My parents had a pretty genius solution for this. You're sick?, sure you can stay home, but anything interesting or fun was off limits. If you're feeling well

My parents had a pretty genius solution for this. You're sick?, sure you can stay home, but anything interesting or fun was off limits. If you're feeling well enough to be out of bed, you can do homework. That's it. I hate to use this word, but I feel like kids today are increasingly coddled, and it leaves them dangerously unprepared for the hyper competitive world they will face as adults.