My 16 year old daughter is in sixth form (year 12). She’s very bright, and did very well
in her GCSEs. I think this has given her a false sense of security with her ALevels as she didn’t put much effort into her GCSEs.
A few months ago she begged me to book Pink Pantheress concert tickets for February 2024. The concert is in London and falls on a school day, we live in Plymouth so would have to travel. I told her I would book the tickets, as long as her attendance at school stayed high (because she’d need the Friday off of school for the concert). She promised she would go to school every day.
Fast forward to now, her attendance at school is 78% she has been poorly a couple of times, but other times she just isn’t attending lessons. When I raise this with her she just gives me a lot of attitude.
I told her yesterday I would cancel the concert tickets if she didn’t start to improve her attendance, as she won’t be able to take the Friday off. Well today she skipped two lessons, she said it was to prepare for an exam she has tomorrow, but she has already had a lot of time to prepare for this. The school have called us in for a meeting now, and it’s causing a lot of stress. I want to cancel the tickets but think I’ll feel guilty. What would you do?