acting up to avoid school

My daughter and one of my sons tries stuff like this sometimes. I always tell them if your too sick for school your too sick for t.v. or games and that normally gets them going a little as the normal reason for them wanting to stay home is there is a show that has caught their interest. I am glad they don't do this stuff often only occasionally.

I'mm glad I have not encountered such kind of drama with my child but with the children of my nephew they have that kind of drama every day. One would say he has a headache, the other would say he has toothache, the other would not wanna get up from bed and could not be awaken. But after they were allowed not go to school they would all play after a while. They simply avoid going to school so they have alibi each morning just to avoid schooling. I think the parents should not tolerate. They must be encouraged to go to school every day and love doing so.

It is always a problem to wake my 3rd son every morning. He is all grumpy each morning. So instead of me having a bad day, I let either his father or brother to wake him up.

Could she be getting bullied at school? This could explain it. But don't give into her if it's just for her being lazy. I know we all have those days we don't feel like doing anything. I know a few people in school when I was in that were like this, they have amounted to nothing in life.

My sister would hide all her uniforms and waste time by pretending to search her uniforms. Unfortunately for her my other sister always finds it and she has no choice then but to go to school. Sometimes my mother gets tired of her alibis and just let her stay home.

I would find out if she really likes school or if there is any issues at school. What if she is being bullied on the playground and she really isn't able to express that to you. When my kids start to act up when getting ready for school, then I try to find out if there is some kind of issue at school that they are not feeling comfortable with. If she is acting up and there is no issue at school, then perhaps just don't let her watch cartoons. I have had to tell my children that if they stay home sick from school, they are to stay in bed because they are too sick to watch TV. They must just stay in bed to get better. They will only be allowed to read books in bed. Because, my goodness, they are just too sick to watch any TV. And as a good mother, I want to make sure they recover quickly, so they will need lots of rest when they are sick. Staying in bed all day, sleeping and resting is the best way to recover quickly. Yep, saying that to a child really works. So, instead of bribing her, just tell her that if she is really sick, then she needs to stay in bed to get better. And TV will just make her feel dizzy when she is sick, and you don't want her feeling dizzy when she is sick. So, she will have to stay in bed all day to recover from her tummy ache. As a good mother, you do want your daughter to get well quickly. That way, you will find out rather quickly if she really is sick enough to want to stay in bed all day long - or if she is able to make a quick recovery that morning, to be able to go to school that day.

Yes I do have these "dramas" also. With all my children. But they do not cheer up after a good breakfast or other promises about how to spend the afternoon or evening or going out. I know that if they come up with a headache or pain in the belly there is something wrong or going on again. So I Always kept them home for a day or too to stay in peace and get some new energy. I know school gave them all a lot of stress although all of my children are very intelligent and years ahead of the kids of their age. They have completely different interests, know more and are mainly bored at school. Since being different is not accepted and they are way too polite, attentive they are bullied as well. I would not force my children to go to school. It's ok to have some quality time at home or with a parent. After that they have energy again to do what school wants them to do. Life is already hard enough with everything society, schools, law wants from them/you.

I don't have a kid, but I know I had some of these days... but never as a little kid, more like in my teenage years... especially as my parents were so achievement-demanding that I barely and rarely had some free time, so every once in a while (like twice per half-term or so), I told them I had a headache or had diarrhoea, and then I could get a free day for myself to have a rest.