I was taken out of school every year for two weeks at a time as my parents couldnt afford to take us during holiday times. It may have been the common sense lesson I missed by that didnt stop me been the only person in my year who got 12 out of 12 GCSE's all above C. Your arguement seems very blinkered Chip, one that you seem to adopt on most 'tabloid' situations. Way I see it, it was fine 10 years ago so why not now?! Did me no harm and probably 95% of people on here no harm. She took work with her and has not fallen behind at all, she felt no extra stress when she went back to school and any stress she did feel was negated by the excellent time she had with her family