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The Kansas City Star reports on a recent Travel Industry of America poll that found 16 million parents "let children miss school to gain travel experience." We're not talking about a lot of time -- according to the poll, "43 percent (of children) missed only one day and 29 percent missed only two days."
Eleven percent skipped school for skiing trips and other family vacations for more than a week.
Family vacations are great. But school is important. Do you let your child skip school for vacations?
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3-22-2011 @ 10:32AM
erin gladwell said...school is important, but so is family time and the things they'll learn on a vacation. you can always ask the school to let you take homework with you, so they can work on it in the car or plane as you travel to and from your vacation destination. check HTTp://bIT.lY/c4pJQ3 for free travel items and things we all like packing for trips. free necessities means having more to spend on something fun on your trip.
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3-22-2011 @ 1:42PM
Tina said...As a parent it is your job to make sure your child attends school. If family vacations are that important you should plan them around your childs school schedule.. end of discussion
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3-24-2011 @ 11:04AM
Sara said...Actually family time is very important to me. I have two boys, 15 and 10 years old, one a freshman in high school and one in fourth grade. I agree it is my job as a parent to make sure they attend school and they will be the first to tell you unless you a running a fever or throwing up your little butt is going to school. They are active in school functions, both maintain good grades and I think possibly they've missed two days of school each due to illness. That said, we are waiting for a nice warm day to all blow off work and school and spend time together and do something fun. Perhaps the boardwalk, the zoo or maybe the Statue of Liberty. Who knows but I do know that they are not going to be my young boys long and as long as they maintain good grades and do well I see no reason for them to miss a day here or there for day spent together. When they are grown I don't think they will be able to tell you what was taught in class that first warm spring day but I bet they'll remember when mom took off and we all went somewhere together. Well rounded children make well rounded adults.
3-22-2011 @ 8:53PM
Tina said...Good points Sara, my mom was the same way but as a child I was never sick and as a result graduated HS with a perfect attendance record(elm, middle and hs). but with spring break and Easter coming up why miss a day when those are right around the corner. Though I have to say its great if that's what you want to do I never blow off work just bc, I just ask for a day off after all that's what vacation time is for and most places don't make you take it all at once. I normally schedule my normal two days with a vacation day and have a bunch of three day weekends all throughout the year vs all at once.
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3-22-2011 @ 10:46PM
Alicia said..."Spontaneity" isn't in your vocabulary, is it?
3-23-2011 @ 4:38PM
Tina said...I have people who rely on me, If I choose not to work someone else Will have to work, and thats not fair to them if its their day off. Responsibility look it up...
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3-24-2011 @ 12:07AM
16blessingsmom.blogspot.com said...Ouch, differences of opinions shouldn't get hateful! I would definetly let my kids go on a family vacation! I have also let them take days off from school to do fun things, like our museum trip today. And my older older ones are indeed responsible: One is an RN, studying to be a nurse practioner, one is an accountant, one is in the U.S. Army training to be a combat medic, two are going to nursing school in the fall...two more are in college....
della
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3-25-2011 @ 1:01PM
Sara said...I suppose I should have expressed myself a little better. I work in a small office, two people, and I am fortunate enough that when I know the weather is going to be great I can plan to "blow the day off". I don't tell the kids, I surprise them and we go. Again this is not something done often and it wouldn't be done if they didn't keep up their end of the bargain and do well in school. I understand where you're coming from and would never leave my workload on someone else’s shoulders and sometimes it is not possible for me to take the same time off as the school schedule. I do however think that unplanned, fun days thrown in during the school year are exciting to kids and sometimes well needed. To spend the day out and about with mom or mom and dad when everyone else is at work and school is a unique experience that they get a kick out of.
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4-08-2011 @ 5:43PM
Lilly said...My husband and I have a seasonal spring/summer business and we can't walk away from it to go on vacations. Our vacation time is the winter months. When our kids were in middle and elementary school we opted to take them out of school for 3 days + we would use the long Thanksgiving weekend. The first year we went away my son's 4th grade teacher thought it was a great idea that he travel with his family and instead of bogging him down with work she asked that he put together a presentation of the country we were visiting and present it to the class. Our other 2 kids were in 8th grade and some of their teachers had a fit. One refused to give homework - she said that it wasn't her concern if we thought our vacation was more important than school. Her opinion of course. The thing is the kids are 15, 18 & 19 now and I am so happy we have these awesome memories of backpacking in a rain forest, learning new customs, showing the kids how to navigate through airports, trying new foods and hearing a different language. My daughter is in college and made the Dean's list, oldest son has a 3.0 so far and my youngest son has made the high honor roll 3 years in a row - did I mention he has a learing disability? Yeah taking some time away really affected them.
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