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Woke up late so gave kids a day off

658 replies

queenjolo29 · 04/02/2020 09:44

I'm feeling kinda guilty not sure why has they are my children after all, but i forgot to set my alarm last night, didn't wake up till 9 which I might add never happens at the weekend lol. So I thought fuck it give kids a day off.. Please tell me I am not the only one who has done this. They don't have days off unless ill but that's rare. I feel strangely guilty 🤔🤔

OP posts:
formerbabe · 04/02/2020 18:44

Fuck it, children sometimes needs a day off too

There's a difference between thinking your dc are tired/rundown/clingy/in need of some time at home and mum not being arsed to get up and organised.

waterlego · 04/02/2020 18:45

Exactly formerbabe.

formerbabe · 04/02/2020 18:45

Yes agree with waterlego

formerbabe · 04/02/2020 18:46

Ha! Cross post!

Thornhill58 · 04/02/2020 18:47

I'm glad you were able to sleep. Enjoy it. The older they get the harder it is to miss school. No guilt.

waterlego · 04/02/2020 18:47

😆

DemelzaandRoss · 04/02/2020 18:48

YABU.

MummytoCSJH · 04/02/2020 18:51

Haven't read all the responses. YWNBU and MNetters are so dramatic Grin I'm surprised so many children apparently don't sleep in ever?! My son doesn't wake up at ridiculous o'clock, if I didn't wake him up for school he would easily sleep past 9 Hmm

Miajk · 04/02/2020 18:52

Omg shocked at some posts here. This is why i would never want my kids to be schooled in the UK as the system is absolutely ridiculous.

It's one day. Everyone needs a break, it's not the end of the world. I work with many people who didn't go to school in the UK and had a very relaxed approach in their school days and their work ethic is fine.

I think everyone needs to relax a bit, because unless all of you remember half of the nonsense you've been taught in your school years there's obviously no harm in missing one day.

Your kids will be fine OP. I'd be more worried about the kids who were never allowed to miss a day of school and once they turn 18 they never want to deal with education again :)

reginafelangee · 04/02/2020 19:04

Sorry I think that is wrong. You should have taken her in late. Its a pretty poor example.

Yesterdayforgotten · 04/02/2020 19:07

'I work with many people who didn't go to school in the UK and had a very relaxed approach in their school days and their work ethic is fine.'

Well good for you but I know people who it affected and have a poor world ethic because they were instilled with one in the first place.

Yesterdayforgotten · 04/02/2020 19:08

Or work rather

ScrimshawTheSecond · 04/02/2020 19:08

If a kid has less than 90% attendance, it's a problem and the school will want to discuss it with you. Otherwise, eh, I think kids spend too much time at school as it is. Especially when they're wee, I wouldn't worry about having the odd duvet day.

SoupDragon · 04/02/2020 19:09

This is why i would never want my kids to be schooled in the UK as the system is absolutely ridiculous.

No, some people are absolutely ridiculous..

SoupDragon · 04/02/2020 19:10

but I know people who it affected and have a poor world ethic because they were instilled with one in the first place.

Did they miss one day when they were 5 and it scarred them for life?

Yesterdayforgotten · 04/02/2020 19:13

I was referring to the comment about having a relaxed approach in school days which alludes to more than a day soup.

Yesterdayforgotten · 04/02/2020 19:14

And as I said up thread a one off is fine but I don't agree with a relaxed approach every week!

ack89 · 04/02/2020 19:15

This is terrible, what an awful message! Angry

boylovesmeerkats · 04/02/2020 19:17

Nothing bad will happen but that doesn't mean it's great. Loads of children miss loads of school but that doesn't make it any easier to keep us with the work or with friendship changes or miss out on fun stuff. There is loads of random one off stuff in primary school, they had police horses in last week so my son would have been sad to miss it.

Other kids are in school every day so it's how you feel about yours missing out. My eldest is in y2 and has never had one sick day since day one in reception.

MintyMabel · 04/02/2020 19:18

but what do you do tomorrow when the child starts crying they don't want to go to school and want to stay home again instead?

In the highly unlikely event that happens, you send them to school.

JosefKeller · 04/02/2020 19:21

In the highly unlikely event that happens, you send them to school.

on which planet is it highly unlikely that a 5 year old cries about going to school?

Great message though, when mummy can't be arsed, you stay home - regardless of what was planned for the day
but when you are upset about it, too bad. Really great parenting.

MintyMabel · 04/02/2020 19:21

Other kids are in school every day so it's how you feel about yours missing out. My eldest is in y2 and has never had one sick day since day one in reception.

Mine misses school regularly because of hospital appointments, therapies, surgeries (last one she was out of school for 6 weeks) but thanks for piling on the guilt that she is somehow missing out over your perfect attendance child.

PanicAndRun · 04/02/2020 19:22

Meh, I skipped months of school in high school. I have yet to take even one sick day off at work, even when I needed them.

tenredthings · 04/02/2020 19:23

Good for you, they are so young a day with mum is great.

When my kids were little I'd give them 2 get off school free cards from me a year. They could use them to get a total of 2 days off school when they chose. (I work from home ) I actually think it made them pull less sickies as they never wanted to use them up, it was knowing they had the choice which made them happy.

PanicAndRun · 04/02/2020 19:24

on which planet is it highly unlikely that a 5 year old cries about going to school?

DD happily skipped to school every single day at 5. The tears were when she was too ill to go in.