I just got a call from the school nurse. For the second day in a row, my 5-year-old daughter has come in, clutching her stomach and complaining that her belly hurts and the "bone in her head is aching" (don't ask). I'm normally a pretty anxious parent, the type who automatically thinks a headache and slightly sore neck means full-blown meningitis. So when I tell you that I know my kid is full of shiite, you must believe me — she just wants to get out of school.
Point being, kids will do almost anything to skip class and spend the day playing Sorry and Stratego with Mommy or Daddy. This teen, who attempted to swim across a frozen lake in the Catskills after fleeing campus, pretty much proves my point.
Should the kid be punished for truancy — or are his hypothermia enough punishment?
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