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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm more with OP, I don't have this lackadaisical attitude toward it.  I get a couple days here and there or something really special that can't be done any other time (destination family wedding or something) but I would do my best to avoid taking them out of school.

[b]I do think it sends a message to kids that school doesn't matter.  I mean, if you are telling them that school is important and that it's important to try their best every day and to pay attention, this conflicts with that message, no?[/b]

And my kids are older now, so it's not like I'll realize later that elementary school wasn't that important.  Actually the kids I knew whose parents used to take them out all the time (like for Disney trips, just because there were fewer crowds then) now are not all that serious about school.  [/quote]

[b]I think it sends the message that there is more than one way to learn. School is one way. Traveling is another way.[/b] [/quote]

Keep telling yourself that's why you do it.  [/quote]

I tell them that family is as important as school. It's about balance. Especially in elementary school. But I'm not a dogmatic person by nature. I can see how someone who is can't see this point the way I do[/quote]

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