Re: 'Mother attacks truancy policy', News Shopper, April 26: I read this article with absolute dismay.
A child skips 40 days in seven months - the article presents an aggrieved picture of mother and son and then goes on to blame the school.
Whilst the school should have a duty of care, the boy (and to an extent his mother) own the responsibility to turn up to be educated.
If he wants to achieve his "dream" of being a plumber, he will have to work for it, much the same as anything else he encounters in life.
This is another example of many people's over-blown sense of entitlement and lack of responsibility.
The son puts the effort in, gets educated, gets a job. The mother supports and encourages. It seems simple to me.
By Richard Sullivan, Chislehurst
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