However, I disagree with your perspective. I’m not saying you’re a bad parent. Good parents make mistakes. Making a mistake, in itself, doesn’t make you a bad parent.

However, your son was evidently healthy enough to go to school and take the test. The proof is in the pudding, so to speak. And if you knew you’d done the right thing, you wouldn’t be so defensive.

I suspect you know you were wrong to allow your son to stay home on the day of a big test. Perhaps you know, or you do not believe, your son will ever leave home, or have a job. But if he does, there will be days when he goes to work when he isn’t feeling 100%. That’s the nature of being an adult — sometimes we have to do things we don’t want to do. And if he becomes a father, I *guarantee* he won’t get a single sick day for many years!

All of that said, I hope you receive some kind of compensation — far greater than a mere verbal apology — from the school district. Two wrongs don’t make a right, and whether you were right to keep your son home or not, the school was way, way out of line to take your child out of the home without your permission. I hope your advocacy ensures this never happens again — on a national level, not just here in Nevada. I feel sad thinking that you can’t feel safe leaving your son at home. Best wishes to you and your son!