Let's work from home when the kids are sick, thank you great company that I am allowed to slave away for you while taking care of my sick kid! It isn't even a US company it seems.
Edit: guess I should have posted to unpopularopinions instead!
I just wanted to add I cut off the photo of the person on purpose. She is posting that with her sick child in her lap and that photo has been taken by some other person, not a selfie. If you are not feeling that the content of the post is bad, you hopefully still agree that presenting your sick child in an almost professionally looking photo to the world for LinkedIn clout is not great.
Sick time/days should not exist. Staying home when you or a dependent is sick should be the norm not the exception. Why is that such an insane thought? I fucken hate touching people's computers when they're snotty as fuck. Likewise, I'm sure they don't like me doing it when my own health is visibly worse.
Like anything else, we can't have the because people will abuse it, and if people abuse it, management needs to fire the abusers. So every time you take time off, you have to be worried about whether your boss will see it as abuse.
That's why sick days exist. People can only abuse up to the limit, and get exemptions if they need more.
That said, I also prefer to combine sick leave and vacation so I can take the time I need, whether I meet the definition my HR department has for "sick" or not. It's none of my boss' business if I'm sick or just bumming around. I'm entitled to use this days off, whether I'm sick or not. It's much simpler.
That said, my company's policy is to WFH if we're sick, and we generally can work less on those days as well. That's honestly a really fair compromise, I can WFH if I'm feeling up for working but need to be home to care for myself, or I can use my time off instead.