to consider letting my 8 year odl leave school early today - for no good reason?

[MamaG]

We had dental appt at 3. Dentist is in the next county (yes, COUNTY) along a horrible A road. When weather bad, lorries regularly tip over and the raod is often closed due to weather.

It is extremely windy/haily today and so I've rearranged appt for next week. However - school think she's leaving at 2 to go to dentist, now I've cancelled I'm toying with still collecting her at 2 and bringing her home to bake chocolate muffins with me an DS (age 3) and snuggle up in front of the fire.

Its a bad idea isn't it

I think its a great idea. Its that hour with you she will remember, not another hours spent at school

No not at all

Yanbu

That is a brilliant idea, do it.

Sounds lovely thing to do with your children...send any spare chocolate muffins my way

YANBU, I'm sure she will be very pleased.

How will you explain another dentist appointment next week?

oh thats surprising! THought I'd get jumped on

Right-o, muffins it is

Might the school wonder why she has another appointment next week?

oh yes NAB, good point.

Ummmm I think I'll just tell them we couldn't get there due to weather. That we set off and then changed our minds (or something)

OR I'll jsut send another note in and not expalin anything

call it a "follow up" !

Brilliant idea IMO; get baking!

But then your child will have to lie.

oh bum. What shall I say then NAB?

Ring the school and say the appointment has been moved until next week and enjoy another hour of MN.

I think I'll just send a note in next wek saying "appt at dentist etc etc"

I'll tell DD to say we didn't go becuase of the weather. She won't be lying then!

But if she leaves school at 3:30 or whenever, can't she still come home and bake chocolate muffins? They don't take that long?

Seems odd that it is an either/or really?

Not unreasonable at all....tell them it's a follow up and get baking!

I kept my DS off for two days last week as I'd said he'd be off all week as we were away at a family funeral. We got home a few days earlier than anticipated but I didn't send him in as they weren't expecting him. We had a couple pof nice days curled in front of the TV, baking, making and playing PS2 games. It was great fun!

sorry, but bad idea - it shows that school doesn't matter and you can waft off and do something else if you like...

Kids lie all the time anyway, whats one more?! Enjoy yourselves x

ok ok you got me
I've phoned school and we will bake AFTER school

she is 8, not 13.

do it.
have fun!
you don't have to make a big deal/secret of it with her so you're not showing her "school doesn't matter" imo.

good - well done and happy baking - they'll taste nicer for it !

MamaG- well done, it would have been unreasonable and given your dd the wrong message about work ethics and honesty etc IMHO.

Am also amazed you didn't get shot down in flames

it does show that school doesn't matter if you can just leave whenever you feel like it - even though op didn't deliberately decide to do it