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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:
PepePig · 04/02/2020 10:10

You're acting like a child yourself.

MintyMabel · 04/02/2020 10:11

I said it wasn’t fair on her or her teachers, that she would feel unsettled, and that she will miss the learning today

It's one bloody day FFS.

PlomBear · 04/02/2020 10:11

All the holier than thou MNetters...

You’re a long time dead you know.

YesThatsATurdOnTheRug · 04/02/2020 10:11

Meh, I couldn't get worked up about this. Couldn't do it with mine though as every time after that when I tried to tell her it was time for school she'd harp back to that one day off and remind me that we didn't have to go Grin

Skyejuly · 04/02/2020 10:12

I have done this after a bad night thought sod it.

Dragonembroidery · 04/02/2020 10:13

Ignore above. The school system doesn't own your child. Plenty of people home school due to inflexibility of school system.
They're not in prison. You're allowed a day off, esp of colouring in at age 5.
Have them colour in, and attempt to stand in lines at home. :)

MintyMabel · 04/02/2020 10:13

Couldn't you at least give them some of your time?

🙄

Really?

RefuseTheLies · 04/02/2020 10:14

Yeah - my mum used to let me stay off school for random reasons. I don’t have the greatest work ethic now, and I won’t be allowing the same for my own kid.

DumboFlats · 04/02/2020 10:14

Could not get worked up about this (unlike the hysterics on here Confused ).

Couldn't you at least give them some of your time?

Really? Don't be so dramatic. OP wrote one short post and hasn't even been back since. Do you give your children your time for your full day? Or do you, like people in real life, go to the loo occasionally? Flick through your phone for 5 minutes whilst they are occupied? There's a lot of nonsense on here sometimes.

JosefKeller · 04/02/2020 10:14

Lighten up, they aren't going to become high school drop outs on the basis of one day.

that's not what anyone is saying, 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?

TwitcherOfCurtains · 04/02/2020 10:15

Has you older child went to school? The 12 year old?

Chillicheese123 · 04/02/2020 10:15

Not fair on her teachers ? You’d think from MN teachers are some sort of super race of volunteers who give up their lives for free to educate the children of the UK. You do know they get paid to there?

Chillicheese123 · 04/02/2020 10:15

*paid to BE there

TwitcherOfCurtains · 04/02/2020 10:15

Really need an edit function Angry

Dragonembroidery · 04/02/2020 10:16

Some arseholes on this thread today. Why aren't they at work? (As 100% work ethic for 5yos is so vital for them). Or are they posting on mn while at work!!
Please ignore them OP Flowers

DumboFlats · 04/02/2020 10:16

Chillicheese123 and that they'll have the rest of the class too considering it's not just OPs child they are there to teach.

Kazzyhoward · 04/02/2020 10:17

You're setting your kids a very bad example by letting them bunk off school for no good reason. Get them ready and take them to school. Yes, they'll get a "late" mark against them, but at least they won't have missed too many lessons.

GetOffTheTableMabel · 04/02/2020 10:17

I think it matters that you don’t get your 5 year old to lie to their teacher or friends. It could make them feel guilty and will only rebound one day when you’re trying to get them to tell the truth.
You need to come up with a form of words which isn’t a lie but which is a bit better than ‘overslept and decided not to’. How about ‘we took a mental health day due to overtiredness’. It glosses over the fact that YOU were the overtired one!
I don’t think the day off matters at all, as long as your child doesn’t have to lie and doesn’t come to think that school is somehow optional (which isn’t very likely at 5).

BIWI · 04/02/2020 10:17

I'm here because I'm retired now, @Dragonembroidery. Hope that's OK with you?

Alonelonelyloner · 04/02/2020 10:17

So your 5 year old doesn't wake up before 9 by herself? How come she didn't get you up?

This seems odd. What time are you putting her in bed? She needs at least 10 hours.

YABVU - get her to bed early and get her to school. God.

Incrediblehulky · 04/02/2020 10:18

"I said it wasn’t fair on her or her teachers, that she would feel unsettled, and that she will miss the learning today"

Oh blimey! Comments like this over a 5 year old having a day at home are sooooo ridiculous - get a grip! Also people suggesting that the OP now needs to take her children on an 'educational day out' to make up for it 🤣😂

Mrsjayy · 04/02/2020 10:18

*getofthetablema

ItWillBeBetterinAugust · 04/02/2020 10:18

If they're only 5 and nursery the day off doesn't matter, but how on earth did you sleep until 9 in that case?

Were the children knocking around the house without waking you? Are you on medication or did you go to bed at 2am?

Do your 5 year old and nursery age child really like in til 9am?

Surely you not waking up is a worry if the children were awake, not the day off school for a 5 year old?

HollowTalk · 04/02/2020 10:18

So did you 12 year old miss school, too?

LaMarschallin · 04/02/2020 10:18

Why aren't they at work?

Retired early (late 40s) on a very good pension due to my work ethic.

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