: "Not even a friend to pick Brandon up from school that's going to pick their own kids up anyway? Even 24 hour bugs can spread easily, by the looks of Bree she looks like she barely made it to school pick-up let alone walking home. I wouldn't like it if a parent brought their sick child to school, pick-up or or not. Should always have a back up plan in place.
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It's not an idea situation and I can see both sides however, Renee (the parent) needs to stop explaining herself and unfriend this woman and Lisa (the bitch) needs to shut the F%$# up!
We should never judge anyone ever. You don't know the situation that the other person is in or has been through. How about stop wasting your energy on hating someone and maybe... just maybe offer a helping community hand. You should be the example you want to set for all future and current generations. Being a parent to 3 kids in primary school let me be the first one to say that when you are working and busy with kids the last thing you really have on your mind is making friends. The first your childs health. No one wants to wake a sleeping baby or bring a sick child but we have to because we need to fight the 3pm traffic to find a park miles away and walk miles to pick up our kids and a lot if us have no one to help which is the sad truth because we dont want to bother anyone or god forbid live our lives in private with all the other stuff that we have to deal with. Shame on all of you being so mean to this mum.