The seven year old's school says to keep them home 24 hours after they throw up. I would've gotten stink-eye if I and tried to drop her off later. And with all the DV stuff and child witnessing DV stuff I have going on right now I don't need anybody, least of all the school, giving my parenting choices the stink-eye.
It's actually something that worries me a lot, being a single parent now. There are less laws here in the US protecting working parents. At my last job you got 5 sick days every six months, take all 5 and you're on probation and lose your raise, take any more and you're terminated.