...that they are too ill to be taken out and treated?
Three mums at school have had warnings about attendance and unauthorised absence where they haven't contacted the school. They have had a go at the school commenting on the attendance because at the end of the day children get ill and if its sickness or diarrhoea they have to have off 48 hours at least and it's usually the school that says don't go in.
But all 3 have posted on social media and/or have been seen out with the children when they are supposed to be off ill either treating them in town, buying them toys and taking them down the local park to play or to play football.
When asked my opinion our children overall have good attendance (I know we have been lucky) but DD has had a lot of medical appointments but I have always told them in advance, taken her back to school or pulled her out and then took her straight back.
I know children get ill and some more so than others but when I was ill I would never leave the house. If I was off it had to be serious and my mum didn't want to be seen out with a child off ill in case I looked fine to everyone else (Ofc if she was desperate she had to but it was there and back and I didn't get anything from the trip) . I'm sure it prevented me pulling a fast one saying I'm ill when I'm not because I was bored to death I wasn't even allowed to play indoors if I was too ill to go I was too ill to play. Which is what I do with my children just not to the extreme my mother did.
I got long drawn out silences and one of them I am close friends with has removed the pictures she posted of her son beaming with joy at his new toy in town and the other photos of him out when off ill. I talked to her about it, I really feel like her son half the time is just saying it to get out of going as he gets to do all these nice things when he's off sick. She's thought a few times perhaps he could have gone as later seemed fine.
Friends son because he's had so much time off she's been asked to take him to the doctors so had to have his bloods done last week. He had the full day off for the bloods but the appointment 10mins and he was fine then she didnt send him to school the next day either, 2 days absent for 10 minute bloods. My DD had a operation under general was there all day till late and had the next day off to recover and she went back the day after.
I can't help feeling she isn't helping herself and she is going to end up in court which they have said it may come to this.
Am I having an old fashioned view on this based on my mothers choices?
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littlethingsthatbug · 10/06/2016 11:46
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