If your kid is home sick, they should be resting, not f-ing around on the internet. Take the modem with you to work, if not the entire computer. If your kid is well enough to concentrate on a dungeon raid in WoW, they can probably get some homework done with that same energy. I know whenever I stayed home sick, mom would make a strict no-TV rule. Sick days aren't simply extra weekends, and we shouldn't raise kids to think of them that way.
Now, hopefully I'll have enough free bandwidth to catch up on some shows on Hulu. I do feel a little "under the weather" today
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