She came home at 2pm and tearfully confessed. Instead of getting the bus to school today, she got the bus to a stupid shopping centre place and mooched around with two bunking friends.
I'm a bit shocked, didn't think she'd do this. She did twice mention a few of her friend group bunking off before, over the last month or so. She was (apparently) quite disapproving. I thought then about telling the girls' parents or the school, but didn't come to a decision and didn't act. I suppose I didn't want dd1 to be blamed by friends for them being found out, either.
She said today that she did it because she didn't want to feel left out again (bit of a recurring theme with dd1, always has some kind of sorry-for-herself angle ). She says she'll never do it again and feels really bad.
She is generally quite good at school but has been playing up a bit this academic year.
Anyone any ideas how to deal with this? Talk to school, obviously, I can't collude wih her on this although am dreading it. She says her friends are planning to confess to their parents too, but I should phone them to check? And also check her friends' stories for indescrepancies?
I've taken her phone and her iTouch.
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Thirteen year old bunked off school today. Don't know what to do with her
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AlfalfaMum · 24/04/2013 16:15
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