Being A Kid On A Sick Day Vs. Taking Care Of A Kid On A Sick Day

Same day. Big difference. But whether you're the coughing child or the nervous parent, Walgreens has what you need to feel better.

1. Being a sick kid: calling out of school.

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"History tests make my throat hurt."

Taking care of a sick kid: emailing out of work.

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2. Being a sick kid: eating dry crackers to settle your stomach.

Like a beige all-you-can-eat buffet.

Taking care of a sick kid: wondering if the "eat dry crackers" trick actually works.

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Just because your mom made you do it doesn't mean it's effective.

3. Being a sick kid: constantly changing temperatures.

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You're hot. Now cold. Now BURNING. Now freezing.

Taking care of a sick kid: constantly cleaning up.

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Everything is contaminated, nothing is safe.

4. Being a sick kid: extreme napping.

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All sleep everything.

Taking care of a sick kid: extreme panicking.

"PLEASE DON'T GET GERMS ON ME. AND PLEASE GET BETTER NOW, THANKS."

5. Being a sick kid: discovering a new world of daytime TV.

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And realizing adults must just watch this stuff all. day.

Taking care of a sick kid: discovering a new world of grossness.

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The human body is disgusting.

6. Being a sick kid: pajamas all day.

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#Fashion

Taking care of a sick kid: internet all day.

Cue parental anxiety.

7. Being a sick kid: not moving all day.

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Nothing is worth the effort.

Taking care of a sick kid: not sitting down all day.

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So many errands.

8. Being a sick kid: drinking a spoonful of purple medicine.

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Is it good? Is it bad? CAN'T DECIDE.

Taking care of a sick kid: needing a glass of purple medicine.

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Monitoring another person's health is STRESSFUL.

9. Being a sick kid: being too stuffed up to smell yourself.

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But knowing you probably smell baaaad.

Taking care of a sick kid: smelling everything. EVERY. THING.

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And confirming that, yep, your childhood self definitely reeked.

10. Being a sick kid: collecting all your tissues.

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Like germs ain't no thang.

Taking care of a sick kid: washing your hands constantly.

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Because germs are DEFINITELY a thang.

11. Being a sick kid: wondering how long you'll feel this way.

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Everything hurts.

Taking care of a sick kid: making it all better.

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The way only you can.