BM is notorious for letting SD stay home from school for any perceived illness. School is just not important to her but in her twisted head she believes she is MOTY and only has the kids best interests at heart. Last year SO received truant letters from the school These are auto generated driven by how many days your child misses.

He tried to talk to BM about it but she flew off the handle and of course knows everything. So this year he made it clear that if SD was too sick to go to school then she better take her to the doctor to get a note. She just texted him that SD was home from school for two days due to vomiting and diarrhea. SO asked her if she took her to the doctor. She asks "for what"??? Really :? :? If she is so sick that she had to stay home from school for two days (which knowing BM it was longer) then wouldn't common sense tell you a doctor visit was necessary?? It really isn't that hard is it??

I guess if she didn't have a prior history of keeping her home every time she sneezed it wouldn't be a big deal. I wonder if it is all just a lost cause. I mean we stress the importance of school and getting good grades to eventually go to college. But if her sainted BM doesn't place importance on education whose side will win out?? The hard road of going to school every day and doing homework and getting good grades. Becoming independent and self sufficient? Or the easy road of staying home blowing off school, just passing grades (if that), getting pregnant and hooking up with a guy to take care of you??

Just venting here but it drives me crazy that that POS BM can be so callous about her own children's future. I realize that two days missed in the grand scheme of things doesn't make or break her school career. It is just the mentality that it is okay to stay home whenever you feel like it and not push forward. When SO and I first moved in together SD stayed home every chance she got. She would cry sick and SO would believe her. I put a stop to it because I saw right through it like a normal person would. Now she doesn't even try it because she knows she is going to school when she is at our house.