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Are you keeping your children home today even if they bus it???

If I had my child went to school, I would say no, but would be sending them tomorrow. That is, if you are able and in a position to take the time off of work!

We live in the city and they walk to school. There's no excuse for them not to attend. Almost all of our elementary school are area kids who walk (or should walk) and almost half didn't show up yesterday. I don't understand why most of the "no shows" didn't attend, but it's whatever. (Parental discretion is such a "cop-out") Can't stop other parents from producing another generation of "wimps with entitlements", but I'll try not to do it with mine. Dress warm, be prepared and get your @$$ moving if you got commitments. That's our motto at home. Lame excuses don't work here. We need that instilled in the next generation, or we'll all have our homes occupied with thirty and forty year-old "dependents" that never want to take on responsibility with anything going on in their lives. No one likes a slacker. ...so don't raise one.  
 
Just my opinion, I could be wrong.

If you don't send your child to school, what do you do about work?  
 
 
Btw, I agree with you snowman!

snowman5 said "We live in the city and they walk to school. There's no excuse for them not to attend. Almost all of our elementary school are area kids who walk (or should walk) and almost half didn't show up yesterday. I don't understand why most of the "no shows" didn't attend, but it's whatever. (Parental discretion is such a "cop-out") Can't stop other parents from producing another generation of "wimps with entitlements", but I'll try not to do it with mine. Dress warm, be prepared and get your @$$ moving if you got commitments. That's our motto at home. Lame excuses don't work here. We need that instilled in the next generation, or we'll all have our homes occupied with thirty and forty year-old "dependents" that never want to take on responsibility with anything going on in their lives. No one likes a slacker. ...so don't raise one.     Just my opinion, I could be wrong. "

Totally Agree. Funny thing is I have about 3-5 bus stops around my place for I assume different schools picking up. Those kids dressed in winter clothes, ski pants, coat, toque, mitts, etc are running around throwing snow at each other, climbing snowbanks, rolling around, etc. If you are that worried you can do what other parents do and sit in a vehicle idling every day waiting for the bus. That blows me away as I can't figure out why they don't take the 10 minutes of waiting for the bus and just drive them to school then, cause they will be waiting too at the end of the day in their vehicles to pick them up too. Everyone lives within a block of the bus stop too. Go figure.

...a family may live just a bit too far from the school for very young children to walk in -26 temps and through the snow accumulated after that wind;  
...a single parent may also have a toddler(s) that has to go with while accompanying children to school and that can be tough in -26 temps and through the accumulated snow, not only to the school but back home again, and repeat at the end of the school day;  
...the only place to park your vehicle is off the back lane which is now impassable due to snow drifts.  
 
Please don't judge others and call it a cop-out when some parents have chosen not to send their child(ren) to school on a day like we had yesterday. You don't know all the facts. Perhaps they had no other option.

Thank you for what you said....  
I have a newborn and a 1.5 and I walk four blocks to the bus stop to take my 7 year old to the stop....I was debating if I should go this morning I was just curious if others were thinking about this as well.  
I'm not lazy I swear I just wanted to see what others were doing for school today.  
I guess I was in the wrong here,I received some pretty rude remarks....  
Take care moms and dads!!

School should be cancelled as readily as it is, but saying that even I did not send my kid today.  
 
Watching my neighbors' door blow off their house, and another neighbors garbage can fly past my yard was about enough for me. Yes, I still got to work.  
 
But I just did not trust a 12 year old out in this weather, as he would have has to use city transit today. Even properly dressed, if busses were running late he would not have known what to do. Just had to make that call today.

Plain and simple

Ugh... I hate that my daughter is missing another day! Our area has been plowed and I guess some might not be but it's frustrating. I can't take her and have nobody else to either. It drives me crazy!! But not much else I can do. Downside to being in the country and no other options but the bus right now

You make it sound like it's the storm of the century? Are you trying to find an excuse to stay home from work today??

No work for some of us....,were at home taking care of our lil ones while daddy works!  
Next question! Lol

I'm a sahm with a kinder and a young child. we walk most days but yesterday that wind was just plain awful. taking my youngest out in that all the way there and home, then there and back for pickup just so my kinder doesn't miss an afternoon? no thanks lol  
 
we were going to walk today but couldn't find the buried sled haha so drove instead