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STOP!!!

Telling your kids, "Just try. If you really don't feel good I'll come get you." Just stop. Guarantee they really won't feel good and there will be no magic words I can string together to talk little darling out of it!

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    That's when they get out of the car, walk straight into your clinic, and say, "My mom/dad said they'd come pick me up if I don't feel good."

    And that's when I call mom/dad and tell them exactly what LD just told me. And it will be followed by, "Well I didn't mean - fill in the blank."

    ?

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    I always call this the "Get Out of Jail Free Card", and I'm not shy about telling parents they gave it to their kid and there's almost no way they ever stay in school when they get it. Waste of everyone's time.

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    If you show up in my clinic before....oh, say 10 AM, and you're afebrile and are not vomiting up your toenails, I will ask "Do you think mom/dad meant to come in right away when you got here or do you think they meant try to stay until lunchtime?" And 98% of the darlings will agree, go back to class, and I never see them again.

    Incidentally, when you yell "Stop!" I am never sure if I'm supposed to collaborate and listen or what....

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    2 minutes ago, ruby_jane said:

    Incidentally, when you yell "Stop!" I am never sure if I'm supposed to collaborate and listen or what....

    My 8 year old always starts rapping this when I yell "stop." I like to think that I am teaching her well ?

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    23 minutes ago, ruby_jane said:

    Incidentally, when you yell "Stop!" I am never sure if I'm supposed to collaborate and listen or what....

    or, in the name of love.....?

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    27 minutes ago, BunnyBunnyBSNRN said:

    or, in the name of love.....?

    I'm an 80s girl. We collaborate and listen

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    When they show up early, (sometimes before school starts), I Tell the student he/she hasn't really tried, and to go to class, and no I'm not going to call mom until there has been a real effort made. I will call the teacher with the situation and ask them to let me know if the child really does not seem to be him/herself and I'll be happy to call home.

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    At my middle school, they can all make it through 1st period athletics. When it comes time to go to math or science 2nd period - they all are ready to turn in their get out of jail free cards!!

    I wish athletics was at the end of the day.

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    "I said it, but I didn't mean it" is the answer I often get from those parents.

    Me: therapeutic silence

    Parent: <sigh> Okay, I'll be there soon.

    Rarely happens a second time ?

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    Exactly. Had a LD come Friday - congested - called mom told her she could pick up, however I was not sending home sick. Mom asked for clarification and then said "what harm does it do for you to just excuse this?" Well, the 15 other kids that I denied the get out of jail card would feel slighted.

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    21 hours ago, 100kids said:

    I always call this the "Get Out of Jail Free Card", and I'm not shy about telling parents they gave it to their kid and there's almost no way they ever stay in school when they get it. Waste of everyone's time.

    I say the exact same thing and will also not shy away from telling the parents.

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