Detention

Canada
February 17, 2011 10:59am CST
Why is it that kids never tell you until it's too late that they are going to get detention for something? My son(in 3rd grade) told me 2 nights ago that if he doesn't bring his recorder and music book to school by today that he would get detention. I wish he would have told me when he was first asked to bring it.... I just wish kids weren't so forgetful all the time. So has your child had detention in school yet?
2 responses
@terryt52 (243)
• United States
17 Feb 11
Yes I am laughing because kids have a knack for telling you what they want you to know and saving the bad for the last minute. I think that this is pretty normal.
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• Canada
17 Feb 11
Yea that's what I was thinking when I wrote the post LOL kids are horrible for that LOL Thanx for your response
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
17 Feb 11
I'm not sure if they really forget things or they conveniently just forgot to tell us. I think that most kids deliberately tell us things at the last minute so we don't get enough time to react. Maybe they're a bit afraid of being punished or they might have felt so guilty or ashamed of what they've done that they wouldn't want to tell us. I was that way when I was a kid. I didn't want my mother to worry so I thought it best not to tell her. Anyway, I'm still fortunate that my son hasn't been given detention and I hope he wouldn't ever.
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