Keep the lines of communication open. If you have good communication with your children, you're likely to know when they have reasons to make children want to stay at home. Get children to bed on time, so they can get plenty of sleep. Children preschool through first grade should get eight to 10 hours. Others should get at least eight hours.
Colds are another common illness for school children.
The cold is usually worse on the first day. Again, Smitherman suggests keeping the child home on the first day or if there's a fever. The child should get plenty of rest and drink plenty of liquids. The children are catching the colds from each other. If fever, vomiting and diarrhea are ruled out, you probably need to send the child on to school, Smitherman says.