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<p>At D’s school, once the student is in high school (it’s a pre-K to 12 private school), the parent’s role is usually limited to calling the school to confirm an illness. It’s the student’s responsibility as a high school student to arrange the “what to do about it” part, NOT the parent’s. My kids were certainly able to handle that in most circumstances.</p>
<p>But anything severe, whether accident or illness, calls for parental intervention. Mono can be really be debilitating, so that’s a situation where I know I would have stepped in.</p>