"It was mid-morning when Nadine Jones got the daycare call every working mother dreads-her son spiked a fever and needed to be picked up. Jones, a senior associate at a big D.C. law firm, newly divorced with full custody of her 14-month-old son, knew what that call meant: her day was about to unravel. At the daycare, another single mother pulled Jones aside. "Don't you have to work?" she asked. Yes, Jones replied."
"At the daycare, another single mother pulled Jones aside. "Don't you have to work?" she asked. Yes, Jones replied. "Okay, this is what you do," the woman said, "Tomorrow, just before you drop him off, you're gonna give him children's Tylenol. That's gonna bring his fever down and give you two or three hours at work. Then you'll have another hour or two before they confirm it's back up. Don't you need those five hours?" Jones did."
Nadine Jones, a senior associate at a D.C. law firm and newly divorced single mother with full custody of her 14-month-old son, received a mid-morning daycare call that her son had spiked a fever and needed to be picked up. She anticipated that the call would upend her workday. At the daycare, another single mother advised giving the child children's Tylenol just before drop-off to temporarily lower the fever, providing two to three work hours and an additional window before the fever returned. The recommendation reflected a pragmatic but ethically fraught tactic to balance caregiving and professional demands.
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