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Why do you let them cough?

I can’t help but notice the amount of mums that don’t care/ do nothing about their kid is coughing without covering their mouth in public, it’s rank.

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#coughing#parenting#behaviour

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I put electrical tape over my kids mouths if sick when out.

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 Gold!
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 It's much quieter and also stops vomit.
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What are they supposed to do? Make them hold their breath?

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When they cover their mouth they just go and touch things with the hand they coughed on, so what's the difference really?

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 In the schools, children are taught to cough into their elbow crease.
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You can't stop people coughing...

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 Put your hand over your mouth
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