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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A school is a community. [b]What a terrible message, that your vacation is more important than education and community[/b]. You have MONTHS to take a summer vacation.

It's one thing to take an extra day or mayyyybe two after school begins and at least you're in the groove. But what a horrible way to start things off with a new teacher and new classmates. The whole first WEEK? [/quote]

Hmm.  McJudgypants, perhaps you could reframe this.  It's OK to say that the health of your family and each individual in it is more important than school or the broader community.  I would absolutely miss school for a large family event. Or even if I thought my family needed down time together.  There are many reasons why this might be important.  For example, my DH travels extensively for work and the kids might not see him for months at a time.  Our vacation may be much more important to keeping our family together, which is the foundation of everything else -- school and broader community. [/quote]

A vacation keeps your family together?

lol

If your husband travels extensively, a one or two-week vacation isn't necessarily enough quality time to catch up on milestones or significant events he missed.  That's an excuse.

In these cases, if you're the primary caretaker, your husband, who's the provider (correct?), has to suck it up, knowing that his role is minimal in rearing the kids.

It simply is what it is.

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