A thought that crossed my mind today was, "What are the effects of lying on your child's note for school?"  When they are late or absent what is the excuse?  How does what we write on that note effect our children?  Just like now, when I was a kid the attendance office could be tuff on reasoning so my notes probably have contained lies.  Like saying there was an appointment rather than a concert, they were sick rather than a vacation or car trouble rather than over slept.  My question is, how have these lies effected my children?  My thought is, A lot..

Written 2012