How to Know If Your Child Is Faking Sick to Stay Home From School

Ferris Bueller's Day Off was the perfect execution of faking sick. Every time I watch this movie I think, Wow! could I have done that and not get caught. Not! Ferris was not sick, no important test, bullies, projects, drugs or criminal acts. In fact he was charming intelligent and was able to outwit the principal, his parents and even though you knew it was wrong, you could not help but fell in love with Ferris Bueller and was happy when he got away with it.

Today it's ditching and our children are not as talented as Ferris with taking the car, going to museum, eating at exquisite restaurant, or taking a swim. Today we have a mixture, some fake being sick, some wait for parents to go to work and just don't come to school and some come to school but leave early without permission. In any case it's wrong, so what can we do?

Well here are a few tips that may help faking sick, or ditching to stay home from school.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Intuition
• Good Relationship/w
• Teachers

1. 

   First, Watch out for patterns, how often are they coming down with symptoms? Is every couple of weeks that they complain about fevers, or stomach aches? Is this something new for your child? Is your child normally never sick? If there is a pattern check temperature and recheck within 15 minutes.

2. 

   Second, Stay in good relationship with teachers. Is there any changes going on at school, bullies, problems with school work, not making friends, or is there new friends in the picture. Has there been changes in behavior? Check with close friends of your child to see if they have same symptoms, not only does this help to determine if there are any illness going around school, but also if child is trying to stay home with a buddy.

3. 

   Watch medicines, control medicine cabinets, some children may reduce to taking pills to induce sickness just to feel bad and stay home. Teens especially can be creative with vomiting, check pantry for missing vegetable soup to make parents think they can't hold any foods down.
   Not as mechanical as making fake body in bed like Ferris, but creative just the same.

Tips & Warnings

• If all else fails and you still feel they may be faking. Make it a day of rest. No fun! like IPods, cell phones, TV, cable etc.
• By all means consult Doctor if needed.

[johnnyutah]

on 5/9/2009 i was the king of this back in the day..thanks for sharing How to Know If Your Child Is Faking Sick to Stay Home From School 5* and rec

[sunshine11219]

on 4/3/2009 so true kids are crazy

[our5kids]

on 3/30/2009 This is a great topic any more non of them like school thank you for the tips 5* and recommended you!!

[veryirie]

on 3/29/2009 Excellent article with tips to know if your child is sick enough to miss school. Good advice here, especially step 3 on controlling medicines. Well done!