To think school isnt a childminding service

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So many posts about schools closing half day for end of term and god forbid you have to be there for your child.
Teacher strikes so you have to be there for your child.
School holidays so you have to be there for your child.
Child was ill and got sent home so you have to be there for your child.

Am I the only one who reads this and thinks well yes your career is probably important but you chose to have your children and this comes as part and parcel of being a parent? A school is not a childminding service. Yes it can be a pain in the backside to juggle and work around but that is what happens when you have children, they impact on your professional life and your social life.

A day off for the Tour de France? Whatever next.

I bet if you'd asked for a day off to take children to watch it, it wouldn't have been authorised.

To be fair...half the roads leading to the school will be shut as its coming through.

Its not like the just gave them a day off to watch, like for the Royal Wedding

LOL I did think that was a bit of a lame excuse for a day off.

As it's nowhere near me, I've no idea how much disruption it would cost.

Just for a few men in lycra!!

3 days notice & our school is on strike again! Yet I have to prove each illness my child has with a doctors app card or sick note! It's no wonder parents get peeved off

Our school surveyed us about closing for the tdf and most parents said no. I Don't think I live very far from Mrs DeVere. ..

The strike has been signalled for months, pumpkin. The three days' notice is because the school is not allowed to ask who will and will not take part in the strike, so may not know whether they can keep it open or not until quite late.

Not sure what the strike has to do with the requirement to provide proof of illness.

I'm more than happy to be there for my child, to take emergency days off (they'd be allowed) to cover sickness, school strikes etc.

As long as you're happy to have the elective surgery that you've waited 18 months for cancelled on the day of your procedure because the anaesthetist had to take an emergency day off for childcare. And wait another few months to be slotted in.