We barely got outta the Christmas break and Chloe had gone back to school for a few days and had gotten sick with a head cold. We had kept her home for a few days – just to be sure, unlike previous years whereby we were in a hurry to get her back to school – so she doesn’t miss out on thing and have a hard time catching up. Anyhow, she was better already but we have been waking up late – not only because the lil’ brat doesn’t wanna sleep but we as parents too don’t sleep early enough, I told the “ang moh” i would be needing the best acne treatments really soon .. if we continue to refuse to turn in.
So yes, the kid is late for school for 2 days – the “ang moh” grouchy every morning because the kid wouldn’t hurry and eat faster – but can you really blame the kid? NOPE! it’s more our fault – because we are adults and not a kid. So when the kid is late for school even if she was 5 mins late – we have to write a note for her. Yesterday – the kid came home and told me that the teacher had said – “hurry! chloe! you are late” in which i replied – “tell your teacher it’s mama’s fault – she woke up late”. This morning, we were late – i wrote a note to her teacher and in it – it said ” please excuse chloe for being late because we woke up 30mins later than usual – it’s entirely our fault – not the poor kid’s!”
So parents – don’t blame the poor kid and be honest – that’s the moral of the story – don’t be afraid to own up because you want to show the kid – that honesty is the best policy.