Will you pull your kids from school for a vacation?

If the kid is receiving a formal education I will never pull him from school for a vacation. I’m scared that if we simply take him out for a vacation the kid might think that on vacation is more important than study in school. If the child is very young and he is receiving only preschool or informal education then we can decide with our discretion whether to bring him along or not. Normally there is no harm to bring him along for vacation as he will learn a lot from it too

Growing up I was taken out of school for various family events, and it never affected me. I still knew how important school was. We either got the work ahead of time or I was allowed a few extra days to make up for it when I returned. If you raise your children to know that both an education and family are equally important, you won't have a problem with them missing school now and then, no matter what their age/grade level. My children were in public school and our relatives that we hadn't seen in several years came over for a week long visit. It was a special occasion as we did not know when we'd be seeing them again. We pulled our kids from school for the week and got their work to take with us and went to stay with our relatives. My kids did not fall behind and as it was something special the school did not have a problem with it. I now homeschool my children, so this is no longer an issue. We school practically year round and take vacations as we choose. Learning is now a part of daily life, instead something that interrupts it. Just my opinions.

Yes, I would. Actually at the moment we are doing this very thing. My husband had not been to see his family in over three years so we went here to visit them. We did not know when we would have gotten another chance to come and visit them. We told the school and their teachers gave them homework to do while they are away from school, which they have been doing. We feel that school is important but family comes first. It is not like they are not learning while they are here because they most surely are. If you do go to the reunion

well from a point of view of a mom (with four kids) i will not let them have a vacation just to attend family reunion, because they might not think school seriously any more. its like we are the one teaching them to skip school and attend parties instead.

We are also wondering the same thing too. My son starts Kindergarten in September this year, and we are due to go to New Zealand in January 2008 for my sister in law's wedding (my son is also one of the pageboys) and because its a special family event, we decided that we will be taking him out of school. I suppose it won't be so bad because it is just kindergarten however I am a little worried because we will be gone for at least two weeks at the most (gotta make use of the $$ spent on the airfare too).