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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:
JacquesHammer · 04/02/2020 10:26

Proving why education is important and why you should worry

Yes because the only time children learn the difference between "their" and "they're" (not "there" as you put in your post trying to be clever...) is that single day when they were 5.

Crunchymum · 04/02/2020 10:26

I personally wouldn't have but only as mine have been decimated by illness (5yo is on her 11th day off school today since September!!!) and even the more robust 7yo has had 5 days off this school year.

I am also such a goody two shoes, I don't do well with "sickies"

BIWI · 04/02/2020 10:26

@alohamore your situation was a bit different though, if you'd all been/were all poorly! The OP simply can't be arsed to get her DC to school because she slept in.

ItWillBeBetterinAugust · 04/02/2020 10:26

Dragonembroidery people work shifts, are retired, are on maternity leave, are posting from overseas in a different time zone, etc etc etc.

9-5, Monday to Friday isn't the only working partnern.

DumboFlats · 04/02/2020 10:26

It's 'their' age not 'there'. Proving why education is important and why you should worry

Jesus Christ. Really? Because a 5 year old not being in school for one day is going to make a difference to whether or not they use the right their/there etc... As an adult. Get a grip.

CheesyWeez · 04/02/2020 10:27

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

Me too. Took them to school at lunchtime. Thought sod it, will do better tomorrow.

Bad nights sometimes happen due to bad news, the boiler breaking down, blue light ambulance coming for someone who was ill next door, or just MUM I CAN'T SLEEP. I couldn't bear to wake little ones up at 7.30 when they were finally asleep after a broken night.

DumboFlats · 04/02/2020 10:27

NoSauce struggling to give examples??

formerbabe · 04/02/2020 10:29

Because a 5 year old not being in school for one day is going to make a difference to whether or not they use the right their/there etc... As an adult. Get a grip.

If they won't miss anything important if they miss a day, then may as well keep them at home every day.

NameChangeNugget · 04/02/2020 10:29

OP, your children are being educated at the tax payers expense. Free education is a wonderful thing and you’re abusing the system.

Feckless

Hercwasonaroll · 04/02/2020 10:29

This sets the tone for the rest of their school experience. If you let them have a day off for this, where does it end? Just take the in now.

Insideimsprinting · 04/02/2020 10:29

Grow up and act like a parent. Set them some standards, i.e we all fuck up sometimes, like sleeping in but deal with it responsibly get up get dressed take them in, admit you messed up and apologise.

DumboFlats · 04/02/2020 10:31

If they won't miss anything important if they miss a day, then may as well keep them at home every day

This makes no sense... Missing one day of school is obviously different to never going to school at all? Daft argument.

DumboFlats · 04/02/2020 10:32

you’re abusing the system

It's. One. Day.

Urkiddingright · 04/02/2020 10:32

The world won’t end because a five year old missed one day of school provided their attendance is usually good. If they have already had a few sick days this year then you really should have taken them in, better late than never.

1stTimeMama · 04/02/2020 10:33

Of course it's fine. 1 day off for a 5yr old and nursery aged child is going to have absolutely no bearing on their future at all. All these people saying it's a slippery slope, irresponsible etc are over-reacting. Spend a lovely day with your children!

NoSauce · 04/02/2020 10:33

NoSauce struggling to give examples??

No. Read the OPs posts again.

ohhkay · 04/02/2020 10:33

If absences are rare I wouldn't sweat it. Enjoy your day and don't ruin it by feeling guilty. Shit happens.

hazyjinty01 · 04/02/2020 10:35

My kids are in there twenty's, both have a solid work ethic. When it comes to talking about good times they remember a day off school when we went to a park and had chocolate orange for breakfast comes up regularily, it didn't stop them graduating university, holding down friend ships and becoming well rounded individuals but we had a great day, enjoy your family day op

DumboFlats · 04/02/2020 10:35

I have read them. The two short posts that OP has posted. Neither one of them seem goady to me... The second is defensive against the ridiculous hysterics some posters have displayed over a 5 year old missing a day of school.

LaMarschallin · 04/02/2020 10:36

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

Thank you for the kudos. They'd have liked that.

And, no - not just a single day.
Although those days can add up.

It's just they'd always managed to roll out of bed in time to get me to school.

To be fair, in a previous post I was all for the OP taking more days and not taking their children to school.
I said they were not U.

I see your Winking.

Have you something in your eye?

Babyg1995 · 04/02/2020 10:38

It's 1 day I wouldn't feel bad just don't make a habit of it .

TWD89 · 04/02/2020 10:38

Really poor parenting TBH and setting a really bad example for your children.

JacquesHammer · 04/02/2020 10:38

Thank you for the kudos. They'd have liked that

Wow, from an anon on an internet forum? Crikey easily pleased.

Wereallsquare · 04/02/2020 10:39

Enjoy a guilt-free day with your kids, OP. Some of these responses must be goady attempts at humour. Even if they are not, treat them as such. You will be a saner and kinder mother for not being a wound-up perfectionist.

Lovemusic33 · 04/02/2020 10:39

YABU
It’s setting a bad example, it’s likely to happen again. Yes she’s only 5 and missing a day won’t effect her education but what happens next Monday when you can be bothered to get up? I have known people do this and it becomes a regular thing and before you know it social services are involved.

Yes you got up late (9am) but you could have got them to school by 9.30 and they wouldn’t have missed much? It doesn’t warrant a whole day off because their mother couldn’t manage to get up and get them ready.

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