Comment by Freak_NL
1 year ago
Parent (heh) means they have no choice but to plan their holidays during the days off in the school roster. Tools like these are pretty much pointless if you can take a day off from work, but your kid is required to show up in school.
When I had younger children, we would just pull them from school on occasion. This did require a bit coordinating with homework, teachers etc, but they don't have to be in school. On a more serious note, schools are there to serve you, be assertive about your children being yours, they do not belong to the state (at least in the USA).
Yeah, that doesn't work in a lot of countries. I can be assertive all I want, but if I pull my child out of school without permission, I risk getting a call from the local child protection services and/or getting fined.
_Whose_ permission is needed? You're their parent , that's all the "permissions" needed.
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If kids are performing academically there isn’t much grounds for the school to stand on.
If I am driving 200 km/h but did not have an accident there isn't much grounds for police to fine me.
Law is not optional.
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> if you can take a day off from work, but your kid is required to show up in school.
Sounds like a real day off, though. ;)
If I could go on a 4-day week, I think I would choose Wednesday, drop the kids off at school, head to the mountains for a hike or skiing in winter, and pick them back up in the afternoon. Now, that would be the perfect work week :)
This sounds like a feature request / opportunity.
Like, can the tool be expanded to do:
1) Finding vacation time for a group of people (family? college friends?)
2) Can you include black-out days (school days for kids, whatever your specific job requires, etc)
I mean, as long as _I'm_ not responsible for making this thing I can make feature suggestions all day :)