I am not one of those parents who allows their child time off for no good reason.  Unless she has a temperature, or has been puking, or a broken bone, or a contagious rash, if it’s a school day, you can bet she’ll be there.

Kicking and screaming, perhaps but there nonetheless.  I read a statistic somewhere that children of stay-at-home parents tend to have worse school attendance than children of working parents, and so I have made it my personal mission not to be part of that statistic.

Having said that, today, I did allow Roo to skive off school Continue reading →