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Posted: 05 March 2008 at 3:52pm | IP Logged

Lying is one thing that drives me up the wall, at least she knows you are checking her now and she might be more warey(sp?) about trying it again.

Posted: 05 March 2008 at 3:54pm | IP Logged

I check on her every week, have to and she has bunked off at least once a week for the last 6 weeks !

According to her she hasn't, the school have got it wrong.

Posted: 05 March 2008 at 4:11pm | IP Logged

This is a hard situation to be in i bet!
Theres only so much you can put up with from her lying to you, but short of you watching her go into and out of school, kids will always do as they please once they hit the teenage years dont they?

Have you tryed having a quiet chat, just you and her to see if she's having problems at school, as you mentioned she said the school have it in for her?
I remember bunking off school ocassionally simply because i didnt like a teacher, and would do anything to get out of it unfortunatley!

I know trying to talk to her might seem like its falling on deaf ears, but tell her you need to know where she is (without scaring you... all the missing children we have on the news lately!)

If she knows your keeping an eye on her, and wont tolerate the lies any more, then hopefully she will soon settle down... fingers crossed.
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