To think the Ofsted inspector who blames WFH parents for low attendance is probably just resentful?

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The Chief Inspector of Ofsted is blaming parents who WFH for the demise of school attendance https://www.itv.com/news/2025-02-16/parents-working-from-home-makes-children-feel-school-is-optional-ofsted-head?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0ULgukQnTsabNTlcJRBI4kVQsMYkhCPK_KA4lUAgVkxOocYfo3onmRNHU_aem_nuBknA_QEGgfA93CaTPagg. Apparently none of us want to take our slippers off so we let our kids stay at home while we work.

He makes some REALLY weird points like his overworked dad he didn’t see much as his inspiration to go to school. And also MPs making sure they spend weekends with their families is a bad work ethic.

I know MN is a good example of whenever WFH threads are brought up, non-WFHers come on dripping with resentment over WFH and implying WFHers don’t really work. AIBU to think this man - who has somehow been knighted - is basically doing that? I’m not sure how much inspecting he does now, but Ofsted inspectors aren’t any superior or harder working just because they spend a few days working away from home at a time (something BTW I’m expected to do, at least 1 overnight a month).

Also as someone from a household where 2 of us WFH, I can’t think of anything worse than having kids flapping around us while we try and work. I’m FT, and this week I’m off Weds-Fri, as is DH. my DD11 will be at home tomorrow with strict instructions to keep away unless there’s a serious emergency (she’s secondary and old enough to take care of herself) and at a friend’s on Tuesday. My DS is 8 and is going into a holiday club tomorrow and Tuesday as his neediness is unbearable. Both have somewhere between 97 and 99% attendance so far this academic year.

YABU - “He’s got a point”
YANBU - “He’s wrong/resentful”

I never said they don’t care about kids! But when you’re being physically and verbally attacked by them on a weekly (if not daily) then why would you stay? Which is what happened to at least one of my friends.

and what are your feelings about your child's loss of education when they are absent( which sounds like it might be a fair amount judging by your attitude)?

what a judgmental post.

The poster has made it clear health comes above education. As it should. And nowhere does she imply her child has had a lot of time off school.

One person's sniffles is another's raging pneumonia. I'm entirely over holy child syndrome

What does that even mean?

He's talking out of his arse.

It's very hard to get any work done with a child at home, so is the implication that homeworkers are slovenly? Surely truancy is more likely to happen in families where one or both parents are not in work.

Also, since 'Covid' we've all been getting more coughs, colds and...covid! It wasn't an isolated event.

Yes, that post was outright invention.

What's unclear?

”holy child syndrome” and the topic of the thread?

Title implies that for some reason a school inspector would be in anyway 'resentful' about WFH parents keeping their kids out of school for one thing. (What is he supposed to 'resent'? ) Entitled parents who think their 'holy child' doesnt need the discipline of school for another.

Ultimately, there will be a reason for him having come out with this claim. And we know it isn't because there's actual evidence. Schools of course do not have the data on parental place of work, and why would they really.

Whether or not he did it because he's resentful is another question. But it is worth asking what the reason is.