Comments on: Sick Day http://allrileyedup.com/2009/02/26/sick-day/ Seriousness is overrated. Fri, 18 May 2012 04:24:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mary Witzl http://allrileyedup.com/2009/02/26/sick-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4260 Mary Witzl Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:47:38 +0000 http://allrileyedup.com/?p=1417#comment-4260 Your daughter's "No school tomorrow" cracked me up. My kids would absolutely have tried that when they were her age. Way back when, I would have loved information like this: I mainly kept my kids at home when their temperatures went over 100 or they had disfiguring rashes or noses that ran like streams. Being a hard ass did not pay off, though: I've got kids who think they ought to be allowed to skip when they have their periods. Not even my sternest feminist lectures will move them, either. Your daughter’s “No school tomorrow” cracked me up. My kids would absolutely have tried that when they were her age.

Way back when, I would have loved information like this: I mainly kept my kids at home when their temperatures went over 100 or they had disfiguring rashes or noses that ran like streams. Being a hard ass did not pay off, though: I’ve got kids who think they ought to be allowed to skip when they have their periods. Not even my sternest feminist lectures will move them, either.

]]> By: Alicia Johnson http://allrileyedup.com/2009/02/26/sick-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4224 Alicia Johnson Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:39:29 +0000 http://allrileyedup.com/?p=1417#comment-4224 It is such a fine line to walk . . . having appropriate sympathy, and knowing when to teach kids to "tough it out." What a cute story though! It reminds me of one my mother-in-law tells of when my husband was little and didn't want to put his luggage away after a 2 hour flight, and he gave "jet lag" (complete with full-on dramatization of how tired he was) as the excuse. It is such a fine line to walk . . . having appropriate sympathy, and knowing when to teach kids to “tough it out.” What a cute story though! It reminds me of one my mother-in-law tells of when my husband was little and didn’t want to put his luggage away after a 2 hour flight, and he gave “jet lag” (complete with full-on dramatization of how tired he was) as the excuse.

]]> By: Maddy http://allrileyedup.com/2009/02/26/sick-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4223 Maddy Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:09:07 +0000 http://allrileyedup.com/?p=1417#comment-4223 Loved your interview on Scribbit! Congratulations on finding an agent, well done you. I also think that a perfect attendance record isn't necessarily a good sign. Around here I have to go with my gut [plus a thermometer!] I often get it wrong, keep them home and then they're bouncing off the walls two seconds later but that kind of a mistake has much more serious consequences here since nobody really wants to go to school. Best wishes Loved your interview on Scribbit! Congratulations on finding an agent, well done you.

I also think that a perfect attendance record isn’t necessarily a good sign. Around here I have to go with my gut [plus a thermometer!] I often get it wrong, keep them home and then they’re bouncing off the walls two seconds later but that kind of a mistake has much more serious consequences here since nobody really wants to go to school.
Best wishes

]]> By: Tonggu Momma http://allrileyedup.com/2009/02/26/sick-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4221 Tonggu Momma Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:25:58 +0000 http://allrileyedup.com/?p=1417#comment-4221 Little No Limit and the Tongginator would either be the Best of Friends or the Worst of Enemies. And I think it would depend on the day. Little No Limit and the Tongginator would either be the Best of Friends or the Worst of Enemies. And I think it would depend on the day.

]]> By: peter royal http://allrileyedup.com/2009/02/26/sick-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4219 peter royal Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:45:47 +0000 http://allrileyedup.com/?p=1417#comment-4219 explosive diarrhea is conspicuously missing from their reasons-to-stay-home list! explosive diarrhea is conspicuously missing from their reasons-to-stay-home list!

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