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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also plan to take our 2nd grader out for a week this winter. As someone who has received school awards for perfect attendance, I actually struggle with this decision. However all my friends with older children tell me they wish they had done this more, specifically before  the MS/HS years.[/quote]

So your friends didn't actually pull their kids out of school for vacay.[/quote]

PP: We have four sets of friends with older kids; our non-school confirming vacations typically revolve around winter sports. All our friends are in agreement about more family vacations being a good thing, winter sports or not (specifically before MS/HS), even if they don’t fall on school holidays. Their profiles are all different, but I don’t think the kids who were ave/above ave students were at any disadvantage for missing school.

-One family pulled their kids all the time, their DS is at the top of his class and an amazing snowboarder; DD amazing snowboarder, ok student.
-Second family never pulled kids, both ok students ok skiers
-Third family never pulled DD, amazing student, pretty good skier
-Fourth family never pulled DD, ave/below ave student, not a winter sports person.
 
You know your child best, but somehow one week in the second grade doesn’t seem like a big deal. I forgot to mention that my parents pulled me out of school for two months in the second grade to visit family abroad, and I still ended up at a “top tier” college. So OP, I think a week long absence would be fine.[/quote]

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