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A mom told her TikTok fans that she let her child choose one day out of the month to skip school.Most commenters praised her decision to allow the girl more"mommy time" by letting her stay home.Experts disagreed on whether she was doing the right thing for her kid's well-being...
When Noel LaPalomento said on TikTok that she let her child take a day off school each month without being sick, she received almost universal praise in the 4,000 comments on the video...
LaPalomento told Insider that she was delighted that she'd helped open a debate about kids facing increasing pressure at school.. "They'll say, 'Wow, I really wish my mom did that with me when I was younger,'" she said..
The first grader can choose what she'd like to do, similar to the plot of the Netflix movie "Yes Day.". "That's so smart, I'm totally doing this with my future kids," one commenter said.. "As a teacher, I support this," another said...
Amy Morin, a psychotherapist, and Chris McGovern, the chairperson of the Campaign for Real Education a pressure group of parents and teachers that advocates for standards in schools largely disagreed on the issue.. ul for children to have such "proactive ways to work on their mental health."..
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