Just from the other side, the mum with the snotty child.. If you do ask, are you willing to accept it isn't a cold?? My kids get snot when it cools down and 9 times out of 10, there is nothing else to say they are sick, and yes i do take them to the dr, but if I took them every time another 'concerned parent' mentioned it, I would seriously need a 2nd mortgage.. Through summer, I face the same thing with hay fever, but people accept that a little more, but through winter, I just accept that people think I am a mum not concerned about my kids health..