To leave the child in bed...

[Singlebutmarried]

....and be late for school

She’s hardly slept this past week and she’s like a little zombie by about 4pm.

What's that got to do with the price of milk, paris?

Crosspost speakout, you sum up my thoughts rather more eloquently

frogsoup

If she is exhausted, she may need a day in bed. But if she is just tired, let her sleep after school. You can't let her go to school late to give her a lie-in! What would you tell the school?

Speakout, I completely agree with your posts. It seems we have this increasing societal value that says school and educational attainment are the most important things in our children's lives. I can't help thinking that this will condition the younger generation to grow up thinking work is the most important thing in life even if this means sacrificing their own well-being and happiness.
School is not everything and missing some of it certainly doesn't mean you are destined to fail in life. However, telling children that they are doomed to a crappy life if they under achieve in education or don't attend school all of the time could stop them believing in themselves and result in a self fulfilling prophecy type outcome.
We travelled around a lot when I was a child. I went to eight different primary schools and missed about a quarter of my schooling altogether. I left secondary school with one GCSE. However, last year I graduated with a distinction in my master's degree and before that I had a first in my undergraduate degree. I had firsts in every single university module that I ever did and I got 93% in my dissertation. I am now on route to undertaking a PhD. Thus, i'm really glad I chose to ignore all those who told me that my poor educational record meant I had little hope of a successful future.
Anyway, the point I am trying to make is that missing a bit of school doesn't necessarily mean children are going to have poor outcomes (many of the statistics on this fail to account for other complex contributory factors), and perhaps it is our growing obsession with putting school above all else that will end up doing the most damage.

I'd put the health and wellbeing of my child first. If they genuinely seem to tired to go in, I wouldn't force it. Over tiredness impairs learning anyway and might make them ill (mentally or physically) in the long run.

All you really have in this life that is worth anything is your time and your health and your loved ones if you feel you need some time for yourself - take it !! Yesssss I know society will descend into chaos blah blah - in the grand scheme of things a day here or there won’t cause like ‘the purge’ or something 🤣

Sleep is incredibly important for growing young minds.

We as a society (as others have said) are obsessed with 'future attainment' - and we are prioritising this imagined future over the day to day wellbeing of our children.

This child is 7. In many countries around Europe she would be in her first year of school. She needs to be looked after in many ways - not just educational.

It is really depressing to see people saying that however this child feels or whatever her emotional and sleep needs she 'must' learn that she has to go to school.

Question things people! WHy 5 days of school and 2 off? Why is it like that? It could be different and children would still get an education. We have only had this system for about 80 years and humans have been highly successful animals for tens of thousands of years.