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No doubt
And completely fail to see the irony or hypocrisy
Context and the particular circumstances are a bit different and they involve control. Most parents have far more control over who they choose to allow their kids to invite to birthday parties, hanging out or whatever. When it comes to HS or college to some extent, its essentially out of their hands who their kids interact, run into and discuss. If one of my kids' best friends has a fever or diarrhea, its my house and my rules so I can determine whether he's allowed to stay or go home.
One has to attend school(unless your home-schooled), otherwise it's truancy or if you miss too many days, you'll be held back or fail some of your classes. My attitude or approach might seem old-fashioned but when I was in middle-and-HS, and even college, there were a lot of days I felt physically bad, sore, depressed, distracted by personal problems but I sucked it up and went anyway. Unless I had a bad flu, or gastrointestinal issues(like stomach flu or food poisoning), or had health issues that could be transmitted to others, I toughed it out. One time, when I was in the 8th grade and was working out in the gym, one 25 lb. barbell fell on and broke 2-3 of my middle toes on my right foot, it felt like a thousand needles being burned into my skin, but I went to a local hospital, had it cauterized, stiches put in and a cast put on, and thankfully since this injury happened the Thursday before Spring Break 1995, I stayed off my feet for a week and went back to class with my foot in a cast the following week.
One time, I had a big final exam for a class in college that would cement me having an A in this class if I did well, on the morning of the day I was supposed to take this final exam, I felt really under the weather, but since that class was my only one for the day, I told my professor, fellow classmates to keep their distance from me and I sat, alone away from rest of the class while we were taking the exam. Once I was finished, I left the class and the Humanities Division where the department was apart of, had a friend pick me up and drive me home.