Did the same with both my kids, they’d normally enjoy school but if they are crying about not wanting to go that day then why make them suffer? Only little
Just be careful they don’t start using it as a get out of school card - can’t do it every time
After my husband died unexpectedly my youngest son and i started reading Harry Potter. I read aloud while he listened. We enjoyed it so much that after Harry, we started on Percy Jackson. Then moved on to the Hero's Of Olympus series. Only three of the five were out yet. So when book four came out, i called my son in "sick," and he and i went to the store and got book 4 and started it that morning. The next year we did it again for book 5. Great bonding experience.
In high school my mom allowed us one “mental health day” per semester. There were usually conditions to said day, we couldn’t just decide we didn’t want to go or didn’t want to take a test or something. Although, there was one time I missed a test. BUT THATS NOT THE POINT! If she saw us getting to maximum capacity with stress at school, she knew it was probably coming. We were all very active and involved in high school and it just got tiring, especially with the advanced classes we would take. Usually on my mental health day I would deep clean my bedroom and bathroom because apparently I’ve always been a stress cleaner. Some people in the comments here are saying kids need tough love and that you can’t ignore the root problem. Those are definitely true statements. But sometimes kids just need a break, too. Sometimes there’s not much more to it than that. Now, when a 6 year old needs a day like that, that’s kind of concerning to me. But when a 17 year old is just pushing themselves too hard and can verbalize better what they’re needing, I think it can be okay.
cup-of-tea-76 on December 15th, 2019 at 09:37 UTC »
Did the same with both my kids, they’d normally enjoy school but if they are crying about not wanting to go that day then why make them suffer? Only little
Just be careful they don’t start using it as a get out of school card - can’t do it every time
daisy0723 on December 15th, 2019 at 13:34 UTC »
After my husband died unexpectedly my youngest son and i started reading Harry Potter. I read aloud while he listened. We enjoyed it so much that after Harry, we started on Percy Jackson. Then moved on to the Hero's Of Olympus series. Only three of the five were out yet. So when book four came out, i called my son in "sick," and he and i went to the store and got book 4 and started it that morning. The next year we did it again for book 5. Great bonding experience.
mrsbebe on December 15th, 2019 at 14:46 UTC »
In high school my mom allowed us one “mental health day” per semester. There were usually conditions to said day, we couldn’t just decide we didn’t want to go or didn’t want to take a test or something. Although, there was one time I missed a test. BUT THATS NOT THE POINT! If she saw us getting to maximum capacity with stress at school, she knew it was probably coming. We were all very active and involved in high school and it just got tiring, especially with the advanced classes we would take. Usually on my mental health day I would deep clean my bedroom and bathroom because apparently I’ve always been a stress cleaner. Some people in the comments here are saying kids need tough love and that you can’t ignore the root problem. Those are definitely true statements. But sometimes kids just need a break, too. Sometimes there’s not much more to it than that. Now, when a 6 year old needs a day like that, that’s kind of concerning to me. But when a 17 year old is just pushing themselves too hard and can verbalize better what they’re needing, I think it can be okay.