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[quote=Anonymous]It's a very individual choice. Doing this could be right for some kids/families and wrong for others. OP, you know your kid and your family situation; everyone else's opinion, including mine, is really pretty irrelevant.

FWIW, some thoughts and considerations:
How is your child doing in school - are there specific skills she is struggling with that the school is effectively addressing and which would backslide during an extended absence? Or will you be fine making sure she learns whatever she misses?

Are you emphasizing the value of this trip as being primarily for family bonding and do you feel that moving the trip to a period of school vacation is not an option for whatever reason?

Do you generally show that you value education in your home, family life, and personal life?

Do you see the vacation as an opportunity for "real world learning" or being exposed lessons that the child will never get in a classroom?

Are you ok with whatever consequences the school may issue for you choosing to exercise parental discretion and take the child out of school?

For my own family, I can see circumstances where I would absolutely do this, and circumstances where I would plan the trip for a school break instead. I think travel (of any kind to almost anywhere) teaches amazing lessons, so I'm open to the idea. I also think that in certain cases pulling them out of school would better reflect our personal values -- that the family unit and supporting people we love is usually more important than most other things, including individual plans -- so if it were a family wedding, funeral, graduation, watching a relative get a major award or make a significant professional presentation, something like that, we would definitely be there. If it were Disney with the whole extended family and this were the only time we could all make it, again, we would be there. If it were just our nuclear family going to Disney, I might or might not pull them depending on the reasons I scheduled the vacation when I did in the first place.
YMMV.[/quote]

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