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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Children have one job in life and that's school. They get guaranteed vacations, but school is not optional or that thing you do when there isn't something more fun you could find to do like going to Disney or watching TV or going to the beach or sleeping or deciding not to go today because to don't feel like it. Our kids go to school unless school is out for vacation. I think the problem is that unless kids go to school when school is in session we're teaching them a weird sense of entitlement and that school isn't important. When school is less important than vacation kids learn the wrong message. [/quote]

This is your opinion and you are entitled to it but it certainly isn't one that I share. My kids don't get to skip school just because but we are not raising them that school/work is the only thing that matters in life. That just isn't our philosophy. I get it that for many people life is about academic and career success and climbing the ladder and making money and that for those parents instilling the work is life attitude starts very young. we don't share those values or goals and therefore we don't instill them in our children. A strong work ethic can be taught without that focus. I am not teaching my kids that school is their only job in life. I am teaching them that life and character is more important than formal education or achievement. [/quote]

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