Dear Japanese Parents: Stop Bringing Your Sick Children to Pre-School (And Extra-Curricular)

Tired of never-ending daycare germs turning your child (and you) into a walking pharmacy? Too often, parents send feverish kids to pre-school, spreading illnesses that keep everyone home sick. Whether it’s the neon-green boogers or a rampant flu outbreak, these avoidable infections ruin vacations, wreck budgets, and land families in ER limbo. Bottom line? If your kid is clearly sick, keep them home. You’ll be caring for them anyway—and you’ll spare other parents the misery of canceled plans, hospital waits, and another round of antibiotics.