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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, I would not have let him miss the bus.  Obviously, not your best parenting moment, but hang in there. Tomorrow is another day. When I make parenting mistakes, I own up to it with my kids at the end of the day, and they are forgiving. But, I do tell them *why* I was so upset, and they usually apologize if they did wrong, and own up to it.

I think you were in a tough spot. How do you make a child get on the bus if the child physically refuses to budge?   I have seen parents allow their kids to not take the bus, and instead the parent will drive them to school. IMO, that's just giving in to your kid's tantrum.[/quote]

They walk to school, with the parent following in the car, to be sure they’re safe.  Parent signs them in, and they take whatever consequences are for being late, including a possible zero on the test, if they missed it.[/quote]
And if they refuse to leave the house like in OP's kid's case?

I knew someone whose 12 year old refused to leave the house to go to school.[/quote]

Strange, I’ve read the OPs original post several times and can’t find where she says the child refused to leave the house?[/quote]

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