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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is this: studies show that absenteeism can lead to truancy. Mommy's "it's okay to take then day off for sledding" will become your middle/high schoolers "it's okay to go shopping for new sneakers" or "it's okay to hang out with my new girlfriend". Trust me, for your middle/high schooler to be (soon enough!), the new sneakers and the girlfriend will be at least as important as the snow to your elementary schooler. Except, they'll likely be beyond your control at that point. What will be with them, however, are the values you instilled in them early on, when they did listen.[/quote]

Please stop!

I took my child out of school for over a week in elementary school to go on a once-in-a-lifetime trip far, far away.

In middle school we had a Mommy and Me Day.

She's in high school now and would NEVER think of missing school unless it was absolutely necessary. She's a college-bound junior who never lost sight of the fact that education is very important. She doesn't skip (school has an automated system that would call my cell phone to let me know of an absence AND attendance is on every report card) for the hell of it.

Some of you are really REACHING with these notions that a rare day at home with Mom or Dad (which is different from a day off to just lounge around doing nothing) =issues with absenteeism in adulthood.

PS: We took a Mommy and Me day or two in high school as well. :D

However, to each his own.

I think kids will turn out fine whether they're able to take a rare (the key word here) pseudo-snow day or not.[/quote]

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