tvguy
Question anything the facts don't support.
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- Dec 15, 2003
I completely disagree that it's no big deal. Foundational reading skills are built at that age and if you fall behind, it's very difficult to catch up. Missing 4 days for a Disney vacation- not a big deal. Consistently missing 2-3 days per week? You are missing a lot of the foundation for basic skills in language and math.
That being said, I completely agree that social services are what is needed here. Now a kid has an incarcerated parent and the host of trauma that comes alongside with that; if your goal is to have the child attend school, figure out what that family is missing and help the mom to fill those gaps. Assume goodwill always- that a parent wants to do the right thing, but isn't able to.
There is a lot information missing regarding this specific case. But based on the multiple attempts by the legal system to provide goodwill and no jail time that were ignored or rejected by mom, I think it may be time to consider removing the child from the home.