Woke up late so gave kids a day off

[queenjolo29]

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 🤔🤔

I honestly couldn't even tell you if my mum had done this when I was 5 years old. I wouldn't have a clue. I do have a job and a home though that I manage to support so she mustn't have otherwise I'd be in the gutter somewhere obviously.

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Snuggle on the sofa, give yourself a break and make a nice day with your kids.

In a couple of weeks time, it's half term, and the OP can do it every day if she wants. Today, it's a school day, which will carry on without them, and could leave them missing out on something important.

Yes i’ve done it. No big deal so long as it’s only once or twice a year!

And my kids have all managed to get into academically selective schools despite missing the odd day for things like this and having sick days.

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

Obviously you can credit that entirely to not having one day off school at 5 years old.

How about ‘we took a mental health day due to overtiredness’.

this is why I love MN
Priceless.

Wow good old mumsnet has much has I was feeling guilty the fact some of you are suggesting my children are going to be drop outs is way over the top. Jeezzz bunch of perfect parents on here I forgot. Has for my 12 year old he was at his nans last night, hence why I didn't mention him 🙄🙄going to enjoy my day off with MY Children now. 😄😄

Sorry as I was saying GetofthetableMabel is right you can't have your 5 year old lying you are going to have to be say something that isn't to dowith her.

The world won't end from doing this, but as a secondary form tutor the students who have poor attendance at secondary school and have lots of odd days off usually have often got into this pattern in primary as well. An odd day here or there, off with the snuffles, feeling tired, the ever increasing keep the kids off for a duvet day/mummy and DC day and so on, makes it much more difficult for the parent to have the high ground when their 10/12/14 year old is wanting random days off because the child rightly points out "you let me...".

Of course YANBU!

Bloody hell small DC have the rest of they're lifes to follow rules and live by the clock a day off will kill no one and could actually turn into a lovely day spent together for both of you.

I wouldn't worry too much about it. As you said, it's a rarity that this happens, so enjoy the day with your kids.

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

Which clearly all hinges on a single day when you were five. Kudos to your parents

There’s a whiff of goading about your posts OP.

Your eldest is 5 ? Believe me he or she will be just fine. I’ve done worse by MN standards. Years ago when my dc were in primary school I took them out of school for a day to do a special activity that was reliant on good weather. They still talk about that day now and my eldest dc got great GCSE results. No harm done. It is one day and at 5, so in reception they mostly play. I wouldn’t do it in the GCSE or A Level years but really, there is more to life than making the school stats look good.

You could have taken them in late and apologised to the school.
A rotten example to your children.

You are a bad example, your 12 year old will pick up on it. What happens if at some point later the 5 year old needs to be off for sickness. Their attendance records suffers because you couldn’t be arsed to take them in late. It’s the start of a slippery slope. What happens if it happens again?

There’s a whiff of goading about your posts OP

Where? Or is it just because you don't agree?

Why bother asking if you only want to hear from those who agree with your decision?

I hope that you have at least phoned the school - otherwise it will have triggered a safeguarding concern and people will be wasting their time following it up.

If everyone thought like you then it would all go to shit.
No it wouldn't. The league tables might go to shit, but kids might grow up a lot less stressed and miserable.

Enjoy your day off OP, and congratulations on your sense of perspective.

Has for my 12 year old he was at his nans last night, hence why I didn't mention him

Chinny reckon

Probably not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things but it's not something I would ever do. In fact, neither would being late because I didn't set an alarm. It's the same alarm set for every weekday and only turned off for holidays. Taking a day off just cos is not something I want Emmy kids to be okay with. It doesn't set them up well for the future. I'd probably lose my job for doing that.

In the OPs posts.