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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who keep their children home from school because the kid is tired, because the kid doesn't want to go, because it's an effort, because they like the company, etc.

The kid may enjoy it at the time but sabotaging schooling is bad parenting and bad for the kid later on.[/quote]

Curious, do many parents do this? I always felt so guilty when I do it. Wasn't sure if this is happening across all socio-demographic and education levels.[/quote]

I don't think it's common. I will actually let my kid stay home if she's super tired for a specific reason (disrupted sleep) or for a mental health day if she needs it, but I view those as sick days. I would never keep my kid home "for the company" that's weird.

But even my habit of keeping my kid home due to needing sleep (which, to be clear, I might do once in a whole school year, and only because my kid basically didn't sleep at all for some reason -- often I view it as a sign of coming illness because it's unusual) gets lots of pushback and side-eye. Same with a mental health day. To me this is teaching good skills of self-care and I would also use sick leave at work for the same reasons. But my sense is that the overall culture is to push through and get over it. Or to lie and say you're sick, which I think is what many people do in these situations.[/quote]

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